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 [...]
We know you have told this a thousand times by friends, your mother, and even the television news… “don’t drink and drive“. Well, it is our turn to remind you of the same thing!
Be prudent, have a designated driver if you are enjoying wine this holiday season. We want everyone to have a [...]
Today I was the recipient of a very informative email highlighting a number of pointers to good quality, inexpensive wines. The base article may be found at:
How to Choose Wines: WD’s uncovered the secrets to finding affordable, yummy vino
If you just want to see the wine recommendations you can do that to by [...]
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 [...]
So you think you might want to learn the essence of wine tasting. Turns out you can learn a lot online. Although we should note that some of the sites are a bit annoying with the streaming video and audio. Anyway here are a few of the good sites:
Basics of Wine Tasting
Learning [...]