The genius hack that'll make your cheap wine taste more expensive - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food The genius hack that’ ll make your cheap wine taste more expensive By You Magazine - April 3, 2019 It is no exaggeration when we say wine simply makes our lives better. It makes our meals tastier, our evenings more relaxed and our summer days more indulgent. Our bank accounts, on the other hand? Sadly, they don’t reap as many benefits from our favourite bottles. Instead, they take a hit every single time we pick one up – especially if, like us, you like the expensive stuff. Getty Images Luckily, one clever expert has provided us with an excellent hack that’ll turn even the cheapest wine offerings from your local off licence into a luxury wine connoisseur’s dream. Nathan Myhrvold, who studied mathematics, geophysics and space physics at UCLA has discovered how to make a downmarket £4.99 bottle of red taste like a vintage delight, and it might just be the easiest thing you’ll ever do. According to Myhrvold, all you have to do is add a few grains of salt to your glass of wine. It sounds odd, we know. But apparently, this magical extra ingredients can smooth out and balance the flavours of some wines. Getty Images As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Myhrvold first made the discovery a few years ago while at at dinner party with author and sommelier, Gina Gallo. The two were discussing the lack of savoury flavours in Cabernet – as you do at sophisticated functions – when Myhrvold decided to test out a theory. ‘I said “I can make it more savoury” so I added a little salt to the wine, which totally changed it,’ he told the publication. ‘I start by adding just a tiny pinch and what it does is to balance the flavours. With most wines, they immediately taste smoother. We have many different types of flavour receptors.’ He continued: ‘When you taste something, you have this cacophony of different tastes and your brain tries to summarise that. A tiny bit of salt changes the overall impression, which is why chefs salt food.’ Interesting… RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food 6 sunshine-yellow baking recipes with golden grains May 20, 2018 Donna Hay’ s sneaky bolognese June 10, 2018 Louise Thompson’ s lower-fat sticky toffee pudding June 29, 2018 Calling all cocktail lovers – this £12 Co-op vodka is one July 23, 2018 5 delicious new baking trends to try this season August 31, 2018 People are campaigning for the return of this popular Celebrations chocolate September 27, 2018 This is the best turkey to buy for Christmas 2018 October 11, 2018 Chrissy Teigen’ s French toast with whipped honey and ricotta topping November 17, 2018 Snowy angel cake December 23, 2018 Souped up 6 delicious healthy soup recipes with calorie counts January 27, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved