Category: Facts About Wine

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

“Contains sulfites”—sobering warning found on almost every wine label. Continue reading →

For beverage so elegant, it is ironic optimum way to open champagne is pedestrian. Continue reading →

To decant or not to decant. That is the question. Is it nobler of the vine to suffer the slings and arrows of tannic tightness, or to take up arms against it with a sea of aeration, and—by so opposing—soften them? Continue reading →

Which is more important: grape or place the grape grows? Depends on who you ask and how much argument you want. Continue reading →

French make more wine than anyone else, some so sublime it defines wine at its best, some absolutely terrible. To help find your way with French vin, third of three-part primer; today, niche regions. Continue reading →

French make more wine than anyone else, some so sublime it defines wine at its best, some so mundane French distill it into biofuel.
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French make more wine than anyone else, some so sublime it defines wine at its best, some so mundane French distill it into biofuel. Continue reading →

Wine has five components that determine taste and quality: alcohol, acid, tannin, sweetness/dryness, fruitiness. This week, final component: fruitiness. Continue reading →

Wine has five components that determine taste and quality: alcohol, acid, tannin, sweetness/dryness, fruitiness. Previously alcohol, acid, and tannin; this week sweetness/dryness. Continue reading →