FBSOP020 - How To Open and Serve Red Wine

 

HOW TO OPEN AND SEVE RED WINE

PROCEDURE

    Take A Bottle of Red Wine

• From the bar or wine cellar
• Ensure wine serving temperature is correct
• Young red wine 18.3c / 65f
• Matured red wine 20.5c / 68 to 70f.
• C: Centigrade
• F: Fahrenheit.
• Slowly and Care Fully

" Do not shake matured wine excessively during service"

    Approach Guest with A Bottle of Red Wine

• Ensure correct wine
• Ensure correct vintage
• Cheerful
• Smile and Polite
• "Excuse me, Sir/Madam"

    Hold The Bottle of Red Wine

• With palm on left hand
• Bottle neck towards you
• Label facing to the guest

    Present Red Wine For Approval        

• Right hand side of the guest
• Hold wine on palm of left hand
• Half folded waiter cloth / service clothes beneath the bottle
• Read name of wine and vintage to guest
• " Madam/Sir, here is your Red Wine Pinot Noir 2001

    Open Wine Opener

• Open the blade of the wine opener
• Not rusty
• Should be sharp and Clean
• Be careful

    Hold The Neck of The Bottle

• Hold with your finger firmly
• With left hand
• Label facing to the guest always
• Ensure bottle upright at all times

    Place Knife On Foil    

• About 1.5cm down the bottle rim
• Knife positioned horizontally to label

    Cut Foil

• To cut the foil follow clockwise completely one round neck of the bottle and anticlockwise again
• Do not turn the bottle

    Remove The Foil

• Remove the cut foil from the bottle
• Gently and slowly
• Ensure the foil is cut properly
• Place the foil on the side station first
• Do not through the foil on the floor

    Close The Blade of Wine Opener

• Carefully and gently

    Wipe The Top of The Bottle

• Rim of the bottle and surroundings with the service napkin
• To remove the mold

    Open The Corkscrew

• With right hand and support and grip the opener
• Hold wine opener between thumb and index finger

    Hold The Neck Of The Bottle

• To holds the neck of the bottle with left hand firmly

    Insert The Corkscrew

• One compete turn before inserting
• With right hand, applying force gently
• Do not push

    Turn Wine Opener

• Turn the wine opener with the right hand that we screwed into the bottle of wine by gently and slowly
• Do not force or push down
• Do not turn bottle
• Stop when the las spiral completely enters into the cork
• Grip the bottle neck close to rim for support

    Ease Cork Upwards

• Slowly and gently
• Hold the bottle firmly
• Stop when cork screw is 3/4 out of bottle

    Remove cork

• Slowly and gently
• Turn cork 180 degrees
• Twirl corkscrew out of  cork with right hand and slowly

    Present Cork

• Present cork to the guest / host from the right
• Hold cork at the top
• Place it on table near the guest / host

    Wipe The Bottle Rim

• Rim and edge of bottle with service napkins
• Remove all traces of deposits or cork fragments

    Pouring Wine into Glass

• Small portion at first in the host's glass for tasting
• Do not lift glass
• Gently and Steadily
• Let flow slowly into glass
• Tilt the bottle excessively [ Do not shake ]

    Served Wine

• Ladies first / Host last
• Glass not more then half full
• Twist bottle slightly
• Clockwise toward end of each pouring

    Put Back The Red Wine Bottle

• Put back on the wine coaster
• Slowly and gently
• Within easy reach of the host
• Place napkin nearby the bottle and nicely folded
• " Madam / Sir, Please enjoy your wine?"
• Clear away the wine cork

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