You don't have to be a sommelier to impress at a wine-tasting session... #Always hold the wine glass by its stem. Holding it by the bowl of the glass will heat it up, changing the flavour of the wine. #Know the five "S"s of wine tasting - see, swirl, sniff, sip and savour. #Request for your glass to be rinsed with warm water, then explain to your friend, "Dish detergent affects the taste of wine." #Randomly say things like "Did you know that red grapes are used to make white wine too?" #When people mention which bank a particular wine is from (only Bordeaux wines in this case), they mean the left or right bank of the Gironde River in Bordeaux, not Maybank or RHB. #"Dry" in wine terms means a wine that is not sweet, with less than 0.2 percent of natural residual sugar. #Swirling wines is necessary to better smell and aerate the wine, but don't overdo it or you'll just come across as a poser. #When "spicy" is ...