The wine region of Chile runs for hundreds of miles along the cool Pacific coast of South America. The climate is described as being between California and France. The best wine regions are protected by coastal mountains in valleys west of the towering Andes. Chile uses...
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Do you think Veneto has it all? Bubbly Prosecco, brooding Amarone, Soave, and more!
Some of my favorite wines, especially those from the Veneto region, come from Northern Italy. The well-known wines from Veneto are Soave, Amarone, and the wildly popular Prosecco. There are other notable Veneto wines, and with this article, I want to guide you to the...
White Savage of the Loire!
Sauvignon Blanc, loosely translated from French, means white savage, as in wild and untamed. This reflects on the vigorous plant itself, which, left unchecked in the vineyard, will grow ferociously. Sauvignon Blanc is native to France, and the most notable producers are in The...
The unique flavors of wine, Les saveurs uniques du vin
All wines have color, and acid and fruit sugar are converted to alcohol through fermentation. What, then, makes the taste and smell of wine different from one to the other? Flavor Compounds. Yes, flavor compounds unique to each subspecies or type of grape occur...
Does anyone know how to speak wine?
Have you ever been to a wine tasking where the speaker starts tossing wine terminology around like a truck stop fry-cook slinging corn-beef-hash?