Get a sense of the wine's viscosity, or "legs." You can judge the legs by watching for the streaks of wine that crawl down the glass after you swirl it. Bigger wines, with more sugar and/or ...

When we watch a connoisseur going through the complicated assessment of a glass of ... since wine legs are still of interest ...

The drops that run down the inside of a glass after wine is swirled – called “legs” or “tears” – are caused by a shock wave interrupting the ring of fluid that sticks to the glass.

People fixate on those little droplets that run down the inside of the glass — also known as “tears” or “fingers” — but, perhaps controversially, the only reason wine legs are observed ...

It's got legs Wine in a glass has some interesting fluid dynamics. (Courtesy: iStock/Georgia-Court) See, swirl, sniff, sip and savour – these are the five S’s of wine tasting. You, or the oenophile ...