I suppose this is obvious…

One of the latest things we have encountered regarding inexepensive wines is their variability.  It seems that any two bottles can be quite variable in quality, flavor, texture, etc.  This variation may be due to handling, storage or other factors; we don’t know. In any event, we have noticed that there can be a significant [...]

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Red Wines & Funnels

One of the best items for saving marginal red wines is a good funnel.
Finding bad tasting red wines has never really been a problem; but, making them worth drinking can be tricky. We won’t pretend to know the reasons why funnels and aeration work, but they can, and often do! Interestingly, we have [...]

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