As the new year rolls in, it’s the perfect time to set fresh resolutions—and if you’re a wine enthusiast,…
Why is Champagne a Symbol of Celebration? Opening a bottle of sparkling wine to celebrate the New Year started…
Why are Grapevines Referred to as Drunken Trees? Grapevines are sometimes referred to as “drunken trees” because they twist…
Does Sight Affect How You Taste Wine? Studies show that people often rate the same wine higher if they…
Does Altitude Effect Wine Taste? Wines that taste fantastic on the ground may have an entirely different flavor at…
Food Stories
As the new year rolls in, it’s the perfect time to set…
Wine and Food
When I was in cooking school, I learned how to make zabaglione…
Wine Basics
Grape cloning might sound like something from a sci-fi movie or, at…
Does Sight Affect How You Taste Wine? Studies show that people often…
Is that Glass in my Wine?! Those clear sand or shard-like deposits, usually seen in white wines and collected…
Happy Halloween! Celebrate with the Best Halloween Candy and Wine Pairings While the kids are out trick or treating…
Our Favorite Pumpkin Dishes to Pair with Wine Fall is in full swing, and Halloween is almost here! It’s…
Not a Prius, But Still a Hybrid Cabernet Sauvignon is a hybrid grape: it is a cross between red…
A Vampire’s Favorite Wine The name for Italy’s most famous grape, Sangiovese, comes from the Latin sanguis Jovis, meaning…
This Wine Is Cool and High Chile is blessed with a combination of cooling maritime and alpine influences that…
The Haunted Bottle There are some people who actually have a fear of wine (tragic). It’s called oenophobia.
Vampire-Proof Wine In Eastern European folklore, it was believed that sprinkling wine on a vampire’s grave could prevent them…
Practically Fool-Proof Choose white or sparkling wine for fool-proof wine and cheese pairing. White wines will never overpower a…
Flee to Chablis Benedictine monks sought refuge from Vikings in the Chablis area, where they settled and later began…
Wine and Witchcraft Wine has been associated with witchcraft throughout history. The ancient Greeks believed that pouring wine on…
How Do You Lose a Whole Wine Region? Puy de Dôme in the Auvergne region is known as France’s…
Remueur Has It You Have Champagne Problems In traditional Champagne production methods, there would be a remueur, someone who…
What Chardonnay and Pinot Noir have in Common Chardonnay is a cross between the white grape Gouais Blanc with…
Breaking the Rules of the Wine Game In a recent survey of more than 2,000 Americans, 75% admitted they…