Category: Facts About Wine

Commodity wine producers see their mission as making a wine product rather than serving as stewards of a vineyard, so they naturally focus on best-selling wine grapes. Continue reading →

Starting in the 1970s and really taking off in past quarter century, wine became a beverage enjoyed by all levels of American society. Continue reading →

Loosely speaking, there are two types of wine making. Continue reading →

Sometimes you may notice a “sludge-like” residue in wine in the bottle or at the bottom of your glass. Yikes! Continue reading →

When should you drink a wine? Right away, wait a while, or after cellaring for years? Continue reading →

Most wine, especially reds, are product of two plants: grapevines and trees, usually oaks. Continue reading →

Cuvée (koo-VEY) is wine term that can mean a great deal or nothing at all. Continue reading →

Italy produces more sparkling wines from more grape varieties than any other country. Continue reading →

Drinking wine should be fun, not an exercise in snobbish one-upmanship. Continue reading →

W’s determine wine’s destiny. Continue reading →