Vistamar Chardonnay Chile

TASTING and assessing wine is by no means an exact science.

The writer Auberon Waugh was once asked if he had ever mistaken Bordeaux for Burgundy — “Not since lunch” was his reply and I know exactly what he meant.

There are many things that influence the way we taste wine from the food we are eating to the mood we are in, and the same wine can taste quite different even at different times of the day. Having said that, blind tasting a wine is by far the best way to assess its quality and whether it is to your taste and I recommend you try it occasionally with a selection of your favourite wines as even if you guess completely wrong I guarantee you will learn something (if only to be a bit more humble!).