About Wines

Here is a link on how to taste wines.

Checking the Wines Age

The color of a wine can be a good clue to its age and state of development.

When tasting white wines

White wines will darken as they age, from yellows and greens in youth through to gold and amber with age. Think of apple flesh when it is cut. It will oxidize and go brown. Wine is the same. Most inexpensive whites will take between three and five years to oxidize past good tasting condition. Higher quality whites may last up to twenty years, and dessert wines, if they are well made, can last many years longer. The only place to serve oxidized apple-brown wine (unless it’s a dessert wine, a Sherry or Madeira) is into the sink!

When tasting Red wines

Red wine becomes paler with age as particles fall to form sediment. Light also bleaches color pigment over time giving lighter hues of the original color. Vibrant reds and purples eventually turn to tawny reds, brick color, orange and then finally brown. Largely due to the preserving influence of tannin, reds last for longer than whites, the majority between five and ten years, though they can last up to two hundred years in exceptional cases.