Biggest Mistakes You're Making When Drinking Wine
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Business Insider UK spoke to Amelia Singer, a wine expert. Singer is a TV presenter on The Wine Show and writes for Waitrose Food Magazine. She told us about the most common mistakes made when serving wine.
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Following is a transcript of the video:
Amelia Singer: Hi my name is Amelia Singer and I’m a wine expert, TV presenter on the wine show, and I run my own wine tasting and consultancy business, Amelia’s wine.
Everyone thinks red wine and cheese is really great. I know it’s really romantic and it’s the iconic image of valentines day or some kind of rom-com, but guys it really doesn’t do justice to either the wine or the cheese. If you really love both, then you think about this.
So effectively cheese can have quite a lot of acidity, particularly goat’s and sheep’s cheeses and hard cheeses and when you match it with a red wine, which often doesn’t have the same acidity and actually normally has quite a bit of tannin and alcohol. What’s going to happen is it’s going to clash and only exacerbates the acidity, and the tannin, and the alcohol levels. It’s going to dry out your wine, and it’s going to completely dry out your cheese. No, go.
My own personal pet peeve is that white wine is served too cold and red wine is served too warm. Why is this important? Well, when a wine is cold it basically mutes it and means that it’s not able to express its aroma and its full range of flavour compounds, now if you have a really cheap insipid white wine that’s fine; my mother’s Pinot Grigio with ice.
However if you are having something more complex, or something which is really meant to be fruity and perfumed then take it outside the fridge, maybe pour it in your glass and maybe let it open up a bit for 5 minutes. Same thing for reds, often particularly with really light, aromatic, juicy red wine. Shove that red wine in the fridge for half an hour, take it out and then you’ll find that instantly the aromas will become way more intense, it’ll be fresher and fruitier and then what’s quite fun is you can just see how it evolves in your glass.
Sometimes, like people, the wine just needs to breathe and chill out before you’re actually going to get its true potential and particularly if you’ve got really alcoholic muscular red wine and it’s very young, you know it’s got lots of testosterone and you’re just like chill out.
Just open it up, you need to pour it out, you can pour it out into a decanter if you want to be posh, or you can pour it into a water jug. Basically, anything that will allow the wine to aerate and release it’s flavour compounds.
In regards to wine glassware, people can get really stressed out. which again is sad, if you have a beautiful wine and you’ve only got a mug available just go for it. However, if you really want to taste and appreciate the nuances in your glass of wine it can make a difference.
You really want to keep the bubbles in your sparkling wine, carbon dioxide can basically travel up the glass to keep the bubbles bubblier when you have a flute, which is this here. And always you want to hold it down here because you don’t want to heat up your sparkling wine.
You can hold a red wine glass like that if you want to warm up your red wine, that is perfectly acceptable. And I have sometimes done it, this is a white wine glass when someone serves me “whice” white wine which is as cold as ice and you then can’t taste anything. then if I want to warm it up then it’s perfectly acceptable.
By keeping it narrower, and keeping the bowl smaller you can concentrate the perfume and you can also keep it cooler. This would be perfect for your Sauvignon Blancs, your Rieslings. Anything citrusy, juicy perfumed something like this is great. However for your red wine, generally you want the surface area to be slightly rounder because red wine has got lots of layers which it needs to open up.
To really actually help along with the aeration process, do give it a swirl there is a reason why wine people swirl their glasses it’s not purely to be pretentious it actually does really help with the tasting process.
Wine drinking instructions:
1) pour the wine
2) drink the wine
Amen to that
man that's too complicated, make it easier for dummies like me
Steve Gustafson *Merci infiniment, Thanks. Here is a THAI winery, PB Valley in the Khao Yai highlands, three hours from Bangkok*
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@@cyber_cunt2077 drink directly from bottle. simple as that.
😂😂😂
The only mistake you can make when drinking wine is not to put enough in your glass
Absolutely
Dam right
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Words to live by 🍷
😂😂😂You're right.
A late friend of ours was a Bordeaux expert, and a negociante who imported the Monsieur Henri collection. He told us, "If you like it, it's good wine."
It's more like "you don't dictate one's tastes"....
But a bad wine is a bad wine...
*négociant (négociante au féminin)
Legit.
@@lostandwastedtime Good luck with that word and any other French word like ‘connoisseur’ instead of ´connaisseur, connaisseuse’. Once they are absorbed into another language, they don’t belong to you anymore: you need to let go and think of them as ‘something that you used to know’! 🤦🏻♀️ Désolée de faire éclater ta bulle. 😉
@@lostandwastedtime trés bon monsieur
I would never drink wine with a wine expert. Damn the pressure!!
I’d like to think that drinking with the right expert could be great
Hhh
I would drink with her she seems down to earth, shes said dont worry about the glasses you can drink it from a mug.lol
Majhyasobat gheshil ka
ye Mumbai Goregaon la ratra bhar drink kru
Go see this guy, he’ll make you feel at ease: unemployedwineguy on YT
I'm sure she's right about everything, but I'm still drinking ice cold white blend Franzia out of a coffee cup white sitting in my yard.
Martine Hofseth yassss girl 🥂
Is that Franzia from a bottle or box? Lol
Ewww. Lol
Hell yeah!
Yaaasses that large big box that is available at Wal-Mart for less than $16 is my dawg!
After the 3rd glass...toooonight we drinking from the bottle 🥴
😂😂😂Savaging
FELT THAT
After the 3rd bottle.....toniiiight let's make some babies
@@jorishnathanael1812 AHAHAHA.......
With a straw!
Wine: for romantics or depressed people
Champagne: for celebrating rich boys
Vodka: for a hard hit
Beer: for relaxing
scotch?
trash
Sahil Thakur for edgy try hards or psychos like me
@@theprincipalityofbelka4646 with a cigar, right. While you sit by the fireplace.
Rum?
Between her intonation and RP pronunciation, she sounds like Hermione Granger in 20 years.
God I hate pretentious 🍷 snobs!
Ellie Z. Basically Hermione after developing alcoholism after graduating from Hogwarts....
@@RAKITHA9 I mean, given all the sh*t that she's been through during those 7 years...
Her marriage to Ron went south, so did her addiction
Having wine at the right temperature & letting it aerate actually makes a huge difference on the taste...try it sometime
I'm gonna try that.
If you're only drinking one glass of red wine, do you still keep it out of the fridge until ready to drink?
@@shamarab4632 For one glass best to just pour a glass and put bottle back in fridge. Give the glass a couple of swirls and wait at least 15 minutes for the wine to warm up if you can. Refrigerators typically run about 40 degrees F or below, and red wine is best between 60-68 F.
@@brandons4240 thanks
Everyone knows the finest Bordeaux wines are best served in a red solo cup.
That sounds like a lot of work, i just use the bottle
@@nickdevries5146 😆😆😆
@@nickdevries5146 😆
Ch. Rothschild goes with my Micky Mouse cup.
I was watching the video muted and I didn't even realize until the end. I understood everything from her hand signals.
HAHAHAAHA
Lmao
Facial expressions too😂
😂
I always let my red wine breathe in a decanter for 20 minutes and serve it in a big glass at the recommended temperature. Makes even cheap wines taste good, and good wines taste magnificent.
I need to get a decanter. Been wanting one for the longest.
I've decided before the video that her name is Karen
lol
sv_cheats 69 I knew a chik named Karen who looked similar so… 👍
Good quality video, but not for expert level...
How about Anastasia Beaverhousen ? Karen's secret Identity. (from Will & Grace)
I agree but the haircut isn’t totally accurate.
I must not be too refined because i love drinking Cabernet Sauvignon at room temp with a nice hard cheese like a smoked Gouda, i find the flavor of each compliments eachother very well and when i add hard salami to the mix i am in Heaven.
That's what's important...it make YOU happy! Salute!
Indeed. My first thought when she said it was, she crazy. lol
Those things are just suggestions, fortunately I feel that the wine community is getting way more chill.
I would still say (as a suggestion) that red wine at room temp is fine, but that means something like a room in France during spring, if you are in the Texas summer, I think most people would agree it's better to chill your red wine a bit, if they tried it.
“I’m wine expert...blahblah” then opens a tin metal cap bottle to pour her wine 😂
😆😆😆😆
yh imagine being an expert at getting legally high there is nothing wrong with it but it isn’t really as glamorous as its made out to be
And drink the red wine from the white wine glass... after she explain to us which glass is used for each kind of wine ;)
Not only that, but the "wine" looked suspiciously like fruit juice. Not the right colour, too many bubbles.
All new zealand's sauvignon blanc is bottled with caps, so are most of germany's mid level spätburgunder... what's your point?
The bottle she's drinking is a 50$ pinot noir.
For all those who think “Just relax, it’s only wine!” remember everyone appreciates things on different levels, just like with cooking. You can eat frozen dinners or take time and make a proper meal.
A bit harder to eat when still frozen, though.
You can eat a pizza like a normal person or eat a pizza with fancy cutlery slowly, bit by bit, and in the most pretentious voice say, 'Hmm... yes I can taste cheese and a hint of salami with a dash of bread dough' every time you take a nibble. Also don't forget to spin your pizza around like a beyblade to help the tasting process.
@@firstnamelastname489 At the risk of blasphemy, I’d posit that “pizza” is more of a general delivery mode than a narrowly defined range of ingredient combinations. I have a couple of foodie snob “friends” who refuse to dine with me when I suggest ham and pineapple as toppings. That’s OK, just leaves more for me as I happen to enjoy that combo, and couldn’t give a flying fig whether they tolerate my choice or not. Of course they’re equally flabbergasted that I don’t care for either asparagus or artichokes, or even most sparkling wines.
Cheers.
@@fonkenful Jokes aside pineapple and ham on pizza is great. The acid of the pineapple cuts through the richness of the ham and cheese really well.
Your friends are missing out. smh
@@firstnamelastname489 Ha ha ha!!
I’m the biggest wine mistake....
Oskar S 😂😂😂
Mine's a vodka story...
Hugs for you Oskar - and thanks for the smile 🍷🍷🍷
Mines completely sober....it's actually sickening
Were you conceived when your parents were intoxicated with wine?
I started to fridge my red wine 30-40 minutes before decanting and drinking, it completely changed my wine drinking experience. You can taste so much more if your wine is at an optimal temperature.
I'm new to wine... loved the knowledge👌👌
Drink sensibly don't spill it
You know you're a real wine expert when you openly acknowledge some of the silly nuances people get worked up about like what to pour it in. If you're at home and want to drink some wine, no need to drink like you're trying to impress people that aren't there lol.
Exactly!!
I swirl my glass so I can come off as pretentious, only reason why I do it. Otherwise, what's the point?
I wanted to punch her in the teeth when she started slurping. 👊😁
Stefan Marchione everyone can drink wine as they like it but the point of slurping and swirling is to get the aroma out of the wine, when you’re drinking world class wines it really does make a big difference:)
@Shawn Knox So you are pretending to be pretentious? That's next level pretence.
scent
@@notanumber1311 exactly.
Or pair your wine with the RIGHT cheese - like I don’t know, a proper Côte de Nuit with some Époisses, Dry Riesling with Munster etc...
Lmao.
Snob spotted.
Agreed.
Max L *Merci infiniment, Thanks. Here is a THAI winery, PB Valley in the Khao Yai highlands, three hours from Bangkok*
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'You talk about this stuff like you read it in a book'
your way of articulating this subject is accenting the love of wine by the beauty you're emanating from the inner passion of your soal. Thankyou!
Pause the video at 0:56
Thya Smith LOOOOOOL
😂😂😂
You're an internet genius😁😁
Dried out cheese 🧀 🥰🥰🤣🤣🤣🤣
So did I, under one minute !
3:49 😂 looks like she is searching the taste in the air 🤣🤣🤣 I know am being a kid but I swear it's daam funny 😂😂😂
A word of wisdom, as well as advice. Wine needs to breathe, but, attention, if when you open the bottle it is not breathing, immediately apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!
Experts always talk the same way. With passion but never down on anyone. Nothing to prove. She’s brill!!!
Agreed. I am a 'wine expert' too (although I absolutely hate to call myself that because too many pretentious people call themselves that, it's even kind of a signature of it in fact probably) and saying wine doesn't go with cheese as a general rule seems absolutely ridiculous. Why would millions of people enjoy the pairing but someone can still decide it's not working!?! Winemakers say it's fine, cheese makers say it's fine, centuries of tradition all over Europe says it's fine, and a wine expert can just jump in and pretend it's a disaster!
Of course, you could say that wine doesn't go with seafood, french fries, pizza, asparagus, artichokes, grilled meat and apple pie. That would be just as incorrect. Perhaps some wines dont go with those. But what about the huge variety of wine styles? (and the immense variety of cheeses, nothing works, that's it?!). I don't like to criticize fellow wine lovers who make videos educating about wine, because i make some myself and I know it's hard to generalize and explain wine, but this is just really wrong.
The other points here are fine, but discredited by the first one.
Also, anyone else finding that the color of this Pinot Noir in the video is weird?
I wanted to ask about the color, I am no expert but it looked off
@@jm9k Well, it looks really light with a strange orange hue to the normal red/purple color of Pinot. This is either grape juice they may have used for the shoot, or a very cheap bulk Pinot. What's strange is that it's not only light in color, but also a bit hazy. Not sure. Weird!
@@jm9k Had a quick look and research with the label that's visible in the video. Bolney Estate Pinot seems to be an entry-level English Pinot Noir, which probably explains the light color. A wine meant to be affordable, light and simple.
@@UA-camJulien "English Pinot Noir" - not typically three words we find together in a sentence ;) 🍷🍷🍷 Cheers!
@@WineScribble True. Although, they are making more and more wine these days, the English wine industry has been booing, and with the global warming, Pinot can ripen nicely now there I think. Would be nice to taste some good examples. Cheers :-)
I enjoy my red wine with baguette and cheese no matter what anyone says.
What type of cheese?
@@autume3880 I live in Aix-en-Provence and each weekend my wife and I enjoy a bottle of Chateauneuf du Pape and baguette and some Banon.
I'm French and I agree
you do you Mike
@@mikeberry81 I wish I could afford that type of living as well
If I didn't hear her British accent I would have sworn she was Italian the way she speaks with her hands.
You insensitive Yank. She has an accent from Wales!!!
Jk
I thought she sounded like Adele
Her hands are always symmetrical
She could be of Italian ancestry and still have a British accent if she or her parents moved there.
@ Matthew, Lol. But Wales is in Britain. 😁
thank you so much this will help me in my constant alcohol spiral
50% of the GOOD WINE is...the COMPANY, 50% is the MOMENT... " DRINK FOR THE MOMENT, THIS MOMENT IS NOW!! 🥳🍷🍾
3:47 you lost me lol haha NEVER DO THAT ON A 1st DATE . Love it
I'm such a violator and rebel. I always drink chilled wine, straight from the refrigerator. Never swirl it around in my mouth (too much flavor), and never drink it with food (the wine should be the complete focus).
The internet needed a video like this! Love her enthusiasm
Gang gang fang
I use the 20/20 rule...red wine in/white wine out of the fridge before serving....but I don't know about that clear bottle cloudy AF pinot you're drinking....
The biggest mistake I made today, was drinking the whole bottle of wine.
I bet your still feeling it lol
Wine and cheese works great, it just depends on the specific combo:
Acidic cheese like Feta - fresh and acidic white wines like Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Albariño, unoaked Chardonnay like Chablis
Bold hard cheese - slightly sweet and less tannic full bodied red wines like Amarone, Ripasso, Appassimento, Governo, as well as a lot of portuguese red wines. Also sweet white wines
Medium bold hard cheese - most of the red winestyles above with the exception of Amarone. Here you can also have successfull pairings with oaked Chardonnay
Blue cheese - sweet wines like Sauternes, Tokaj, Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese
Brie cheese - dry sparkling wine, the extra fat content goes perfect with the bubbles. Also like someone else stated you can pair it with lighter red wines like Pinot Noir, or a light Valpolicella
Edit: If it's an aged and bold brie, then skip the wine and grab a Saison beer.
If you're unsure or if you have a very mixed plate, then Port Wine is a safe bet as it has the sweetness, but you also take smaller sips from it so it gets less critical.
I love when videos tell me I'm doing a specific thing wrong when it has no idea how I'm doing it.
"Wine tasting consultant company" that class
I know, right?
One thing that inspires me is being naive and young, drinking cheap lambrusco wine in the Gianicolo hill overlooking Rome...love that memory
Wines with heavy tannin benefit enormously from being paired with certain cheeses. The simple logic is that lactic acid in cheese balances the tannic acid produced by tannins. It’s really quite simple, and to hear a so-called ‘wine expert” immediately refute this unalienable maxim is just insane. The same can be said for certain white wines that undergo secondary malolactic fermentation. Again, the lactic acid in cheese compliments the wine’s mouthfeel after mall in acid is converted to lactic acid in the wine (think “buttery” Chardonnay etc...) I think Business Insider needs to vet their content more fully before blasting this stuff into the UA-cam universe. Wine as a subject in general has been so mystified by all of this non-sense, it’s time to produce real content that real consumers can relate to.
Woah! You really ripped this one apart.
I really love my red wine with cheese and crackers! Yum!!! It can be dinner after a hectic day!🤗
upvote
Thank you ..An eye opener on how to drink wine
I don't care about all her theories, I find cheese and wine, especially smoked cheddar and a full-bodied red wine go rather well together! Note to self: if you enjoy it, who's to say you aren't doing it right?
Tip: put some brie or camembert cheese on a cracker and put some jam on top of it, add a cashew nut. It will go great with an Australian shiraz.
people can have opinions
Thank you for inspiration ❤️
Great! I'll take this into account next time I'm chugging a bladder of Franzia Sweet Blush at a frat party
What is Franzia?
@@ekaterinas8796 It's a boxed wine
I'm going to make those faces when drinking wine so I can look like a wine connoisseur. Fancy me! 🤣
She did a nice job of explaining it.
Jack Whaley do you know this dialect of sign language?!
This lady is awesome!
wow
Great
She is sexy hot
I disagree completely, bleu chz and pinot noir from burgundy or brie is amazing together.
On the topic of pairing wine with the right food - we recently discovered that a bit of a textual oaky Chardonnay paired surprisingly well with a Big Mac! Creaminess of the cheese plus the little touch of pickle? *chefs kiss*
help I don’t know how that gentleman in tiktok brought me here, I’m now completely hook in learning these things omg
Maybe you should think about a wine certification, that could be fun.
@@MK-fj8xf how do i get one??
Thank you for this information 🍷
Red wine and cheese....is a fantastic pairing.
Usually I get through my wine before the first course arrives, so I just order whatever wine I feel like.
I find that red wines taste great with hard cheeses and whites generally pair well with with soft cheeses. Everyone is different so it’s hard to say “you won’t like this combination of foods”. Each individual has to try it for themselves, but general suggestions are helpful for people who want to learn more about wine but don’t have a lot of experience. The risk of saying “you’re doing it wrong” is that it can make people reluctant to try more wines because they don’t feel like they belong. You wouldn’t invite someone to a museum and say “I’ll tell you which art is good and which is rubbish”. The individual gets to decide for themselves what they like; there is no right or wrong. That said, I absolutely agree on the importance of getting the temperature right because it does help the flavors come out, much like beer is going to taste much better cold than not (except for stouts and such). I like to drink sparkling and white wine in a glass big enough to get my nose in so I can really take in the aromas. The smaller glasses limit my experience. Finally, that whole practice of slurping wine just seems like you’re trying too hard. If it works for you, great, but I’ve tried it and don’t feel like it really added anything to the experience. If you were only allowed one sip of the wine then maybe it makes sense, but I find that drinking a glass of wine gives me ample opportunity to understand what it tastes like without trying to figure it all out in the first sip.
Good advice, I liked it
Iam having red wine while watching this video 😊
The last time i drank wine, i drank it straight from the bottle...
Ooh watch it with the sound off and you'll think she's learning how to fly....
Really good to know and very useful, especially if you spend a good bit of money on a bottle for special occasion. This video helps you taste the wine properly and not feel like you wasted your money.
Drink your wine the way you enjoy the most!
Brilliant.. Explained in a nutshell Reminds me of my Hospitality days at Les Roches.. Enjoyed my Gewurztraminer..!!!! Informative vid.. Cheers!!!
Chill it , shake it gently upside down , drink first sip from bottle directly then pour into any glass , eat whatever you like and relax , don't think too much it's your wine enjoy .
The only rules to follow when drinking wine is: enjoy it and keep it coming
Just drink the wine it's up to you how you drink it 🍷🥂🍾
Choosing a red wine from Sussex and a white wine from Kent. Those are the biggest mistakes you can make when drinking wine.
In my experience: red wine pairs well with cheese. Drinking white wine with cheese leaves a bitter aftertaste, which doesn’t happen with red wine. White wine pairs well with fish.
THANKS DEFINATELY TRUE
I’m a bit clueless with wine, literally when in doubt I look at the label and go off that 🤦🏻♂️
Good job watching live from Japan 🇯🇵 🇺🇬🌍🌏🌎🇺🇬
I do find a difference swirling the wine. Especially for me I’ll never drink a warm red, it gives me sore throat. Don’t know the science but there’s that.
I like warm red wine. They can be so aromatic and tartiness will be more pronounced
,"never do that on a first date" ha so true
Most charming, funny, and informative. Thank you!
So... she’s pretentious being knowledgeable about wine but on the other hand it’s totally okay for every dude to be ridiculously obnoxious with their IPA beers. lol okay then.
I was recommended this while drinking wine, lol
Not drinking enough is my biggest mistake
I love my plum wine 🍷🍾 as cold as it can get. But I do like it in the middle size glass 🍷
Ure made me looking for my wine..
Blaming u for that.. Great review
I learned how to drink wine from a professor who was a consultant to wine industry in Europe & South America. Professor said
1. Drink red wine 30-45 minutes before meal. 1 glass is sufficient to provide health benefit
2. Matching red wine with food is all marketing gimmick. Different blood group acts differently. Red wine with red meat is another sales/marketing gimmick.
3. Red wine in room temperature is good enough. Chill wine causes blood vessels to shrink (shock effect)
4. Use white wine for desserts, cooking or salads.
1:11 massive glitch
Never do that in the first date 😅.. Perfect. 🌹
Should be called:
“All the mistakes my Mom makes when drinking wine”
Lmao. I’m always telling her she’s wrong to no avail.
She's right! Of course all cheese is magical, but when you pair them right it's like a miracle!
I wish i was a professional alcoholic...
Pop cork, guzzle.🦐🍷 cheers
is she using some form of sign language?
Ym
Mm
Not according to my ASL skills.😆
Cheese and red wine can match perfect. imagine a machengo cheese with a Merlot Astica red wine from argentina. Customers love it in our shop
How to drink beer correctly: Chug!
Haha,so true
Don't forget to gently swoosh your bud light around your cup to release it's subtle flavors
What is a great red wine to buy for a first date and what food should I match with it?
It’s best to just go to a store and ask for advice really. You can also find some quizzes online wich might help you to get an idea wich kind of wine you might
I drink warm wine and strawberries
Thank you very well said!
She's very animated and also articulate. Love it
I have a question about wine,if we making alcohol wine then should add Yeast in or not ?? Because I don't like that smell
Completely not an expert of wine. Cheese are perfect with red wine. The important thing is to pair the right cheese with the right wine. Really you should drop the business and go for a while to France. Ashaming.
Is it also valid for Kolesom wine, Intisari wine, and "Orang Tua" wine?
What goes well with a half eaten cheeseburger and three fries?
Maybe, maybe.....Wild Irish Rose 20 Year Reserve?!😋
Bo and unwashed hair?
Thunderbird!
Great and informative video...thanks for your input !
I don't know why but I find this video very funny :D