Its that time of the year when we start looking out for the right gift to buy for our loved ones, and wine lovers are not left out, aside from the usual cards and roses,…
Posts tagged Sommelier
The Ten Best Wine Openers
For some, a wine opener is purely functional. They’re happy if the cork comes out cleanly and easily, and the wine is ready to pour. We agree these things are most important, but also see…
Wine Taster’s Nose Insured For Millions..
Oh Yes!!, the things we do for the love of wine. In 2008, the nose of leading European winemaker and taster Ilja Gort was insured for $8 million, Lloyd’s of London took out the policy after…
Learn how to make wine
How Wine is Made: From Grapes to Glass A picture guide of how wine is made, from picking grapes to bottling wine. Depending on the grape, the region and the kind of wine that a…
GRAPE STOMPING AT BACCO E ARIANNA
Ever attended a grape stomping event? Grape Stomping is an old traditional wine making process where grapes were crushed by having barefoot participants repeatedly stomp on them in vats to release their juices and begin…
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…
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…
Top 5 Expensive Wines In The World.
How much money would you spend on a bottle of wine? Most people would probably keep that figure in the double-digits, perhaps inching into the low triple-digits. While some purchase for pleasure and may never…