Confessions of a SOMMELIER: 5 WINE RULES Even PROS Break (And Why It's OK)

[@LadyAceRoxy]

I pop the cork on bubbly loudly all the time. I don’t shake it up, I just find the popping noise so festive!

[@NoSediment]

I so, so understand You. Me too! 🍾🍾🍾

[@joecali2442]

Biggest rule I break is probably one of accumulation, having more wine in my collection than my current consumption habits can keep up with. At some point the collection will age past it’s prime before it is consumed. Yet somehow knowing that I’m breaking this rule doesn’t stop me from purchasing more bottles that seem interesting… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@robdielemans9189]

Become a good cook, invite at least 5 people, make multiple courses like 7 and pair every course with a bottle, that's how I manage the exact same problem.

[@NoSediment]

I think the advice below sounds like a great wine - it is always better to share wine with likeminded people and friends. 🍷 Cheers!

[@NoSediment]

Good advice! Can I come? 😉😉😉

[@shingchoyyan]

Most of the drinkers addicted to purchase

[@welshtoro3256]

I completely relate to that. In order to make some headway I started to open more of my old classics this year. It means you buy a little less and enjoy some excellent wine before it starts to go downhill.

[@conqueror-w3]

we do same rule breaking as you at home😁, freezer for 15-20 min, no decanting because I hate cleaning it, and a controlled pop of champaign is more fun too!

[@NoSediment]

Sounds like a fun living’ 🍾 Cheers! 🥂

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

5:46 Storage is tremendous for wine, specially whites. I wrap all my premium whites in dark cloth and plastic since whites spoil so much easier, sometimes in a matter of weeks. This is also the main reason why most of my whites I get straight from the producer into the cave as white wines on display in supermarkets can stay there for weeks. And not just whites: I've bought a red Pera Manca that was on those fancy horizontal displays on a Continent store and it was clearly subpar compared to the proper-stored counterparts. That's a 350€+ wine.

[@silasrobertshaw8122]

Decanting on the table is better than decanting on a guest, which i just did for the first time ever this last week. As to breaking rules, i open sparkling with a little pop for brunch, but not for dinner. At home i use a pinot noir glass for pretty much every wine i drink, even port which can get dangerous.

[@NoSediment]

I have never decanted wine on a guest, but as I mentioned in the video, I did decant half of the bottle on the table. 🙈 but we learn from our mistakes. 🍷

[@paulodesousa-mei2380]

Drinking a Chateaux Haut-Brion 2008 from the bottle 😂🥂

[@NoSediment]

Hahah, good and really fun one! 😅

[@williamsaintclair4997]

[@markiangooley]

With a long straw?

[@daniellindegaard7542]

@@markiangooley😂😭

[@fourlakes]

I hate cleaning the decanter!!!

[@NoSediment]

I feel Your pain! 😅

[@MikeListon-tk8ir]

I rarely spit at a tasting. I assess the wines being poured with the intention of buying and only taste a small handful. For example, last week I was at a Rhone house and had no interest in tasting their rose, cab from a lot on the property etc. I tasted three of their syrahs and a grenache, then made my purchases. Plus, after about 10 wines my palette is almost shot and subtleties betwtween wines begin to fade, sort of like tasting 10 IPAs in a row.

[@NoSediment]

Good! 👍 I sometimes have to taste 80-100 wines in a day, and I definitely cannot keep my palate and neither my mind sharp if I am not spitting. It is like a mantra for me. 🥂🥂🥂

[@MikeListon-tk8ir]

@@NoSediment Wow! That's why you're the pro and not me! Even if I spit wines, know I personally couldn't take honest notes on 80-100 tastings in a day, even with sips of water or something to clear my palate.

[@baggrabb]

I’m with you on the cork pop, it’s the most festive sound, instant party! Cheers

[@NoSediment]

Yes, and the New Year’s celebration is getting closer, so hopefully a lot of parties with a lot of that cork popping! 🥂

[@carlcadregari7768]

The spider!!! 😂😂😂😂. Great video. Yeah, our recent Niepoort tasting of 14 wines, the 87 Garrafeira Port did not go anywhere but my tummy. Amazing wine.

[@NoSediment]

Good call that is a rare bottle’ 🍷

[@koensteeland9057]

Splendid video ! Very good job, once again.

[@NoSediment]

Thank You! 🍷🍷🍷

[@-itkindaworks-]

I do agree, the sound of sparkling is the greatest :D

[@NoSediment]

Exactly! 🥂🥂🥂

[@stefanoscotton2071]

I like to open sparkling with loud sound and to see the cork flying like a rocket.

[@NoSediment]

I like the sound, the flying of the cork not so much. 🙈

[@sebszab76]

When I was at the university, we wanted to open a bottle of wine, but we didn't have a corkscrew. So opened it with a wooden spoon, pushing the cork inside. Then we cleaned the mess.

[@NoSediment]

Did the bottle explode?

[@sebszab76]

@@NoSediment it didn’t, but due to the pressure a fair amount spilled out. Good old times…

[@williamsaintclair4997]

I don't see any problem with that.... That shit happens to many people! Actually a screw cap should be the standard! And there is actually no good reason why wine still has cork.

[@Blair338RUM]

Funniest thing was drinking 2010 Petrus out of Tritan tumblers whilst out in the bush in Namibia. Cleaning decanters is a pet hate of mine too, so rarely decant as long as the wine has been standing up for 48 hrs. If not, I filter it. I don’t use Riedel decanters, prefer Lalique or an antique as much easier to clean.

[@NoSediment]

I hear more and more that some great, epic wines are being drunk from a regular glasses or even from straight the bottle. I guess that is good, because it means that wine is not taken too seriously! 🍷 Cheers!

[@luis78501]

Hi big fan of you channel. I love the glass decanter with the handle , where did you get it? Thanks

[@NoSediment]

Hey! Cheers and thank You! That beautiful decanter is from Riedel, named Pomerol (if I am not mistaken), and the only issue is that it has been discontinued for a while now. Maybe at the Riedel outlet there are still some available.

[@luis78501]

@@NoSediment A translation of your phrase could be: “Thank you for sharing this information, I always learn something from your videos.”

[@crrizello5157]

I'm not a wine pro, but I do wish that spitting would become more commonplace. When I go to a wine tasting or a winery in the US, there is rarely a mechanism to spit. I usually have to bring my own container. And then everyone just thinks of me as weird for spitting.

[@NoSediment]

I would want to think that You can also ask. I completely understand You, not always there will be available spittoon , but if You ask for it, I am sure You will be provided by one! 🙏🏻

[@fnherzog9]

I like to put my red wines in the fridge and chill them down and serve them too cold. My flat is always very warm (20-25 celsius) so they warm up quickly in the glass

[@NoSediment]

I think that is more like a nice tip rather than a rule breaking. But I get Your point. 🍷 Cheers!

[@niraakara]

As a non wine-professional (although I’ve been pleasantly mistaken for one at tastings 😊) I never considered spitting to be a rule (of course it makes total sense for professionals except in the occasions you mentioned). I only attend limited tastings per day (getting to be fewer as I get older 😂), space them out, go with a full stomach, politely ask to have my BYOA when possible (i.e. bring my own little antipasti where there’s none), carefully pare down further from the flight to maximize my ‘quota’, and enjoy fully imbibing with a long enjoyable banter with the pourers or the vintners, which to me feels most natural at a wine tasting 😊 But what gets tough is when the pourers love my enthusiasm too much and start pouring wines not even on the flight 😂 perhaps a good problem to have? During winter I store outside in similar places as you and as it gets warmer I do take the refuge of fridge at times, closer to when I can use soon. These days I am trying not to store much either.

[@NoSediment]

That is the best - to be offered wines that are not on the tasting list, that means You are getting something special. 😉

[@niraakara]

@@NoSediment yes, totally! It seems vintners and also pourers love seeing their wines being loved and respected even when I politely skip some and go for others, as long as they know I am enjoying they pour more of similar. Btw, I noticed you pouring SLV in one… so envious 😉 I had an amazingly memorable experience at their vineyard/winery and I was poured some lovely vintages of Faye and SLV from open bottles, many special ones outside of the flight I had! I love how much your lovely dog seems to enjoy the smells! I’ve always wondered their nose being so sensitive how many nuances they could be getting ! I’d love to hear you talk about that sometime. of course he/she would only be getting the smells but not the taste. 😊

[@welshtoro3256]

Totally agree about cleaning the damned decanter. I have a lovely one but it's virtually impossible to clean properly. I made my peace with wine storage long ago. I simply don't have the space to store all of my wine in optimal conditions. A lot of it remains in boxes in the least used room in my house (which also contains much of my library). The temperature, whilst not perfect, is reasonably stable. My wife and I also have a property in Andalusia. It's a tiny whitewashed home in one of those pretty villages, 2 kilometres from the Mediterranean coast. I have a small but tasty collection there as well. I just have to improvise my storage and hope that the house, which is designed to moderate the temperature, does the rest. We can go eight months at a time between visits and I've got some old vintages which have been stored for years. I'm sure many would gasp at the storage conditions but I swear that I've never opened a bad bottle and it ages perfectly well.

[@NoSediment]

I weeped reading this message - sounds like an absolute paradise Your are living in, and really, who cares if the wines are not properly stored, especially if You say that all of the bottles have been at great condition when opened?!? Cheers to that’ 🍷

[@welshtoro3256]

@@NoSediment Honestly Agnes, I keep expecting to have a disaster bottle but it just hasn't happened. My one and only bad bottle was an old vintage which I opened not long after purchasing in Britain. I'm sad to say it was a Tondonia Gran Reserva 😢

[@Selkirkwater]

Love your dog!

[@NoSediment]

Thank You’ i love him too! 🐕🐕🐕

[@solomonmengeu1003]

All of these points are done by everyone at some time or another. Not everyone can afford a cellar or a temperature controlled wine fridge, so my rule is to find the darkest and coolest place in the flat to store those bottles Wine has gone in the freezer more than once, but I nearly always set a timer. My general rule of thumb is to spit wine at walk around tastings or wine events, but if you're poured amazing, top or rare wines that isn't the time to spit. I do focus too much on opening sparkling wine as quietly as possible, probably heard too many horror stories of flying corks doing damage. I should probably lighten up. 😂😆Cheers!

[@NoSediment]

As long as people are safe around You, little bit of sound is completely fine (in my opinion) when opening sparkling wine’ 🍾

[@marctremblay13]

How can you not mind sediment with a channel name like that! 😊

[@NoSediment]

Hahaha, it was long time ago I came up with the name - and it was more linked with the idea: “no nonsense talk about wine!” But I guess I have to be careful now talking about sediment. 😅

[@melguilb4508]

I think there could be a whole chapter written on enjoying wine in whisky glasses. They are easier to clean, mostly come without stems, break far less, and even if square, they are open enough to really inhale your wine and not jyst drink it. People in general also have far less accidents with such glasses, especially if you use a coffee table to enjoy your wine like i do. Stem wear on coffee tables is not too practical.

[@melguilb4508]

You can get whisky glasses too that are wine glass shaped that swirl. Howver i use the old fashioned shape. I just put less in

[@melguilb4508]

As a matter of personality im also also taking foraged country wines, meads, aged stouts, etc, from my wine cellar that i mostly made myself. For this reason, a whisky glass is the perfect medium to serve them all while switching between brews. Stem wear just doesnt feel practical for my lifestyle mostly

[@melguilb4508]

City Steading Brews on KZbin taught me the value of a good whisky glass for its universal appeal without ever saying it. Its a home brew channel that teaches how to brew most things. Think they are based in Florida. A suggestion is for you to do some filming with this channel to explore the whisky glass across many brewed recipes vastly different. Ive never seen a wine pro be humble enough to visit homebrewers and i think it would improve culture & exposure

[@melguilb4508]

The old fashion whisky glass is also thick enough that it wont just not break easy, but its thickness prevents fingers from influencing the temperature of the wine, making stemwear an unnecessary aesthetic

[@NoSediment]

Hahahah, I would have only one argument against whiskey glasses - and that is that there is no place for the aromas to gather. Whiskey glasses are usually wide open. Everything else -> the cleaning, more hardy and definitely more stable! 🥂

[@juanmanuelmunozhernandez7032]

Freezer? Yes, sometimes and I get paranoid too 🤣 so oftentimes I chill it for a while, then bring it to the fridge. Decanting? Doesn't happen to me too often, but I usually just pour the last glass for me and save my guests from those issues! Not spitting? Well, I've mostly been to informal tastings, but sometimes the wine is far too good and it hurts to spit it out! Storage? Not an issue! I don't usually have that much wine for it to become a problem 🥲 Loud popping? To be fair, I don't very much like the sound and/or the mess, so to me the nice sound is the discrete hiss!

[@NoSediment]

Well, do You have any rule You break outside of these?

[@juanmanuelmunozhernandez7032]

@@NoSediment guilty of not rinsing my glass every time! Sometimes I just want to get an overview of the next wine and I don't bother rinsing it thoroughly! Also: sometimes I prefer vertical tastings from older to younger, so you can see how the layers of complexity are removed gradually till you're left with the "pure" primary!

[@prccap]

i only spit if it isnt enjoyable. never will

[@NoSediment]

Hahah, good confession’ 🍷

[@lamborghiniregistry]

Biggest rule I break is not spitting out the wine. I find I do taste flavors and sense aromas far at the back of my throat that would otherwise be missed

[@NoSediment]

I actually relate to that, I sometimes (not always) feel that I can understand wine better or more completely if I swallow a sip. 🤓

[@robdielemans9189]

Usually I try to drink the last bit from a bottle of champagne directly from the bottle. And as of yet I don't know how to taste bubblies with spitting so at tastings after successfully tasting 60-ish wines (which is my current max) I taste the bubbles at the tail end.

[@NoSediment]

The funny thing is that tasting sparkling wine (even when spitting out) we get tipsy. Not the same with regular wine - or at least not as intense. 🥂🥂🥂

[@NoJobNoBoat]

Happy Hallowine!

[@NoSediment]

Happy to You too! 🦇🦇🦇

[@peterwolf8092]

I transported 3 bottles in a backpack for 4 days with an average temperature of 30 degree Celsius 😅 (but 2 of them weren’t terrible, 2 are still awaiting to be drank… 😬)

[@NoSediment]

Let’s hope that the other two will also not be terrible! 😅

[@ptg01]

SO true and so helpful !!! Rules are meant to be broken though ! :)

[@NoSediment]

So they say. 😅

[@Colin-o9b]

❤ Agnese you're always so entertaining and informative and sweet all the time. ❤ 🍷 🍾🥂 🍺.

[@NoSediment]

Thank You! 🙏🏻

[@andrewwebster15]

I’m no wine pro, but my biggest crime is prioritizing wine I love and food I love, even if it means sacrificing a good pairing.

[@NoSediment]

Ough, I always do that! 😅

[@melguilb4508]

I leave it the fweezer too long and taste it through a spectrum of cold to room temp only to discover where i like it best...., i use a whisky glass for wine too often...

[@NoSediment]

As long as it doesn’t freeze I guess it is fine! 😉

[@The.Epicurean]

Your Viszla is gorgeous! 🐶

[@NoSediment]

I love him! 🐕🐕🐕

[@bradbellomo6896]

I never spit wine, but of course, I am never paid to drink it either. This seems to so unnatural to me. Not only the waste of wine, but trying to intelligently taste and describe 30+ different wines in the same day. I enjoy slowly sipping a glass or pairing it with food and don't think I've ever had more than 5 wines in day. I can drink 3 bottles of the same wine over a week and still be learning and tasting new things at the end. In some ways, your job seems like so much fun, but this would be difficult and I am not sure I'd enjoy it.

[@NoSediment]

I am also never paid to drink it! 🙈🙈🙈 But my job does require taste wines and assess their quality. Often times tastings are done early in the mornings when taste buds are most sensitive, I just couldn’t go back to work if I swallowed all the wines. 😅

[@Shalimar_trailsss]

Loved the b-roll with the spider in the wine. Suits the horror vibes in the background.🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷

[@NoSediment]

Hopefully You will enjoy the holiday special coming soon.. 🦇🦇🦇

[@apistosig4173]

I never spit wine - but I seldom taste more than a few, and only reds - my partner tastes the whites ;-)

[@NoSediment]

Sounds like You have found a perfect match’ 🥂 Cheers to You both! 🍷

[@Mittarimato-o7w]

I have a confession. After a tasting I have a serious urge for a cold beer.

[@NoSediment]

Sometimes, especially after long tasting days I also crave beer! Something without much acidity’ 💪

[@numanuma20]

I once chilled a Prosecco in freeze and left it in the freezer for a while and it froze.

[@NoSediment]

Did the bottle explode?

[@SergeNadeau-e9w]

Since I have been opening sparkling wine with the modest pishhhh. I see my guests underwhelmed by the lacking festive pop! 😂 vive the pop then, after all it’s the most festive style of wine.

[@NoSediment]

Pop, pop, pop! 🥂🥂🥂🥂🍾🍾🍾🍾

[@QualeQualeson]

My God. What a bunch of rowdy anarchists.

[@NoSediment]

😂😂 Guilty as charged! 😎

[@FlintIronstag23]

Rule #6 that gets broken: No drinking wine for Sober October or Dry January.

[@NoSediment]

🙈🙈

[@heroldboertjens4227]

I like to eat soft cheese with red wine 😱

[@NoSediment]

I think that is a fun one! 🍷🍷🍷

[@mepo90189]

Can’t hear your confession now. Listening to Mass!

[@mepo90189]

I snuck out of Mass to listen to No Sediment and was caught red handed.

[@mepo90189]

sacrilege! Only kidding

[@mepo90189]

I never spit!) nice video.

[@mepo90189]

Ok, the one confession is that I don’t hold the glass by the stem. OMG.

[@NoSediment]

Hahah, good one! Hopefully, You still enjoy Your wine just as much! 🍷🍷🍷

[@maximusdecimus4017]

Guilty of all you said.....only occasionally though 😀

[@NoSediment]

Hahah! Good! 🤝

[@dave7mm083]

The hair keeps getting longer. You must be done with the shorter style. Thanks for the vid 👍🍷

[@dtonpbac]

Why do wine channels always post their videos on the same day and around the same time? Did you guys make some kind of promise or deal or something? Haha

[@NoSediment]

Hahaha, no I don’t know really. 🤔 I decided to post on Sundays, because of my everyday job that takes a lot of time during the week. I would guess others have similar reasons. 🤷‍♀️

[@-itkindaworks-]

A Priorat episode?

[@NoSediment]

Yes, it is about time I make one! 🍷

[@williamsaintclair4997]

🤣... How about the confession that sometimes even professionals drink wine out of a plastic cup or even straight from the bottle? 😉😇🤒🤒

[@williamsaintclair4997]

Oooh... and about the bubbles.... I can't stand the pop sound from another sommelier. But (always happens when I am already drunk) when I open a Krug at home,...The cork is flying like a bullet! ...ooops!

[@NoSediment]

I think that is part of the fun and there are moments for it, true! 😎

[@Ruirspirul]

I see no crimes here… its all fun😅

[@NoSediment]

Agree! 🍷