Practice tasting

Taste a wine now.

A practice wine, four phases and your score out of 40. Like the game, but with nobody watching.

If you have a cold white to hand, pour it. If not, imagine it: that works too.

Sight · 1 pt

How much colour?

Move the slider until the wine looks like the one in your glass.

Sight · 2 pts

What colour is it?

Look at the rim, where the wine is thinnest.

Nose · 2 pts

Swirl the glass.

Draw circles on the glass with your finger so the wine opens up. Then tell us how strong it smells.

Nose · 3 pts

Catch three aromas.

Aromas rise from the glass. Tap the ones you pick up: fruit, flowers, herbs.

Nose · 2 pts

Anything from the winery?

Bread, cream, wood… what winemaking leaves behind. Up to two, or “None”.

Nose · 1 pt

And from ageing?

What time in barrel or bottle gives: leather, nuts, toast. One, or “None”.

Palate · 5 pts

Now, the mouth.

Press and hold the glass to take a sip. Then rate each one.

The verdict · 12 pts

Which grape is it?

This is where most of the points are. Swipe the cards and choose.

The verdict · 8 pts

Where’s it from?

Country and region. If you got the grape, you’re on the right track.

Country

Region

The verdict · 4 pts

How much is the bottle?

With a 10% margin (±€1 if it costs under €10).