5 Amateur Wine Mistakes Everyone Makes

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Holding a wine glass by the bowl

The bowl, or the top part of the wine glass, is the part that contains the wine. The problem is that when you hold your wine glass by the bowl, the heat from your hand warms up the wine. (Not to mention the ugly fingerprints that it leaves all over). When wine starts to heat up, it loses its freshness, and the delicate and subtle aromas disappear, leaving it tasting heavy, bland and overly alcoholic.

The sommelier’s recommendation: holding the wine glass by the foot, or the lowest part of the glass.

Bonus point: holding the foot of the glass between two fingers makes you look like a total pro!