February 2015 Archives

4 posts

Choosing a Red Wine Along the Aisle general

Choosing a Red Wine Along the Aisle

So, we’ve examined the wine aisle from the higher quality, higher priced wines on the top shelf to the lower quality, lower priced wines down around your feet, and then looked down the aisle at the white wines. Now lets look at the red wines. These...

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Rosé for Valentines Day general

Rosé for Valentines Day

Ah, pink wine. Yes, it has gotten a bad reputation from the past. You may remember Mateus, Lancers, Cold Duck and White Zinfandel. Unfortunately rosé wines have been considered second class wines. But, that’s all changed! Rosé is made from red win...

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Leather in Your Wine? general

Leather in Your Wine?

You may have read about a wine, or checked the back label, or heard people speak of wines with flavors of apple, grapefruit, blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. Or, leather, tobacco, chocolate, and coffee. Or my all-time favorite, from the b...

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Making Wine is Hard. Right? general

Making Wine is Hard. Right?

While doing some wine tasting, I had the opportunity to chat with the Winemaker. As I was complimenting him on making some outstanding wine, I commented “Making wine must be really hard.” He laughed and shook his head. “No,” he replied “Making wine ...

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