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Category Archives: Wine Education
Zinfandel. A History
May is National BBQ month, and what better wine to go with BBQ than Zinfandel! So with that, a little history of Zinfandel…
Origin: Croatia
Hot Spot: California, Southern Italy
Synonyms: Primitivo, Plavac Mali
Zinfandel is often touted as the ideal grape for 4th of July … More
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Categories: What We're Drinking, Wine Education
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Wine Quotes for fun!
Another re-post of some of our favorite wine quotes. Feel free to share your own!
“I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” – W.C. Fields
“Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.” – Aristophanes… More
What is fining?
Fining a wine is the process of clarifying and stabilizing a wine by adding a specific material to the wine that will attract and absorb unwanted particles, removing them from the wine.
Sound confusing? A bit. After wine finishes the fermentation and ageing process in the winery/cellar and before it … More
Top Underrated Wine Regions
There are a plethora of underrated wine regions and grapes in the world. That is to say that the wine geeks know and love them, but the general wine public do not. Could be because they are hard to pronounce, or the labels are confusing, or they are not as … More
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Preserving a wine after opening…
If you don’t happen to be a member of the empty bottle club, there may be times you are faced with leftover wine and the daunting task of trying to preserve it. Without a helpful “gadget,” some basic options include re-corking the wine and sticking it in the fridge. Even … More
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