Sangiovese grapes produce superb wines. They also can make shrill swill that gave wicker baskets a bad name. Continue reading
Month: May 2009
Wine glasses
Because smell is an important part of wine enjoyment—likely the most important—wineglasses are specially shaped to present a wine’s “nose” (bouquet). Swirl the wine to expose it to air and release aroma, then put your nose into the glass and experience the wine’s individual smell.
So, what wineglass best serves an eonophile’s olfactory organ?
Traditional wineglasses have three parts: bowl, stem, and foot. You hold the glass by the stem and foot so you don’t heat the wine or put fingerprints on the bowl. The bowl’s tapering shape concentrates the bouquet for your nose to smell. Continue reading
Champagne name
What’s in a name? In the case of Champagne, a bubbly brouhaha. Continue reading
Mexican food and wine
Cinco de Mayo is over, but Tex-Mex food is a fiesta year round.
Which raises the question among wine drinkers: does wine pair with Tex-Mex? Continue reading