This unique and valuable kit allows you to speak about wine like a true professional. Learn how to taste wine while you are guided through its mysteries and pleasures. The kit is based upon international studies that have identified nine principal components of wine. The principal "essences" -along with their level of concentration and intensity-are what ultimately determine a wine"s flavor and character. The kit includes these nine essences-sweet bitter sour smooth acetic flowery fruity oak and tannin-individually bottled and carefully prepared so that the suggested dilution corresponds to their concentration in wine. The more you use the kit the better you"ll be able to identify the separate tastes in wine and understand the countless ways in which they can be blended. You"ll also enjoy wine more and feel completely at ease when you"re ordering it in restaurants or discussing it with other Wine Enthusiasts. Kit also includes a detailed instruction booklet all necessary labels and a wine tasting glass.