Category: Facts About Wine

Easy trick to improve wine: decant (pour wine from bottle into container that exposes larger surface to air). Continue reading →

Second week of wacko wine descriptors. The obvious: some of this is concocted by wine writers to stand out from the “juicy, jammy, red and black fruits” cognoscente. Continue reading →

Many wine taste and smell terms are easy to understand, delicious to imagine. Continue reading →

Most of us spend our entire wine lives pouring from three bottle sizes. Continue reading →

Champagne and other sparkling wines shine at Christmas and New Years. Today, answers to some merry sparkling questions. Continue reading →

More wine trivia to abet bets and sustain snobbery. All numbers approximate averages: Continue reading →

Insider numbers to help you win wine bets, show off at wine bars, or one-up siblings. Weighted to Napa, the U.S. premier wine producer. Continue reading →

More about wine alcohol wars. Continue reading →

People drink wine because it tastes delicious, can complement food, may have health benefits. And, oh yes, because it has alcohol in it. Continue reading →

In final column in series about sacramental wine we visit issues common to all wine: what’s this stuff in the communion cup/Bordeaux glass? Continue reading →