Category: Facts About Wine

Bitter news wine lovers must face: wine has carbohydrates. Carbohydrates produce calories. If you contemplate dieting, counting carbs/calories is part of the deal. Continue reading →

Visit with almost any wine vine grower and they will tell you climate change is indisputably real. And it is both a bad thing and a good thing—depending on where your vineyard is located. Continue reading →

Wine tannins are the little girl with the curl. When they are good, they are very good indeed. But when they are bad they are horrid. Continue reading →

Coronavirus disrupts life worldwide. For wine world, however, the situation has meant boom rather than bust. Continue reading →

Deep ruby color; cherry, plum, flowers on the nose; black cherry, plum, blackberry, blackcurrant, leather, cedar, soft spices on the palate. Continue reading →

There is an old saying about lovemaking—a little wine increases the opportunity, too much wine decreases the performance. Continue reading →

Week two of wine acquisition strategies: Continue reading →

Reviewing wine is vexing when your words appear in newspapers and the internet around the world. Continue reading →

Wine world notes: Continue reading →

How many grapes does it take to make a bottle of wine? Depends, as it so often does in wine. Ballpark: 600 to 800 grape berries. Continue reading →