Ever wonder why people swirl their glass of wine? Is this just something that wine snobs do? Or is it a kind of nervous habit? Are they doing it so they can examine the ‘legs’ of the wine? Or, are they doing it just to look cool? What’s the point?...
Read more →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 ...
Read more →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...
Read more →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...
Read more →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...
Read more →Last time we took a look at the typical wine arrangements in a large retail store, with the high-end wines on the top shelf, the mid-grade wines in the middle shelves and the low-end wine down at foot level. Now, if you’ve zeroed in on the middle sh...
Read more →So, there you are in the wine aisle, stretching from one end of the store to the other. Or, worse yet, you are in a wine warehouse with multiple aisles of wines. And you ask yourself “Where do I start?” Well, in case you haven’t yet noticed, the ‘...
Read more →So many times the question is “What wine should I drink?” A few years ago, I was out to dinner at a very nice restaurant with three business associates, including my manager who was quite knowledgeable about wines. The restaurant had a very good m...
Read more →Welcome to “Ever Wonder Wine?” After spending the past few years learning about and enjoying the wonderful world of wine, I wanted a way to share the basic wine knowledge that I’ve learned. My journey started with a trip to Northern California. Not...
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