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  • Corked Wine
    What is corked wine? Keeping a wine bottle-sealed is probably the most important factor when it comes to maintaining a good wine. A cork is essential, as it keeps oxygen out of the wine bottle. If a bottle of wine is not airtight then it may become oxidized and undrinkable.

  • Champagne Wine
    Champagne Wine. Champagne is without question the finest sparkling wine made in the world. Champagne is the name of the wine region located about 90 miles northeast of Paris.

  • Pinot Gris Or Grigio
    One of the most popular imported wine styles in America is Pinot grigio. Nearly all of the Pinot grigio consumed in the US comes from Italy, but as we shall see this is likely to change soon. Pinot grigio is very popular with consumers, but it receives mixed reviews from wine judges and wine critics.

  • Black Belts And Good Wine
    Black Belts And Good Wine Peter Vermeeren A few days ago I was sitting at my terrace with some friends talking about the warrior ways whilst having a glass of wine. I like to have a good glass of...

  • Blended and Varietal Wines
    Blended and Varietal Wines Darby Higgs Novice wine lovers soon come across the concept of blended and varietal wines. The two questions that spring to mind are, what does it mean? and does it matter?...

  • Corks for Wine
    Corks for Wine Paul Kreider That little piece of bark (yes, cork is bark harvested from a kind of oak tree) is the focus of much controversy among today's winemakers. Here at Ross Valley Winery, we...

  • Enjoy Your Favorite Wine But With Some Rules
    Enjoy Your Favorite WineBut With Some Rules Celina Richards The mere mention of etiquette brings to mind various images, mainly negative. Etiquette means observing set rules. Its not about the quaint...

  • Family Life or Wine for Christmas Day
    Family Life or Wine for Christmas Dy Elen Meerovich For your family and guests,Christmas is a day to spend time together, You expend so much energy planning for the big event that you may forget...

  • Get To Grips With Your Wines
    Get To Grips With Your Wines Hannah Terry Tips on giving a bottle of wine. When we're going somewhere it's easy to grab a bottle of wine off the shelf, but wouldn't it be nicer to be able to give the...

  • Have you bought your first case of wine yet?
    Have you bought your first case of wine yet? Paul Kreider Instead of buying bottles of wine one at a time, when you think about it, there are lots of good reasons to spring for a whole case (that's...

  • How to Begin Wine Collecting
    How to Begin Wine Collecting Dakota Caudilla Some people collect wine for moneyand some people collect wine because they have a passion for wine. Irregardless of whether youre collecting wine for...

  • Introduction to Italian Wine
    Introduction to Italian Wine Tynan Szvetecz Each year, it is not uncommon for Italy to find itself at the top of a number of wine-related lists, not the least of which ranks it as the largest...

  • Learn about Chardonnay Wine
    Learn about Chardonnay Wine Nerello Glasure The Chardonnay grape variety is a classic white wine grape grown all around the world. It is at the top, as probably the world's favorite white grape...

  • Marketing to the Affluent with Wine
    Marketing to the Affluent - with Wine Leon Altman With its association to an affluent, sophisticated lifestyle, wine can make a good accompaniment when marketing to an affluent audience. However, I...

  • Marketing Wine on the Internet
    Marketing Wine on the Internet Darby Higgs The Australian wine industry is experiencing a tough time as oversupply of product is creating downward pressure on prices. Large producers have had their...

  • Rare Varietals Cure Wine Boredom
    Rare Varietals Cure Wine Boredom Darby Higgs The future of the Australian wine industry will be shaped by a group of innovative grapegrowers and winemakers who are busily experimenting with new...

  • Reading an Italian Wine Label
    Reading an Italian Wine Label Jason Tiffin Translation of Italian to English, helping you to save confusion when buying a bottle of Italian Wine. Abboccato - Medium-sweet and full bodied Amabile -...

  • The land of the sun and the good wine
    The land of the sun and the good wine Gustavo Roitman The city of San Rafael - Mendoza in Argentina, offers a wide variety of travel resources for all ages. This resources include: hiking, horse...

  • The Rise of Rioja Wines
    The Rise of Rioja Wines Fraser Neilson For many people Spanish wine either means cava - their excellent local sparkling wine made by the same traditional method as the finest champagnes or Rioja, the...

  • What is Corked Wine?
    What is Corked Wine? Neil Best Keeping a wine bottle sealed is probably the most important factor when it comes to maintaining a good wine. A cork is essential, as it keeps oxygen out of the wine...

  • What Puts The Sparkle In Sparkling Wine?
    What Puts The Sparkle In Sparkling Wine? Neil Best We all associate sparkling wine and champagne with joyous celebrations. However, recently, many people have recognized that sparkling wine can...

  • Which is for You Blended or Varietal Wines
    Which is for You - Blended or Varietal Wines? Darby Higgs Blended and varietal wines. Novice wine lovers soon come across the concept of blended and varietal wines. The two questions that spring to...

  • Why red wine is red and other isnt
    Why red wine is red and other isn't Paul Kreider You remember your child asking, "Mommy, does chocolate milk come from brown cows?" Unless you had a particularly perverse sense of humor ("Now, Jesse,...

  • Wine: A Worthy Teammate for Football
    Wine: A Worthy Teammate for Football ARA (ARA) - Football and beer go together like baseball and hotdogs, but what about football and wine? Traditionally, wine has been benched on Sundays. But if you...

  • Wine is in the moment
    Wine is in the moment Paul Kreider As a winemaker I spend more time than most people sniffing and peering at wine, holding it to the light, making notes. Eventually I take some in my mouth and roll...