sommelier´s minimum

We prepared a few of basic advices  about serving wine for you.

 

 

 


attributive and vintage wine

Wine with atribute are produced from the grapes, that stay on shrubs longer time than quality wine and are gathered in late autumn. These superfine wine are obtained  by  extracting of ripe grapes. They have not only  more expressive character of variety but also higher alkohol volume or  natural residual sugar level.
We diference wine to Cabinet, Late harvest and Vintage according to the sugar level. These wine are first-grade quality because there are concentrated  aromatic and taste matter, sugar and may be a noble rot in overripe grapes. The noble rot creates piquant  inimitable pleasant taste in wine.

Quality wine up to 19°ČNM

Cabinet from 19°ČNM

Late harvest from 21°ČNM

Vintage wine from  24°ČNM

Selection of berries from 27°ČNM

Strawy and icy wine  from 27°ČNM

 

Good food deserves carefully selected quality wine - important is to originate harmonic or contrariwise interesting contrast komplex.

 

how to open a bottle - function of  a valve

The valve should guarantee inviolateness of the bottle. The valve is visual matter first of all, decoration of the bottle. The valves are made of  plastic or  tinfoil.

 

how to remove the cork

The cork should be remove carefully and gently to prevention stress of wine.

 

 

 

 

 

test of cork

Before pouring wine you should check the cork.  You will identify bad cork  by its  smell.

 

test of wine

When you open the bottle , pour wine yourself to taste but only small dram.

 

how to pour wine

Pour wine slowly and carefully, not intensive run. The principle "coram publico" (opening the bottle by the table in face of public) has its long-time tradition.  If you find wine good, pour wine first to guests then to yourself.

 

 

 

 

serving wine

Temperature of serving wine

white wine 8 - 14°C

rose wine  8 - 10°C

red winde 4 - 18°C

 

how much wine into the glass

A general rule is  that we bottle small glass only  to a third, big winecup to a quarter. The rest of wine stay in the bottle.

 

 

 

 

 

wine tasting

The wine glass should be taken by the stem and should be tilted 45° over a white backround , to see the wine´s colour and shade .Shake the glass gently in a counter - clockwise.