Sumptuously rich and ripe with silky tannins, it fans out with macerated red and black fruit, creamy mocha, vanilla, dried herbs, black olive, toasted oak, roasted nuts and more. Bring a bottle of wine to a party already decanted, and tell the host you’d like it poured at a precise temperature. When holding a glass of wine (by the foot of course), continuously swirl it in small circles without ever glancing down at it. When given an obviously average wine glass at a restaurant, tell the server you would prefer their “better” glasses to “ensure the wine shows well.” If they say that’s all they have, frown and shake your head. Sip, swish, hold, suck in air audibly through pursed lips, hold again, then propel the wine in a perfect laser-stream into the spittoon.

Source: thestar July 08, 2016 12:56 UTC