![]() Tasting something involves persuading it to release molecules which stimulate special nerve cells in the mouth or the much more discriminating ones in the nose. You have only to think of how dull food, even quite strongly flavoured food, tastes when you have a nose blocked by a head cold to realise what an important role the sense of smell plays in what we call taste. If I could give just one piece of advice to any newcomer to wine, it would be: don't forget your sense of smell. Swotting up wine geography and vintage ratings is an optional extra and comes a long way down the line from working out how every drop of wine can give as much pleasure as possible. As far as I'm concerned, the enjoyment of wine has to begin with the glass in your hand.
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