The Wine Doctor

  From weddings and conferences to high-class dinner dates, wine is an integral part of living the good life. There are a number of things you’ll need to know in order to look like a genuine aficionado of high-class dining, so check in below for an appointment with DrinksTV’s Wine Doctor to get the prognosis on how to wine-and-dine in style.



Premature Wine-ulation

  Ever found yourself unsure of which wines to order with your meal? With these helpful tips from the good Doctor, you’ll always know which wine is best suited to the occasion.



Screw Top Phobia

  Screw top bottles have long been stereotyped as somehow less elegant than classic corked wine bottles. But is there any truth to this characterization? The Wine Doctor is here to inject a healthy dose of truth into the controversy.



Holding the Glass

  Holding a wine glass improperly at a dinner party is kind of like holding a baseball bat upside-down at the World Series: it’s going to make you look completely out of place. In this video, DrinksTV's Wine Doctor will teach you proper glass-holding etiquette so you’ll always look suave with a drink in your hand.



Swirling the Wine

  Wine-swirling is a long-standing tradition at upper-class parties, but many novices find themselves spilling instead of swirling. Heed the Doctor’s warnings and you’ll never have to clean up after yourself again.



Smelling the Wine

  Now that you’ve got the swirling down, it’s time to learn how to properly smell a wine and identify the various aromas within it.



Tasting

  Drinking wine isn’t a race, and any such habits you picked up by chugging beers in your college days aren’t going to do you any good in a sophisticated environment. Sit back and let the Wine Doctor educate you on the nuanced nature of tasting wine and savoring every moment of it.



  With all of these helpful lessons, you should now be ready to hit the dinner circuit and impress everyone around you with your knowledge of fine dining. Visit DrinksTV for more of the Wine Doctor's advice as well as videos, drink recipes and - yep - plenty of hot girls!

About the author:

  Curtis is a writer specializing in politics, popular media and the entertainment industry. Based out of Vancouver, Canada, he graduated from Kwantlen University College with an Arts degree in 2006 and is now a contributing editor at TrendPimp magazine. His online portfolio can be found at CurtisSpring.com.