Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei kona tonu taua hoa kotahi, mā te hurihuri o te kapu waina e whakamiharo ai koe ki a rātau pūkenga waina matatau. Heoi, ki te kore koe i tipu ake i runga i te mara waina, i te wa ranei i nga waina mohio e haerere ana i nga mea ngaro o o raatau tikanga mohio, kaore pea koe e mohio ki nga rereketanga rereke i waenga i te Cabernet Sauvignon me te Merlot a ka nui ake te horomia atu i te mea ka ruia e koe i te whakamatautau waina. Ko Dr Alex Russell, he kaiako o te Whare Wānanga o Hītini kua mahi ia i roto i te ahumahi hokohoko waina mo te neke atu i te 10 tau (me te kerēme ki te rongonui hoko i te pounamu $ 26,000 whakamutunga o Glenfiddich i te ao) a kua oti i te PhD i runga i te 'te reka me te kakara o te waina', ka tohatoha i tana tohutohu mo te whakamiharo i nga winos me to matauranga. Ngā tohutohu matua: Ka tohaina e Tākuta Alex Russell āna tohutohu mō te whakamātautau waina i roto i ngā haora e whā. 1.Whakahauhia kia wha haora te roa. Hei wāhanga o tana rangahau rangahau, ka tono a Russell i ngā tāngata kia haere mai ki te taiwhanga ia rā ki te hongi me te whakamātau i ngā waina maha. 'I te nuinga o ngā wā, ka noho rātau ki te taiwhanga mō te haora kotahi, ā, kāore e nui te ako,' i mea ia. 'Heoi anō, i te wā i noho 30 meneti atu ngā kaiuru i whakaatu tohu o te whakapai ake, ā, i muri i ngā haora e whā, he pai te mahi a rātau, ā, ka taea e rātau te whakamātautau.' 2. Whakamātauria ngā momo rerekē. 'Kāore he tohunga i riro hei tohunga mā te inu noa i tā rātau waina tino pai,' e ai ki a Russell. 'Whakawhiti atu, kia pai ki te whakamatau i te waina i te karaihe, kaua ki te hoko i te pounamu katoa, me te whakamatau i nga waina i hangaia mai i nga waina rereke, nga rohe, nga whenua ranei.' Ko te pūkenga matua o ngā tohunga waina, e whakapono ana a Russell, ko te āhei ki te hoatu ingoa ki te kakara, ki te kakara rānei. 3.TEST TE WHAKATOKANGA-NA-WHAKATOKANGA. Ahakoa he maumahara motuhake to tatou mō te kakara, pērā ki ētahi atu momo mahara, ka taea hoki e tātou te wareware, e ai ki a Russell. 'Ki te kore e whakawhirinaki ki tō pūmahara ki te whakataurite i te waina e inu ana koe ināianei ki te waina i whakamātauria e koe i te wiki kua hipa, whakatuwherahia ētahi ipu rerekē i te wā kotahi kia taea ai e koe te whakataurite tika.' 4. Katia ō koutou kanohi. Ko te pūkenga matua o ngā tohunga waina, e whakapono ana a Russell, ko te āhei ki te whakatakoto ingoa...
Ka tohaina e te kaiako o te whare wānanga a Tākuta Alex Russell tana tohutohu tohunga. E mea ana a Tākuta Russell ka taea e te tangata te whakapai ake i āna pūkenga reka i roto i ngā haora e whā.