Welcome to my Cava Cava translates to “wine cellar,” where this Spanish sparkling wine is stored in pupitres. Cava is made by similar laws to that of Champagne, such as with the traditional method, or secondary fermentation in…

Are You Breaking Up With Me? Portugal is famous for its soil, which is schist bedrock. This soil is found in pockets all over the world and is known to fracture and break vertically—which is great for the…

Vote for Pedro Argentina is famous for Malbec, but one of its most widely planted white grape variety is one you may have never heard of: Pedro Gimenez. This is mostly used for inexpensive wines for the domestic…

Now that our Halloween costumes are put away for the year, we can’t stop thinking about what to serve at Thanksgiving. A day of delicious food, wine, and our favorite people – what could be better? The air…

Is that Glass in my Wine?! Those clear sand or shard-like deposits, usually seen in white wines and collected on the cork, are tartrate crystals. These form when the tartaric acid naturally occurring in all wine solidifies at…