Wine has five components that determine taste and quality: alcohol, acid, tannin, sweetness/dryness, and fruitiness Continue reading “Elements of wine—acid”
Month: September 2009
Elements of wine—alcohol
Wine has five components that determine taste and quality: alcohol, acid, tannin, sweetness/dryness, fruitiness. Know these and you can hang with wine snobs (if that’s your thing). More important, you can enhance your enjoyment of wine. Continue reading “Elements of wine—alcohol”
Petite Sirah
California, epicenter of image, got it wrong with Petite Sirah. Big, bold, black, loaded with tannins—there is nothing petite about Petite Sirah wine. Continue reading “Petite Sirah”
Country specialties
Buying wine: intimidating. So many choices and prices. We hunker in our wine foxhole, timidly buy familiar bottles. Continue reading “Country specialties”
Labor Day
Labor Day: bittersweet holiday. Summer’s wrath wanes. Kids back to school. Your baseball team drives for playoffs—or not. Football kicks off. Continue reading “Labor Day”