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Practice Your Red Wine Vocabulary

Written by Madeline Puckette

Red wine vocabulary starts with an understanding of basic wine traits. This wine palate training exercise is easy to try at home with a bottle of red wine.

Try this DIY tasting experiment at home

Describing wine seems confusing at first. However, at its core wine speak a simple process of describing what’s in the glass. And to do that, it’s helpful to know what you’re dealing with! Lets break down some fundamental traits in wine with a wine tasting experiment.

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See the full list of ingredients here.

Written byMadeline Puckette

James Beard Award-winning author and Wine Communicator of the Year. I co-founded Wine Folly to help people learn about wine. @WineFolly


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