Wine enjoyment

In order to enjoy a wine or sparkling wine as fully as possible and to realise its full potential, appropriate preparation is essential, depending on the type of wine.

Occasion for enjoying wine

The first question is in what company, in what mood and in what place? In a restaurant by candlelight, in a beach café with a view of the sea and the twinkling starry sky, with business associates after a contract has been signed, in front of a flickering open fire in cosy togetherness, with fish, at a barbecue, at a wine tavern, after a walk, on the third rainy day in Tuscany or on your 50th wedding anniversary. The ambience plays an important role. Who hasn't experienced the deceptive magic of a holiday wine? A wine should be enjoyed at the "right time", ideally when it has reached drinking maturity or ideally its peak (see under ageing and shelf life). And, of course, the wine to be enjoyed should also go well with the food or harmonise with it if it is consumed with food.

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Wine enjoyment

Occasion for enjoying wine

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