Month: December 2008

For many, New Year’s and weddings are the only times they drink sparkling wine. More than 25 percent of the Champagne and sparkling wine sold each year is sold the week of New Year’s Eve. Continue reading →

Christmas is a sweet season, why not try a sweet wine to end a great holiday meal?
Dessert wines are sweeter, richer, and usually higher in alcohol than table wines. Often served with dessert, they also can be enjoyed with cheese or on their own.
.Port, Sherry, Madeira, Sauterne, late-harvest Rieslings and Zinfandels, ice wines, raisin/straw wines, and sweeter sparkling wines qualify as dessert wines. Continue reading →

Traditionally, wine is a marvelous marriage of two plants: wine grapevines and cork oak trees. Continue reading →

Cabernet Sauvignon may be the world’s most recognizable red wine grape. Continue reading →

Wine color tells how the wine was made, and it can tell how old the wine may be and its quality. Continue reading →