Napa Valley Napa Valley boasts some of the very best vineyards and wineries not only in California but the world over. Rich soil and ideal climate spoil the vines, in turn they spoil wine lovers. Napa Valley is...
Bordering north of Portugal, the region of Galicia nestles itself in the far Northwest corner away from the rest of Spain. Blessed with 1000 miles of coastline, seafood is very much a part of everyday life. Many areas...
Sunlight, climate, water, soils and air all together nurture vines and their grapes. Their combination of flavors is unique to specific region because of the terroir they were grown in. The wine-makers simply converting grapes into drinking wine. ...
Oak and Wine Asking Picasso to paint with his arms tied is wine-making without Oak. What Oak does to wine has never been successfully replicated, regardless of any advancement in technology. Wine simply will not be wine without...
If you have been around wine enough, you probably have run cross two phrases “New World” and “Old World” wine (or region). “New World” and “Old World” are indeed geographic terminologies used to describe two major ecozones on...
White wine is white or pale, Rose is pink or brick and Red wine is red, purple or opaque in color. Well, other than the obvious differences in color appearance, they are also different in how they were...
First off, Should a wine be matched up to a dish? or should a dish be made just to pair up with the wine? Well, that all depends. If your best friend is getting a promotion at work...
As we learned from the previous article that not all wines will get better with age, only a small number of them will. And when someone talks about aging wines, it isn’t 3 or 4 years they’re talking...
Younger wines were more expensive Couple of hundreds of years ago, before the age of glass bottles and corks, lack of technology and understanding of oxidation, wine never had good shelf-life and most were made to be drunk...
Locates in the far northwest corner of Spain, Galicia seems to be world away from the rest of the Country. Surrounded by water, the coastlines of Galicia are jagged with low valleys, breath-taking cliffs and untouched nature, much...
Appellation is a specific geographic area designated for wine growing and wine making. Each country has different sets of rules for each of their appellations. Old World countries (Europe) have much stricter rules compared to those from New...
You have to admit that there are so many aspects of wine. From buying it, storing it, enjoying it, pairing it with food, etc… That sometime feels overwhelming and quite possibly taking the joy out of enjoying wine...
