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How to choose wine

Choosing a good wine can be a real nightmare, especially if you’ve got someone to impress. You’re having a dinner party – you’ve planned the menu thoroughly, dusted off your best crockery and wine glasses, and got everything prepared – except for the wine selection. There’s just too much to think about, and it always seems like everyone else knows so much more about it than you do. You stand there for what seems like forever looking at the endless shelves of bottles, and the more you wonder about it the harder it gets. That’s why we’ve put together a few tips of what to watch out for and how to choose the perfect wine.

Firstly and most importantly, you should match the wine to the meal you have chosen. Everyone has different opinions of which wine will taste good with different foods, but there are a few basic guidelines that

Are expensive wines really worth it?

How many of us can say we really know anything about wine? Most people are probably familiar with that feeling you get when you stand there looking at the rows and rows of bottles, with no idea what it is you’re actually supposed to be looking for. We assume that expensive wines cost more because they’re better and cheap wines should probably be avoided, but is there really any truth to this? I have tried cheap wines that have tasted fine, and expensive ones that have been horrible – that’s not always the case but they do exist and how are we supposed to know which ones to choose?

It’s like the theory that crystal wine glasses make wine taste better than regular glasses. It’s true that it is nicer to drink out of a crystal glass, they feel nice to hold and they make that lovely sound when you tap them,