Wine Etiquette When you’re not in the privacy of your own home (snorting a bottle of wine down with your favorite coffee mug) you’ll want to employ some wine etiquette. Etiquette is one of those things that, on the surface, seems unnecessary but it is a powerful tool. It is…
What makes a wine “good”? Isn’t a good wine simply one you like to drink? Yes – but there’s more to it than that. Wine expert Tara Devon O’Leary has 4 simple tips to help you know when you’ve got a wine that’s really gooood! Invariably whenever I’m at a…
You pop open the cork after a killer day at the office, and the luscious wine flows in mellow drops into your shiny glass. Then this voice whispers in your ear. “Should I be drinking wine?” You try to make healthy food choices and go to the gym and yoga…
Most people aren’t aware that the same types of concerns regarding the processed food industry, such as the use of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms), added sugar and other additives, also apply to the wine industry. The Wine Cool Direct website states that “Unlike the food industry, wine producers aren’t required by any…
Bubbles are a sign of high-quality wine. Sparkling wine and Champagne are made by taking the simple formula for fermentation (sugar + yeast = alcohol and CO2), and not allowing the resulting gas to escape. When you ferment wine in a closed or sealed environment, the carbon dioxide (CO2) returns…
In the wine world, dry is never the opposite of wet. Whether in a fermentation tank or in a wine glass, dry means the complete absence of sugar in the wine. When grape juice converts to wine, alcohol is produced in the fermentation process because yeast eats the sugar present…
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