Tasting
When to Decant Wine
Knowing when to decant wine can be tricky, these tips will help you decide on which wines to decant and why decanting is necessary for some...
5 Wine Apps Worth Trying
Wine Quick Picks is a free app available for iPhone, iPad and Android. The app includes lists like, 100 Widely Available Store Wines and...
What Does Dry Wine Mean? A Beginners Guide to Wine Tasting Lingo
The characteristic of a dry wine is not a sensory characteristic, but a measure of the amount of residual sugar in the wine. Dry, off-dry,...
Christmas Wines to Pair with Everything from Gingerbread to Goose
Some of the wines we pair for Christmas are fortified wines, like Port and Sherry... A savory roast goose with its rich fatty meat pairs...
How to Take Wine Tasting Notes
Make a few sections in this binder where you will categorize your wines: red wine, white wine and rosé wine. Then add a couple other...
Independence Day Wine Cocktails
Everyone knows about Sangria, and you probably even have a favorite recipe for it. And if you don't, then we have one on here for you, just...
How to Rate the Wine You Drink and Discover Alternatives to Top-Rated Wines
We’re all familiar with Cabernet Sauvignon or Zinfandel of California, Riesling of Germany, Sangiovese of Italy or Super Tuscans, Pinot...
Wine Tasting 101
Slurp, swish and swoosh wine to get the maximum flavor and use descriptors to describe your experience. Keep a tasting journal, observe the...
Put Down the Sweet Red: How to Drink Fine Wine
while there isn’t anything wrong with drinking a glass of sweet red, sweet reds on their own won’t help you develop your wine palate. For...
Drying Out: How to Tell When a Wine is 'Over the Hill'
When wines that were produced to be consumed young are aged for too long (exact time period varies depending on the wine, but think 2 - 3...
The 10 Best Wine Shows, Films & Documentaries
'Somm' documents the journey of four rising sommeliers as they prepare for the daunting Master Sommelier exam to become part of the Court...
What Corked Means - and Other Tricky Wine Terminology
Corked wine simply means that the wine has been contaminated with cork taint via the presence of trichloroanisole or TCA.... Drinking a...
How Do All Those Aromas and Flavors Get Into Wine?
Different wines can carry variations of similar aromas; fermentation processes, geographical vineyard properties and aging methods can...
Wine Tasting - Nose, Aroma or Bouquet?
Scents and smells attributed to wine are described by using various terms, the main three being nose, aromas and bouquet. Learn the basics...
What it Takes to be a Sommelier
Sommeliers often retain employment in medium to high level restaurants that carry a quality wine list. In other roles, sommeliers can...
How to Organize a Wine Tasting at Home
We are all familiar with Old World and New World wines, so the next thing to do would be to, for example, choose a varietal. Chardonnay...
Thomas Jefferson's Top Wine Picks you Can Drink Today
Thomas Jefferson, an iconic figure in American History, a Founding Father of the country...Jefferson's meticulous record-keeping left...
What Balance Means in Wine
You might remember that the aspects of wine affected by the oak elaboration were color, aromatics and body/texture. These elements are...
How to tell the Difference Between Good and Bad White Wines
First have a look at the wine in the glass. Hold it up to some light, or with a piece of white paper behind your glass, if the color is...
