Super value wines are those priced around $5 or less. Sounds like a great deal—a super deal. Continue reading
Category: Facts About Wine
Ravenswood Teldeschi Zinfandel Single Vineyard 2015
Deep purple-black color; black and blue fruits, chocolate, pepper on the nose; blackberry, blackcurrant, cranberry, black cherry, chocolate, plum, pepper on the palate. Continue reading
Autumnal equinox
With summer’s expiration date on September 22, is it time to ditch those bright, light, delicious wines you enjoyed when fish were jumpin’ and cotton was high? Continue reading
Harvest time
Now is the time of reckoning for Northern Hemisphere grape farmers, the time when they harvest the results of their previous six months of toil, sweat, and hope, which in turn is built on years, decades, centuries of effort. Continue reading
Aging wine
How long should wine age, and what happens when it does? Continue reading
Synthetic wine
Perhaps coming soon to a wine shop near you, an almost-perfect copy of a high quality wine made in a laboratory using no grapes and no fermentation. Continue reading
Whole cluster fermentation
An increasing number of wine labels tout “whole cluster fermentation.” What does that mean and should you care? Continue reading
Cool-warm wine climates
Climate is a vital variable in vino. Continue reading
Alcohol
Alcohol by volume (ABV) numbers on a wine label give the illusion of precision—they go to tenths of percents—but pull back the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) curtain and, surprise, you discover almost nothing is what it seems. Continue reading
Wine bricks
Never underestimate the ingenuity of those who make wine and those who enjoy wine. Continue reading