What Does the Pilsbury Dough Boy Drink? Have you ever noticed the heady scent of fresh-baked bread in your wine? You weren’t imagining it—this comes from yeast autolysis, the process of decomposition of yeast cells (or lees) during…

The Wine that Kept Roman Torches Ablaze The ancient wine Falernum was purportedly so high in alcohol, Pliny the Elder said it was the only wine that could catch fire if it approached a flame.

You Can’t Offend This Grape Malbec grapes are small and dark in color with very thick skins, producing a wine with rich, fruity flavors, full body, deep purple color, and medium tannin levels.

This Wine is on the House A Champagne house considers their NV, or non-vintage, bottling to be their “house style.” It is made with grapes blended from several different years and will have consistent flavor year in and…

Studying the Classics The Italian use of “Classico” on a wine label indicates that the wine comes from the original classified zone, or the historical area of production. This zone is often the hilliest area and produces higher…