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Wine101-Smelling Your Wine

Smelling is an integral part of enjoying your wine. Luckily, it ain't all that complicated. 

Don't let fancy wine speak turn you off. To find out what you're smelling in your wine. Just, well, smell! Jay uses Flam Classico as his example. What have you been sipping (and sniffing) lately?

Wine101, Basic Wine Tips

Wine101-Opening A Bottle of Sparkling Wine

Champagne makes everyone feel classy. So we decided to harken back to the jazz age in this snazzy Wine101 video. Here, Jay shows us how to properly open a bottle of wine.

The trick? Twist the bottle, not the cork. Unless you want a sparkling wine explosion (which you might). Have any sparkling wine stories gone hilariously wrong? We'd love to hear about them in the comments.

Wine101, Basic Wine Tips

Wine 101-Open A Bottle Of Wine

You have to start somewhere, right? Here, Jay Buchsbaum shows you how to open a bottle of wine, complete with a corkscrew suggestion.

Jay prefers a waiter's corkscrew, rather than a butterfly corkscrew. Remember to put the opener in the center of the cork.