It always seems a little crazy when a group of wine geeks sit together. They speak professional terms, follow complicated wine etiquette, and taste each wine with a prickly eye. But if it's a simple family dinner or a formal business dinner, or sharing a good bottle of wine with friends, can these wine geeks still "fight"? Of course not, then at this time, how to continue drinking and talking? How can a wine geek communicate smoothly with a wine layman without being embarrassed?

1. Wine geeks should be prepared to be scared away by the wine layman. Many wine laymen don't know the proper use of wine terminology, and don't have a sensitive mouth, so when people say some technical terms, they may be scared off by the serious wine atmosphere.

2. Prepare a compelling story for the wine you are about to taste. Wine geeks can tell how they discovered this wine, as well as the history of the winery and vineyards that produced it, although some superficial knowledge of winemaking techniques and varietal blending is acceptable.

3. Don't be too technical or pedagogical, and avoid the appearance of professional terms. Talking about wine techniques or technical vocabulary to someone who doesn't know anything about wine is going to be very boring and disappointing. Therefore, people who understand wine must pay attention to the wine base of the audience, and try to talk about it in simple and easy-to-understand language.

4. Don't let tasting statements flood everywhere. Maybe a few tasting words can add depth to the language, but too many will just cut off the conversation and make it impossible to continue. So it's best for wine geeks to use only one representative tasting term, so that people who don't know wine can say something and make them feel that when it comes to wine, both parties are on equal footing.

5. Don't taste wine in a normal way. Especially in social situations, please do not taste a wine according to the complex sequence of the four steps of wine tasting - look, smell, taste and spit, because it will give people a feeling of artificiality.

6. Find common ground with your partner for this wine. A wine lover once said: "At my wedding ceremony, the wine selection expert from the wine store selected several wines for me, and during the conversation, I found that the wine expert and I had a lot in common when we tasted the same wine. Feeling, it’s so gratifying.” It can be seen that this kind of resonance can help the wine layman to find confidence.

7. If you're not talking about the price/performance ratio of wine, avoid talking about price. As the saying goes, talking about money hurts feelings. Don't talk about the price of wine when your friend is drinking happily, because if the price is too high, it will bring pressure to the other party.