Around Christmas and New Year, the wine starts flowing and many of us become amateur wine tasters at parties and dinners to impress friends and family. We eagerly sniff the wine, pretending to smell sweet undertones, and take a sip before agreeing that it's good wine.
That method has one major flaw, according to Richard Bampfield, the Master of Wine for Lidl. Even more seasoned wine tasters, might be making the same mistake when tasting their wine.
The big mistake we're all making is that we shouldn't be sipping the drink at all, instead we should be taking a "proper mouthful".