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View Full Version : Wine tasting - Spit or swallow? Zamo 24-09-2003, 10:56 When wine tasting do you think it's good form to spit or swallow? I think it should be left to individual taste. Personally, I wouldn't look down my nose at someone using either technique. DaBouncer 24-09-2003, 11:00 Swallow, always swallow! Whats the point of wasting good wine? halevan 24-09-2003, 11:43 Originally posted by Zamo When wine tasting do you think it's good form to spit or swallow? I think it should be left to individual taste. Personally, I wouldn't look down my nose at someone using either technique. Disgusting habits!!! Foxxx 24-09-2003, 11:58 You are supposed to spit and drink water inbetween to get rid of the taste, but I prefer to swallow! :lol: Belle 24-09-2003, 13:55 tongue in cheek Zamo? greennigel 24-09-2003, 14:01 tongue in cheek Zamo? Very Good! Jon 24-09-2003, 18:45 :lol: Not the thread i expected....why waste wine swallow:) ritzy 24-09-2003, 19:07 definately swallow :D bulldog D 09-01-2005, 23:04 I've found this thread over a glass of red. glug, glug arghhh!! wendy 09-01-2005, 23:11 Foxxx is right you are supposed to spit but like everyone else says why waste the wine - swallow! tslogf74 10-01-2005, 11:04 Depends if you have to drive home I guess. msbehavin 10-01-2005, 11:15 from my own personal experience I would say it depends very much on who is holding the glass.... Sam Miguel 10-01-2005, 14:32 Exactly. Wine drinking is a complete culture on it's own. A few years ago my wife bought me wine atlas for xmas. It was wonderful. To learn about the wines of the world is like learning to make love all over again, but but less messy. Wine is the most underrated drink of all time: The British are still learning. Australian dry whites (nice an green), Rioja ( both red and white) , Anything by Torres, Pinot Noir, Chablis, zinfandel, white grenache..and there is still nothing wrong with a nice chilled glass of Aussie Chardonnay. AFTERTHOUGHT: Italian and German wines - don't even try to get there. OTE]Originally posted by Dirk Diggler Swallow, always swallow! Whats the point of wasting good wine? [/QUOTE] fhain29 10-01-2005, 14:56 I agree, swallow! I've been to a wine tasting sessions at vineyards and there swallowing was done. However, there was a bucket or a copper jug into which the rest on the glass was emptied. I just downed the lot though. Off-topic.... Originally posted by Sam Miguel AFTERTHOUGHT: Italian and German wines - don't even try to get there. [/B][/QUOTE] Good wine is always matter of taste, but in my opinion you will be hard-pressed to find a white wine better than a German dry Riesling. Forget the Liebfraumilch and the Hock, that's sweet rubbish made and exported for the UK (!) market. As Johnson's Wine Guide recommends, go for dry Rieslings from the Rheingau as well as Chardonnay. And as for sparkling wines - try German Sekt instead of champagne, far cheaper, tastes just as good if not better and is better than Cava any day. Stocked at Waitrose. Also getting better are English whites. Watch this space. tslogf74 10-01-2005, 17:22 I love a red rioja. Never pay more than £2.99 for wine. I actually find the expensive stuff tastes worse. The one exception to the rule being a bottle I bought from a french service station for the princely sum of 4 francs. I wouldn't have used that to pickle onions. It's probably the only bottle of wine I never finished. onedizzybird 11-01-2005, 09:22 Australian dry whites (nice an green), Rioja ( both red and white) , Anything by Torres, Pinot Noir, Chablis, zinfandel, white grenache..and there is still nothing wrong with a nice chilled glass of Aussie Chardonnay. I thought Torres was going to by nice however, I was very disappointed. I openned the bottle on Christmas Day and did not get past the first glass, and I'm not genarally very picky. As for spitting or swallowing, I would have to agree with the majority and swallow it. |