Category: Facts About Wine

Pale straw color; lemon, apple blossom on the nose; citrus, lemon, lime, minerality, brioche on the palate. Continue reading →

Wine terms: variety and varietal. What do they mean? Easy answer: variety is a noun. Varietal is an adjective. Continue reading →

Wine body. What does “body” mean and how does it affect your appreciation of a wine? Continue reading →

Wine grape growing is not nearly so simple as plant a vine and watch it grow. Continue reading →

Wine is both tough and vulnerable. Handled correctly, some wines can remain fresh, even improve, for a century or more. Expose wine to heat and/or light, and you invite trouble. Continue reading →

So, you are investigating a wine refrigerator or thinking about building a wine cellar. What do you look for? Continue reading →

No debate 2020 has been annus horribilis. COVID-19 worldwide. Worst fires ever on West Coast. How has this horrid year affected the wine world? Continue reading →

To destem or not to destem? Crushing wine world question. Continue reading →

Wine scores are ridiculous. They also are the reason for the increase in wine consumption the past 40 years. They are wine’s deal with the devil. Continue reading →

Champagne today is what it is because of women. Continue reading →