So, you have opened the wine and allowed it to breathe a little, which some people believe enhances its flavour. Enjoying wine really starts with pouring it into a clean clear cut crystal glass and examining its colour. The colour of a wine can say a great deal about how it will taste and feel in your mouth. Some young red wines have an excessive amount of tannins which are phenolic chemicals that can be unpleasant. They can also be astringent, which makes your mouth feel dry and uncomfortable, and in excess they exacerbate hangovers. Such wines are generally coloured deep red or purple. As the wine ages, the tannin level reduces and its colour changes to a much lighter red, the colour of house bricks.

Such a brick coloured wine is likely to taste less fruity than when it was dark, and its flavour will be enhanced with sophisticated spicy overtones.

Next you should gently swirl the wine around the glass to release its aromas and smell it. Take a long drawn out sniff filling your lungs with its scents. What scents do you detect? Younger wines have the scent of plums and berries; they are also present but to a lesser degree in older wines where you will also find fierier and sharper scents that might manifest themselves as overtones to the initial smell sensation. The way in which the secondary and tertiary overtones harmonise with the early fruity smell is an indication of the wine’s quality.

Next you should take a small sip of the wine giving it time in your mouth to linger and interact with your taste buds. In reality what you are doing is enhancing the original smelling experience; whatever we may like to think of our palette, our sense of taste is very restricted as we have only five kinds of taste sensation: sweet; bitter; savoury; salty; and sour.  Around 80% of what we believe to be taste is really smell. Draw in some air through your mouth to enhance the sensation.

Swallow the wine. It is a waste to spit it out even if you are at a wine tasting. As you gradually get through the bottle you may find that the overall sensation of drinking the wine improves. Contrary to what you might think, this is not so much to do with the effects of the alcohol, but by your response to the astringent elements of the various tannins in the wine. The first glass might cause a dryness of the mouth, but by the time you drink the second your mouth will cease to react to the tannins and the wine will feel much smoother.

Order another bottle.

We will also keep you up to date with the latest news and events at Missoula, via e-mail and/or SMS text-messaging. If you do not wish to receive ongoing communications, after you have received your offer, please click the unsubscribe link in the e-mail.

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We’re celebrating the launch of our fab new drinks menu with a magnificent margarita master class. Order a main from our evening set menu for only £7.99^ and we’ll serve you one of our carefully crafted margaritas, to enjoy with your meal. What a deal!

Main course and a margarita for just £7.99^!

http://www.chiquito.exvn.com/tdocs/75663/Fiesta-Night-0312.cfm

But hurry, this offer is only available until 4th May – so what are you waiting for?

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50% off or 2 for 1 meals
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http://www.millerandcarter.co.uk/offer/freeglassofwine/

Terms & Conditions

One free 175ml glass of house wine when purchasing an adult main course from the main menu. Voucher valid until 27th April 2012 at any Miller & Carter, excluding Ruislip, Oracle and Aughton.

http://www.chiquito.co.uk/site/deals/kids-eat-free/index.php

Terms and conditions

1. Valid Sunday to Friday. 2. Valid until 30th April 2012. 3. Valid at participating restaurants only – not valid at Greenwich, Manchester Printworks, Salford or Cardiff central on event days. 4. This voucher entitles the bearer to one free child’s meal with each adult main course purchased from the main menu. Valid for a maximum of four free children’s meals. Child’s meal must be from the kids’ menu. 5. Not valid in conjunction with any other offer or set menu, valid when purchasing from the main menu only. 6. Valid on tables of up to 6 people. 7. One voucher per table/bill transaction.

http://www.vouchercodes.co.uk/offer/bellaitalia-buyonegetonefor2-april12/

1. Simply show your offer code when asking for your bill to receive a main course for £2.50 when another main course is purchased. The least expensive main course will be discounted to £2.50. Please print out a copy of the voucher displaying the code and bring it with you when you dine. Alternatively, you can show the code to a member of the waiting team on your phone.

2. Your code will be checked against a live database and incorrect or previously used codes will not be accepted. Your code can only be used once and has no cash value.

3. This offer is valid 2/4/12 to 15/4/12, excluding Fridays, Saturdays and Bank Holidays.

4. Maximum of one offer code per table, valid for up to 6 guests.

5. This code cannot be accepted in conjunction with any other offer, voucher, set menu, lunch menu or Tesco Clubcard Deal token.

6. We’re sorry but the following dishes are excluded from this offer: Controfiletto Ai Ferri and Bistecca Grande.

7. We’re sorry, but this offer is not available at the following Bella Italias: Center Parcs Elveden, Center Parcs Whinfell, Irving Street, Argyll Street, Covent Garden, Wellington Street, Shaftesbury Avenue, St Martins Lane and Duke Street.

8. Not valid on takeaway orders.

9. Entering your e-mail address or mobile number will add you to the Bella Italia database. We will never share your details with third parties and you can unsubscribe at any time.

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Buy one full English breakfast for £4.95 and you’ll get another free with this voucher.

http://www.pizzaexpress.com/offers/get/88/#offershow/

Valid throughout April