Almost half of us are wine bluffers out to attempt to impress family and friends.
But when 41 per cent of these questioned in a survey are completely happy to confess their deceit, many extra of us are blissfully ignorant.
Greater than half – 57 per cent – have pretended to know the phrase tannins, which refers back to the wine’s dryness, bitterness and acidity, whereas 35 per cent have exclaimed {that a} wine is ‘oaked’ – not realising it signifies that the wine was aged in a barrel product of oak.
Forty-one per cent of respondents, for the Wine Pinnacle Awards survey, admitted to bluffing about wine (file picture)
Virtually one in 5 (19 per cent) thought terroir – a winery’s ‘sense of place’ – was a breed of canine. Some 18 per cent felt sure Sauternes – the candy white from Bordeaux – was a kind of orange, whereas as many as 22 per cent thought corked, the place the wine has reacted badly with the cork, meant the cork had damaged whereas opening the bottle.
And one in ten within the survey by the Wine Pinnacle Awards thought the grape selection Zinfandel was a well-known magician.
On common the British drink two bottles of wine every week, anticipating them to price lower than £7 every. 1 / 4 of us favor a screwtop. Some 70 per cent of the respondents wished they’d a greater information and understanding of wine.
With regards to ordering a bottle in a restaurant 17 per cent admit they at all times order the third least expensive in order to not seem tight, whereas 27 per cent at all times ask the waiter or sommelier for recommendation to take the warmth off them.
An additional 42 per cent select a wine as a result of it has a horny label, whereas 34 per cent have purchased an costly bottle of wine to point out off to household and associates.
General, 77 per cent Brits mentioned they might purchase a wine, if it had an award.
General 70 per cent would like to know what wines they need to be consuming in 2023.
The Wine Pinnacle Awards introduced their high 18 wines globally final month – the one awards to recognise a various vary of classes primarily based solely on benefit from over 60 of one of the best wine consultants on this planet.
