Exploring Red and White Wine Glasses
If you’re serving all of your wine in the same types of glasses, you’re missing out. Proper glassware is to drinking wine as proper cutlery is to enjoying a nice meal. Wine glasses are not just inordinate aesthetics, they serve very demonstrable functions that both enhance and enable the experience. In the following blog we’re going to look at some of the key differences between the different types of glasses which should accompany different types...
Read MoreTo Decant, or Not Decant
To decant, or not to decant: that is the question. Like Hamlet, some wine enthusiasts consider decanting wine to be a tragedy of the Shakespearean order; however, others say it’s great, as it helps to bring out the flavors of the wine. In this blog post will go over the benefits and drawbacks of decanting. What is Decanting? Let’s start with the basics. Decanting is simply the process of transferring the wine from the bottle to another bottle, craft, or jug. “OK,...
Read MoreYear of the Dragon 2012: Chinese Wine and Culture
As I was putting together my previous blog on Year of the Dragon 2012: The Rise of Chinese Wines, I came across a lot of near Chinese traditions regarding wine that I want to share with you. In China, they have a saying, “A thousand cups of wine is not too much when the bosom of friends meets together.” In other words, wine brings people together, and a close friendship means happiness. Just like many other places in the world, the Chinese use wine to celebrate many...
Read MoreYear of the Dragon 2012: The Rise of Chinese Wines
Happy Chinese New Year 2012—it is the year of the dragon, the only supernatural animal in the Chinese zodiac, and so a year considered to be the luckiest in the lunar domain. It is not luck, however, which has seen Chinese wine rise to the attention of enthusiasts worldwide. The Rise of Chinese Wine When you think of Chinese wine, think of Chilean or Argentinean wine ten or fifteen years ago. China’s wine production and quality of wine is growing at an enormous...
Read MoreSparkling Wines and Champagne: 3. Champange in France; Sparkling Wine Around The World
If you are just joining us, welcome to the three-part Sparkling Wine and Champagne blog series. This is the third blog in the series. If you missed the first blog on 1. The Origins Of Champagne, or the second blog on 2. How Champagne Is Made, then be sure to check them out. Now, onto the different types of sparkling wine found not only in France, but around the world. Vintage Champagne In the Champagne region the wines are separated into the non-vintage and Vintage...
Read MoreSparkling Wines and Champagne: 2. How to Make Champagne
If you’re just joining us, welcome to the three-part blog series, Sparkling Wine and Champagne; if you missed the first part, 1. The Origins of Champagne, be sure to check that out. With regards to the approaches used today for making sparkling wine, there are three methods: the traditional, transfer, and tank methods. In this blog we’ll take a quick look at each method and explore the differences between the three. Traditional: • The first step is to create a variety of...
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