Taste When you take a sip of wine, swish it around your mouth. This gives the wine an opprotunity to touch all of your tastebuds. There are no "regions" of your tounge that corospond to different tastes, the "tounge map" is a myth with no scientific basis. Each tastebud contains 50-100 receptors for each taste (sour, sweet, etc...). Swishing the wine around your mouth gives you more information about the wine than just the tip of your tounge. Some wines might taste of cherries, while others might give you flavors of butterscotch or even pepper! Part of the fun with wine is to see how many flavors you can identify.
Enjoy The most important step to tasting wine is to just enjoy yourself and have fun. The most accurate sign of a good wine is one that makes you want a second glass. The best wines are good wines shared with friends!
