Q. What (or who) is the remueur? A. It’s no secret that in traditional Champagne production methods, a remueur would manually riddle, or rotate, the bottles of wine to ensure the sediment slowly cascades towards the neck of…
Q. What are the different levels of wine aromas a wine can have? A. A wine’s aromas will fall under one of three categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary flavors. Primary flavors come from the grape (fruity and floral),…
Somehow January has already come and gone and February, with its attendant Valentine’s Day that is really just an excuse for wine lovers to enjoy a special bottle (or show one off to impress…which we completely support!), is…
Q. What is a pét-nat? A. Pét-nat is short for Pétillant-Naturel and refers to sparkling wines made by the ancestral method. The ancestral method is a type of fermentation that begins in an open tank and then finished…
