Mountain ranges isolate Rioja from coastal influence. Close to the coast, but Rioja is generally dry and hot especially in Rioja Baja. Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa are further up north stretching up the mountain ranges, these two...
Geography and climate Maipo is where it all started for Chilean Wine industry. It is divided into 3 sub-regions which together stretch from the Pacific coastal to the Ande mountain’s foothill: Pacific Maipo, Central Maipo and Alto Maipo....
Geography and climate Casablanca sits very close to the equator, anywhere else on earth would prove too humid and hot for production of quality grapes. Thanks to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean which moderates the region with...
Many believe wine making is done mostly while grapes were still on the vines. How grapes taste all depends on the land, soil, water and weather they are grown on, each region in the world possesses flavor profile...
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...
