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Wine Sight and Appearance
Begin by looking at the wine, in a reasonably good, but not fluorescent light. Lift your glass up against a white or neutral pale background to get a general perception of the color. If you are at home you can use a sheet of white paper as the background.
By holding the base of the glass, you want to tilt your glass away from you until it is almost horizontal at about an angle of 45 degrees, to reveal the width and hue of the wine's "rim." Place the glass on a table and examine the wine from above to see its true clarity, brightness and depth of color. By looking down on the wine, you should be able to determine whether it has any bubbles or foreign bodies.
The wine should be bright and clear, never hazy or cloudy. The color should also be rich and full. If the wine appears to be hazy or cloudy, it could be due to contamination or caused by sediment that has been shaken up. Sediment is less common in white wine, but it is present, it shows that it has never been over filtered. Small, colorless crystals at the bottom of a glass of white wine are harmless deposits, and are a sign that the wine has not been over treated.
With red wine over years deposits tend to appear and the sediment should remain in the bottle. If some sediment appears in the glass, it muddies the taste and texture, as well as the appearance.
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