Wine drinking 101: HOW TO DRINK WINE

Select a wine, open it up and pour a glass. How hard can it be? Well, if you're not an expert to wine, it’s easy to be intimidated by all the choices, rules, and traditions. Fake it 'til you make it, amirite?

Fear not - we’re here to break it down and keep it real.

#1. Select a wine.

It might seem obvious, but picking which wine to drink can be the hardest part of the entire process. It’s also the most fun (until you start to drink)! Knowing which wine to drink is based entirely on your personal preferences. There is no wrong answer. Is it hot out, and you want a red wine? Pop a Pinot Noir in the fridge for a few minutes. Are you eating steak and in the mood for white wine? Try a Chardonnay!

Whether you’re in the mood for a quiet glass by yourself curled up by the fireplace, bringing a bottle to the beach for a little ocean-side sipping, or headed to a friend for a socially distanced porch visit – delicious wines would be the perfect complement. Red, white, pink or bubbles is totally up to you. Be reassured that whatever you decide, you’ve chosen wisely!

 
Image by Marian Peteros

Image by Marian Peteros

#2. Open the bottle.

If taking out the cork from a bottle of wine fills you with dread that you might screw it up, here's a wine hack for you: get a bottle with a screw cap! Not only is this the easiest, simplest way to open wine bottles, you also don’t need to remember to pack a corkscrew. You’re welcome!

Added bonus, if you don't get to finish the bottle, put the cap back on and save it for later without fear of spillage or spoilage.

While corks were the traditional means for storing wine, many an independent test has proven that screw caps keep wines from oxidizing far better. And you don’t need a study to know that twisting open a bottle of wine is easy-peasy and beats fiddling about with that corkscrew.

Image by Marian Peteros

Image by Marian Peteros

#3. Pour a glass.

Now, you’ve seen the wine poured, swirled, sniffed, sipped, and savored. Wine can be a delight and an indulgence. However, it also can be snobby and intimidating.

The difference in red, white, and sparkling wine glasses is aimed at enhancing - not changing - a wine’s aromas and flavor.

Read: there are NO WRONG GLASSES, but there are right glasses.

So, should you drink red wine in a white wine glass, your enjoyment of our Pantsuit Pinot should not be tempered. You can sip it from a teacup or a coffee mug, a mason jar, or a red Solo cup. If someone calls you out on your uncouth ways, quickly refer them to Italy, a bastion of wine connoisseurs who drink red wine from small juice glasses who know that everyday wine should be drunk without pretense.

That’s us – never trying to be something other than NASTY WOMAN WINES. Bold, strong, real, and unapologetic.

Cheers, and stay Nasty!