We know that wine comes from grapes. We are familiar with many of the most common grape varieties, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. There are many, many more grape varieties that are used in wine. For Read more…
We know where wine comes from, right? There’s a vineyard in Spain or in France. They grow some grapes like Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot. The grapes are harvested and go to the winery, where they’re sorted and crushed and Read more…
Sherry wines are incredibly diverse. Many people think of Sherry as merely a sweet dessert wine and nothing more, though this is far from true. Sherry can be sweet, certainly. There are some delicious sweet Sherries out there, in different Read more…
We love sparkling wine, but it can be difficult to make sense of it all. Is all sparkling wine Champagne, or is all Champagne sparkling wine? Or neither? Or both? What is Cava and where does it come from? Is Read more…
Most white wine is dry. When we talk about a dry white wine or the driest white wine, it is important to know that we are talking about wines with little to no residual sugar. What is residual sugar? Residual Read more…
Rioja is a world famous wine region, and rightly so. It produces some truly excellent wines in many different styles. There are wine producers, big and small, making some truly excellent Rioja wine at all levels including Crianza, Reserva and Read more…
Most wine is made in a “dry” style, which means that there is little or no residual sugar leftover after the winemaking process. One of the beautiful things about wine is its diversity, however, so never forget that there are Read more…
Clearly, a British tipple, Harveys Bristol Cream, comparable to other excellent fortified sherries and despite its “old fashioned” reputation has not died but remained religiously steadfast over the years more familiar with the older folk during festive occasions or best Read more…
The range of Pol Roger Champagne hails from Aÿ, a region in France. Traditionally Aÿ has been a wine producing region where there is a variety of vineyards. Near Aÿ lies the nationally protected area called Montagne de Reims. In Read more…
They may be called wine gums, but they don’t contain a drop of alcohol. Although, we did read one news story about a teenager who was told he couldn’t buy wine gums in a discount store because the cashier mistakenly Read more…
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