You’re So Down To Earth The term “terroir” comes from the French expression “goût de terroir,” which means “taste of the earth.”

So Nice They Named It Twice You might be surprised to know that many famous Italian foods and wines are named after the cities or

Taste the Rainbow Color is a cue to style and age. Young, fresh, light-bodied white wines will have a green or straw tint. Oak-aged and

Feeling Foggy This Morning? Wines are commonly filtered before bottling to remove dead yeast cells and bits of grape. This results in what consumers generally

A Fancy Name for Flowers Floraison: The flowering of the grapevines near the end of spring

Sometimes Younger Is Better In Spain, wines might be labeled with words that indicate their age. For example, “Joven” means “young,” and these wines should