The Wine Experience              
Wine Tears

Have you ever had anyone hold up a glass of wine and pronounce, "Just look at the legs on this wine!" ?  

So what do legs have to do with wine?   Well the so-called legs are the thin layer of liquid that oozes down the side of the glass when you swirl it.  

Right there its confusing.   After all, they look more like tears.  

These tears don't tell us about the quality of the wine, but they can give us a hint about its body and alcohol level.   The higher the alcohol content, the longer flowing and slower are the tears moving down the side of the glass.  

Alcohol content adds to the fullness of wine.   Higher alcohol equals more body and more body equals a bigger rounder taste.   That's good to know, especially if there's food involved.  

So checking out the tears in the wineglass does make some sense for it can set some expectations for the wine experience that follows.

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