The Rhone River region provides many styles of wonderful drink-now and age-worthy wines, including reds, whites, rosés, and fortified wines. The history, grapes, wine styles, and wine-making techniques have an immeasurable impact on French wine and the wine world. The 500-mile-long river flows from the Swiss...
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The new Beaujolais will arrive!
The Beaujolais wine region is in central-eastern France on the western side of the Saône River, close to Lyon. The Burgundy wine region is to the north, and the Rhône and Provence wine regions are located south of Beaujolais. There are three sub-regions within Beaujolais:...
How to conduct a wine tasting
Get the temp under control. Understanding and controlling serving temperatures can maximize wine flavor and aroma. Whites and Rosés are commonly served too cold, and reds too warm. For wine service, our refrigerator temperatures are too cold, and our room temperatures are too high. Listed...
Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa, and Rioja Oriental
Rioja’s Tempranillo is the prominent grape of Rioja and produces wine with moderate acidity, notes of spice, strawberry, tobacco and earthy-chalky aromas. Most are barrel aged using American oak which adds the spice and vanilla that Tempranillos are know for.
There is a mind behind the glass.
Time travel. If an ancient winemaker were to visit a present-day winery, they would understand what was taking place since winemaking’s basic steps have not changed through the centuries. Those basic steps follow, and an exciting video from the GuildSomm wine organization is included. The...