Getting into wine appreciation can be a terrifying task. There's a lot of specialized knowledge and a complex vocabulary that goes along with enjoying a glass of wine. If you want to look sharp at your next tasting, here’s a quick guide to some of the most commonly used wine terms.

Nose: A wine’s nose is the first thing that you will evaluate after picking up your glass. The sense of smell is far more sensitive and complex than the sense of taste, so much of your enjoyment will come from the smell of the wine. Common adjectives used to describe a wine’s nose are fruity, nutty, and flowery, but you can use pretty much anything here.

Body: The biggest component of a wine’s taste is going to be from the body. Body's a general descriptive term that lets you go into detail about how the wine tastes as a whole. Body can go from light and refreshing for sparkling wines to full and weighty for heavier reds.

Intensity: High-quality wines are characterized by their intensity of flavor. In the best wines, flavors hold toegether in perfect balance. Wine lovers respect strong, assertive flavors that mesh well together.

Finish: The finish is the final phase of tasting a wine. Finish refers to how the flavors of the wine stay, reacting with your mouth after you’ve swallowed the drink. A good, long finish is one of the major hallmarks of a high-quality wine.