What are some wine myths that you have heard?!
Answers: Doing a paper on wine myths and wine debates and can only think of a couple. Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
Wine goes bad and starts turning into vinegar about a day after popping the cork.
FALSE: A freshly opened bottle can last more than three days, and typically the wine gets better as time goes by. Independent Studies by the Wine Institute have shown that wine drinkers actually prefer a wine the longer it has been opened (those studied preferred 3 days old to 2 days old, and 2 days old to 1 day old etc.).
Uncorking a bottle for a few hours before drinking to “let it breathe” will improve and soften the wine.
FALSE: This one is a little controversial, but tests show that simply uncorking a bottle of wine doesn’t do much to let a wine open up due to the small surface area of the wine exposed to air. One good analogy I’ve heard: Expecting a wine to breathe by popping the cork is like expecting a weary traveler to feel refreshed from a long plane ride by simply opening the cockpit door.
Smelling the cork can tell you something about a wine’s quality.
FALSE: Smelling the cork won’t tell you anything about the quality of the wine. The waiter or sommelier at a restaurant will hand you the cork so you can check to see if there is mold or if the cork is broken, but smelling it won’t tell you if the wine is corked or not. For that you need to smell the wine itself.
You need a different wine glass for different types of wine (Burgundy, Bourdeaux etc.).
FALSE: Slews of tests have shown that a standard ISO wine glass allows you to pick up the bouquet of both red and white wines as well or better than specialty glasses.
In general, as long as the glass is taller than it is wide, whatever you choose to serve your wine in will be fine.
I'm always told by folks, that if you drink wine, and start to sober up, you can drink water and get drunk all over again. Years of drinking wine has proved this one to be false.
Another big one is that expensive wine is the best wine.
if u go in front of a mirror and say "wine" 3 times,this reeeaaaally huge grape wine with 7 legs will pop out of the mirror and eat you.
oh and in the Bible, Jesus turned water into wine. But then Chuck Norris turned that wine into beer.
Cork is better than Screwcap
Red wine with red meat: whilte wine with white meat
Old world wine is better than New World Wine.
The best Pinot Noir comes from Oregon
Champagne glass was molded form the breast of MArie-Antoinette
Older is better
All the myths listed so far are great, a couple more for your paper...
The larger/deeper the 'dimple' (called a punt) on the bottom of a bottle is the better the wine is. - Not true, the punt has nothing to do with the wine inside.
The more expensive the wine is, the better. - Not (always) true, I've had some great cheap wine.
Putting the cork back in an opened bottle of wine will keep it fresher longer. - Not true, once the bottle has been opened, and oxygen has come in contact with the wine, it will start turning.
I'll try to think of some others and add them later.
The screw top is better than cork is a good myth. Do a search for Hogue wines- they’ve done a lot of research into it. Another myth is that children/young adults should not drink wine- in Europe they have wine with dinner.