Like A Limestone Cowboy🤠

Published: Mon, 07/22/24

Updated: Mon, 07/22/24

Like A Limestone CowboySome of the world's most sought-after wines are made with grapes grown in limestone soils, which are naturally alkaline with…

Can't Touch This!

Published: Sun, 07/21/24

Can't Touch This!The Spanish Albariño grape is grown on trellises so that the grapes never touch the ground, helping to avoid disease and rot that…

Don’t Tread Lightly👣

Published: Sat, 07/20/24

Don’t Tread LightlySome premium Port wines are still made using foot treading! Though e pensive and physically e hausting, traditional foot treading…

Move Over, Manhattan🏙️

Published: Fri, 07/19/24

Move Over, ManhattanThe Brunello winemaking zone in Italy e tends over about 100 square miles, or just slightly larger than three times the island of…

Don't Skip Leg Day🦵

Published: Thu, 07/18/24

Don't Skip Leg DayWine “legs,” droplets or streaks of liquid falling down the inside of your wine glass, occur because of contrasting evaporation…

Screw Caps or Corks?

Published: Wed, 07/17/24

Updated: Wed, 07/17/24

Screw Caps or Corks?Screw caps gradually are replacing corks on more than just ine pensive wines: Screw caps seal 75% of Australian and more than 90%…

Where Bubbles Begin🍾

Published: Tue, 07/16/24

Updated: Tue, 07/16/24

Where Bubbles BeginChampagne gets its bubbles in the bottle. Wine is still when it’s bottled, but yeast and sugar are added to the mi which create the…

Don’t Mute Me, We’re Not on Zoom🔇

Published: Mon, 07/15/24

Updated: Tue, 07/16/24

Don’t Mute Me, We’re Not on Zoom Don’t chill your wine or cheese too much: lower temperatures mute flavors and aromas, so you won’t taste all those…

How Do You Like Your Grapevines?

Published: Sun, 07/14/24

Updated: Sun, 07/14/24

How Do You Like Your Grapevines?Older grapevines produce fewer bunches of grapes that tend to have smaller berries and concentrated flavors – a…

The Origin of Wine🍷

Published: Sat, 07/13/24

Updated: Sat, 07/13/24

The Origin of WinePlanting of vineyards for winemaking began more than 8,000 years ago near the black sea in places such as Georgia Treat Yourself to…