Easy trick to improve wine: decant (pour wine from bottle into container that exposes larger surface to air). Continue reading
Author: gusclemens
Harvesting grapes
Many factors affect wine prices. Barrel cost and berry quality.Parker scores. Marketing mavens. Winery hubris. Take your pick. Continue reading
Heavy bottles
Your impression of wine involves many things, some valid, some irrational. Continue reading
Fake wine in China
All is not what it claims to be in the Chinese wine market. Continue reading
Weird wine terms 2 of 2
Second week of wacko wine descriptors. The obvious: some of this is concocted by wine writers to stand out from the “juicy, jammy, red and black fruits” cognoscente. Continue reading
Weird wine terms 1 of 2
Many wine taste and smell terms are easy to understand, delicious to imagine. Continue reading
Bottle sizes
Most of us spend our entire wine lives pouring from three bottle sizes. Continue reading
Sparkling at New Years
New Years: when sparkling wines sparkle. Continue reading
Sparkling facts
Champagne and other sparkling wines shine at Christmas and New Years. Today, answers to some merry sparkling questions. Continue reading
Wine numbers 2 of 2
More wine trivia to abet bets and sustain snobbery. All numbers approximate averages: Continue reading