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What's the table toast etiquette? How to propose a toast to the leaders

China is a country of etiquette, so there are many complicated etiquette hidden on the wine table. The culture of wine table is still prosperous in China. How much do you know about the etiquette of toast on the wine table? When attending major occasions, it is also a school to learn how to observe the speech and look, and toast the leaders at the right time. Today, I will teach you some culture about the etiquette of wine table!

1) how to take the glass

The glass containing white wine and champagne is a goblet. When drinking, hold the bottom part of the foot of the cup, and do not touch the body of the cup, because white wine and champagne are usually frozen when drinking, and the temperature of the hand will make it warm When toasting, you can use your thumb, ring finger and little finger to firmly hold the bottom of the cup foot, the middle finger to hold the cup foot, and the index finger to lightly put on the connection between the cup foot and the cup. The fingers should be as straight as possible to show the beautiful curve of the hand.

The glass feet of red wine are shorter and the body of the glass is larger. You can use your index finger and middle finger to hold the corner of the glass. When you drink the wine, take it close to the body. The temperature of your hand helps the red wine release its fragrance.

When toasting and clinking glasses, when your body is slightly lower than the general plan, it shows your respect for each other.

When drinking, never drink by suction, but incline the glass to drink as if the wine were on your tongue. Gently shake the glass to make it contact with the air to increase the mellowness of the wine, but do not shake the glass violently. There should be a small amount left at the bottom of the cup, and it can't be drunk all at once.

For general Chinese glass wine glasses, it should be noted that when holding the cup, do not use the whole hand to hold the cup, but use your thumb and index finger to hold the half height of the cup body, and clamp the cup body on the mouth of the tiger. The other three fingers will relax naturally. Don't hold it too close, especially for others, so the bacteria of fingers will be contaminated at the mouth of the cup, which is very unsanitary.

If you want to propose a toast to others, hold the cup with your right hand and hold the left finger gently at the bottom of the cup to show respect.

There is no special way to take a Chinese cup or cup. However, when drinking with this kind of cup, you must fill it up and drink it all at once, which is contrary to the Western drinking requirements.

2) wine pouring etiquette

When accepting the pouring, never hold the glass in your hand, mainly to prevent the glass from hitting the bottle.

When pouring wine on a formal occasion, neither beer nor wine can hold the glass. But in relaxed occasions, beer can be poured by hand, but pay attention to the bottle in the right hand, the cup in the left hand, and the right hand should be tilted to pour to make it beautiful. Also, be careful that the beer foam should be flush with the cup and not overflow.

According to the standard, except for the host and service personnel, other guests generally do not pour wine for others. If the host pours the wine himself, he should use the best wine from this banquet. The guests should hold up their glasses to thank them and stand up when necessary.

If it is a large-scale business meal, it should be the service personnel to pour the wine. Generally, pour wine from the top, and then pour it clockwise. If you don't need wine, you can put your hand on the glass and say 'no, thank you'. At this time, there is no need for the sommelier to ask for it again and again.

In Chinese food, when other people pour wine, they can also pay back with 'kowtow pointing ceremony'. Especially when his identity is higher than that of his master. That is to say, hold the right thumb, index finger and middle finger together, with the fingertip down, and tap the table to express gratitude for pouring wine.

For the first time, the host can pour the wine for all the guests in person, but remember to follow the clock direction, starting from the guests sitting on the left, and finally it's the host's turn. After a drink, the guest can ask the person sitting opposite to him (the second host) to help him add wine to the people near him. If red wine and white wine are prepared at the same time, please put the two bottles on both ends of the table.

If there is a leader present, it's better to pour wine from the leader's position, and then pour wine one by one in a clockwise direction.

If there are many leaders and the seats are not unified, it's better to ask the service lady of the hotel to pour the wine, which will not lose the etiquette, but also show your own identity.

3) the procedure of pouring wine and the amount of wine in the cup

1, red wine

Pouring procedure: if the wine is sealed with cork, after opening the bottle, the owner should pour a little bit in his own cup first to taste whether there is bad cork taste. If the taste is not pure, he should change another bottle. When pouring wine, the chief guest first and then other guests. Usually according to the clockwise direction, pour the wine one by one on the right side of each guest, and finally pour the wine to yourself.

Pouring method: pay attention to the trademark towards the guest, do not put the bottle mouth towards the guest. If pouring sparkling wine, use your right hand to hold the cup slightly inclined, pour the wine slowly along the wall of the cup, so as to avoid the rapid escape of carbon dioxide in the wine. After pouring a glass of wine, the mouth of the bottle should be quickly turned half a circle and tilted upward to avoid the wine from the mouth dropping out of the cup.

Pour amount of wine: Brandy only needs to be poured to one third or less; red wine can be poured to more than half of the cup, for example, there is "more than half of the sample" in wine evaluation, which means pouring to two-thirds of the cup is appropriate. There is a saying "tea seven wine eight" in Chinese customs, which also refers to the extent to which tea or wine in a teacup or wine cup should be poured.

To leave room for spinning and smelling wine, do not fill the glass. For a serious red wine, a third of the cup is the best filling position (this is in line with the concept of ventilation for wine). )White wine can be poured to half of the glass, while sparkling wine can be poured to 3 / 4 of the glass.

When pouring, usually the right way is to fill the glass 1 / 3 or 1 / 2 full.

Whether the party is at home or in the restaurant, be sure to show the wine bottle to the guests.

When entertaining guests, the temperature of red wine should be equal to room temperature; white wine should be chilled first. On the first occasion, the host should pour the wine for all the guests in person. But remember, it's counter clockwise, starting with the guest on the left, and finally the host himself. Unless the skill is perfect, please put a towel on the bottle neck to prevent slipping, and the bottle mouth should face up as far as possible, so as not to spill the wine.

Sometimes a bottle basket is needed. The bottle is placed on a nearly horizontal slope so that the sediment in the bottle will not mix with the wine.

2, liquor

Most Chinese drink white wine at the banquet. Compared with red wine, liquor pouring etiquette is not very strict, but it should also be noted that the liquor cannot be too full, although we have an old saying: Tea half full wine. But also for friends or more familiar people, here's full is also a quantifier, full represents 7-8 points full, the main purpose is to facilitate and guests in the first time when drinking a glass not to be spilled on the hands or table.

3. Beer

When we drink together, we have encountered the embarrassment that the wine has not yet poured half of the foam. Now we are going to teach you a way to pour wine, so as to ensure that the wine is not overflowing.

First of all, 'the crooked door tilts'. Hold the wine glass in the air and put the mouth of the glass flat against the mouth of the wine bottle (if the bottle is a little flat, the wine will not pour out).

Secondly, 'mean and dirty'. Pour the wine into the glass slowly and adjust the glass slowly when the wine is almost full.

In the end, 'change the bad and return to the right'. When the wine is full, the glass is flat.

The wine poured out in this way can ensure that the drop of wine does not overflow and the posture is elegant. Standing up can also reflect the demeanor.

4) order of toast

Generally speaking, the order of toasting should be age, position and guest identity. Before toasting, the order of toasting should be fully considered, and the priority should be clear to avoid embarrassment. Even if you don't know clearly about your position or identity, toast in a unified order, such as first from your side in a clockwise direction, or from left to right, right to left, etc.

5) behavior requirements for toasting

Toast can be divided into formal toast and ordinary toast. Formal toast means that at the beginning of the banquet, the host first toasts to all the people and says the standard toast. This kind of toast can be a little longer, but it can be finished in five minutes.

Whether it is the host or the guests, if they toast to the group in their seats, they should first stand up, smile, hold the glass in hand and face everyone.

When the host toasts or says a toast to the group, everyone should stop eating or drinking. When the host proposed a toast, everyone should stand up and touch each other. According to the international practice, toast does not have to be dried. But even those who don't drink at ordinary times should take a sip of the glass and pretend to show respect for the host.

In addition to the host toasting to the group, guests can also toasting to the group. The guest's toast can be shorter, even one or two sentences. For example: 'cheers, everyone, for our pleasant cooperation in the future.'

Usually involves the etiquette standard content more or the ordinary toast. Ordinary toasting means that after the host formally toasts, each guest and the host or the guests can toast each other and say one or two simple toasts or exhortations at the same time.

When someone toasts to you, raise your glass to the height of your eyes, and drink it after the toast or 'cheers' is said. After drinking, we need to hold the glass and look at each other, which is the end of the process.

For our country, we should pay special attention to toasting. Toasting should be done according to local conditions and in accordance with local customs. Most of our regions, especially the northeast, Inner Mongolia and other northern regions, often pay attention to "dry as you start" when toasting. In their view, this way can express sincerity and respect. Therefore, in the specific response, we should pay attention to the fact that we are not good at drinking, we should explain it sincerely in advance, don't appear to be straightforward to serve each other with wine, and when the other party dries up, you just mean it, which often causes the other party's unhappiness. In addition, for toasts, if the other party does not drink enough, there is no need to demand. The highest level of drinking should be 'drink well' rather than 'drink down'.

In Chinese food, before toast, you can touch the other party's glass symbolically; when touching the glass, you should make your glass lower than the other party's glass to show your respect for the other party. Touch the table with the bottom of the glass, it can also be said to touch the other side. When you are far away from each other, you can do it in this way. If the host toasts and cheers himself, he asks to return the toast and have another drink with him.

If it is not suitable for drinking due to living habits or health reasons, you can also entrust relatives, friends, subordinates, younger generation to drink or replace it with drinks and tea. As a toaster, we should fully understand each other. When the other party invites others to substitute wine or drink instead, we should not let the other party drink, nor should we curiously 'break the casserole to ask the end'. You know, if someone doesn't explain the reason, they think it's his privacy.

Unlike Chinese food, Western food is used for toasting and cheering, and champagne is generally used. Moreover, it's just that toasting doesn't persuade people to drink, just toasting instead of actually clinking glasses. You can't drink a toast, especially a cross toast, to those who are far away from you.