Fine wine may be your greatest love in life. Or perhaps your palate prefers a six-pack of reasonably priced domestic beer. And then the object of the wine connoisseur's appreciation is spat into a bucket. Still, understanding these wine-tasting ceremonies will add immensely to your enjoyment of a good bottle.
Conventional wisdom is largely myth and old wives' tales.
Here's what science says will occur once that liquor hits your bloodstream. If wine lingo, like wine itself, makes you a little blurry-eyed, take a dram from the wine glossary . France's Loire Valley is home to some of the most renowned vineyards in the world.