The Pain of the Red Wine Headache
I’m going to venture a guess: you’re not over there munching on aspiring, cursing last night’s decision to engage in a bottle (or six bottles) of red wine too many. A red wine headache fits somewhere between the painful, and migraine category and usually shuts you down all together. It’s a nasty curse, and usually when you have it you’re not perusing wine blogs. But I digress… While you currently have the ability to interpret text intelligently, and the lights...
Read MoreDon’t Cry Over Spilt Wine
Well now you’ve really gone and done it: you’ve spilled wine. Most people will agree that red wine stains are among the worst to endure. Why does something that tastes so good have to be such a pain to clean? Technically the pigment of grape skins contains a chemical called anthocyanin (which belongs to the family of food coloring). This chemical acts like the fabric dyes and easily attaches to rugs, clothes, etc. The end result is that every wine enthusiast will, at some...
Read MoreExploring 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 MoreHealthy Reasons to Drink Wine
Now that we’re fully into the New Year, you may be waning on your resolutions to keep fit and stay healthy. If you’re feeling guilty about opening up a bottle of wine, remember that moderate wine drinking is considered beneficial for health (provided you’re in good health already. If not, consult your doctor). And moderate wine consumption can most certainly be worked into most diets. (Moderate here means one glass for a female and two glasses for a male....
Read MoreSonoma Diet: Low Calorie Recipes. And Wine
The Mediterranean diet, as you might have guessed is a healthy way of eating based on the diets of the people that live in the Mediterranean, for example, Greece, or Italy. It is a low-calorie plan born of the Epicurean spirit that focuses on flavor and enjoyment rather than restriction. Dieticians say this healthy, vegetable-filled diet reduces the chances of heart disease and many other degenerative diseases. How does it work? The diet encourages exercise, eating lots of...
Read MoreValentine’s Ideas: Pairing Wine and Chocolate
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and obviously one of the most popular and traditional gifts to give is chocolate. Nearly everyone loves chocolate. It is an aphrodisiac, and often cases, even more so with the addition of some wine! So with that said, in this blog we’re going to explore the full extent of pairing wine and chocolate. Read on; your date this year will thank you. Some basic guidelines to follow when pairing chocolate with wine are seen below. Like all...
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