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    12 Wine Myths Debunked

    We’ve all heard at least one of them. How many have you fallen for? Learning how to enjoy wine can be a daunting experience for beginners. With all the wine jargon and the sheer number of grape varieties and wine styles available, it’s little wonder a few ‘wine myths’ have crept in….

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    Wine Talks

    Increase Your Vocabulary with Wine Words

    Wine tasting is more fun when you pick out flavors. Flavor picking is a lot like remembering adjectives or famous people’s names; they might be on the tip of your tongue but they’re hard to spit out. Despite the glee of flavor picking, it’s actually a pretty difficult skill to…

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    How To Wine Facts

    10 Ways to Become a Better Wine Taster

    Master sommeliers study for years to become true wine experts. They know specific facts about viticulture, such as the details of the soil content of vineyards around the world, or how local and global events spur subtle changes in a wine, which can help them to determine its age and provenance….

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    Wine and People

    Grape Stomping in Italy: The Day I Crushed Grapes With My Feet (And Didn’t Drink Any of It)

    Ever attended a grape stomping event? I did, on a Sunday in September 2018, at a winery near Padova. Grape stomping is exactly as fun as it sounds, and slightly more ridiculous. It’s also harvest season again, which means my brain is currently 40% grapes. So let’s talk about the…

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    Wine Talks

    Adding Salt to Red Wine

    Chefs add salts to their meals to enhance its taste, so we might just agree that salt kinda improves the taste of some meals, and somehow, it works for Red Wine, Yep.., yet another life hack that has been revealed.

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    Wine Facts

    The 5 Dos & Don’ts of Wine Storage

    Whether you’ve got 5 wine bottles or 500, you probably don’t want your wine to go bad or the taste to be compromised before you get a chance to drink it. Unfortunately, not all of us wine lovers have the luxury of a personal cellar (if you do, please send…

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    Wine Facts

    Top 5 Most Expensive Wines in the World

    Most of us debate whether a €15 bottle is too much. The people in this post did not have that conversation. Here are five wines that fetched record prices at auction, with the story behind each one and a few things the headlines leave out. Spoiler: three of these “bottles”…

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    Wine Seasons

    Its Rosé Season, #SummerWater

    Usually during the summer, we consume more fluids like Water, Juice, or Soda, the obvious reason being the heat, but for red wine lovers, its not easy sticking to their choice of wine because as temperatures rise, our drinking preferences tend to turn to wines that are more crisp and…

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Kelly Chidi-Ogbonna

Wine has always fascinated me — not just the taste, but the stories, culture, and moments surrounding it. Through Kelly’s Wine, I share wine travel, food pairings, discoveries, and relaxed lifestyle experiences in a way that feels real and approachable.
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