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Know Your Wine with this Varietal Table
Can't figure out what to gift a friend who is crazy over wines? How about this Wine Grape Varietal Table by Steve and Deborah De Long? It looks like the periodic table of elements, which we used to study back in Chemistry class, but this time it categorizes the different wine grape varieties all over the world. The table is divided into reds and whites, with the grape varieties lined up in such a ... [Read More]
Unusual Wine and Food Pairings
Not everybody knows that wine goes best with meat, whether it is dark meat like beef or light meat like fish. Because of this, you cannot blame people when they pair wine with the oddest foods. However, if you are interested to watch a home movie while eating popcorn and drinking a glass of wine, it wouldn't hurt to know what goes well. Vegetarian dishes - Vegetable dishes are hard to match with w... [Read More]
The Benefits of Using a Wine Cellar
Wines require proper storage procedures in order to maintain its quality. Some wines require aging in order to improve in quality. For these types of wines, a cellar may be required in order to ensure that the wines are aged in an ideal environment as well as keep a proper storage facility for the wines, especially those bought at high volumes. Cellaring has been quite an old practice when it come... [Read More]
How to Start Your Wine Cellar
When you plan to build up a large stock of wines, then you might be in need of a good wine cellar. A lot of people have been in the business of collecting large volumes of wines. Some do it to take advantage of buying in bulk to get a good price. Some do it in order to have an extensive collection of wines as a hobby. Some do it in order to await a better price for wines before they sell the... [Read More]
Build Your Own Wine Cellar
You might think that this project is a little ambitious, however, believe it or not this project is taken seriously by more people than you think. The purpose of a wine cellar is to properly control the wine aging process. It is essential to store bottled wines in order to maintain a continues environment where it could mature into something more sophisticated, elegant, or even unique. When storin... [Read More]
How to Store Leftover Wine
How many times have you been in this situation? You opened a bottle of wine for a small dinner with friends. You got to enjoy it with a great dinner and during the customary after dinner small talk. But when the table had been cleared and the plates had been put away, you notice that bottle of wine was not finished. The problem with wine is that when you have opened the bottle, the wine inside is ... [Read More]
The Story of a Cork
Corks have been used to seal wine bottles since the 17th century. Wine bottles are being sealed to protect the wine itself from oxidizing. Corks' elastic and highly impermeable properties were found to be a perfect sealant that prevents oxygen from entering the wine bottle. Good quality corks are made from the bark of the cork oak tree (Quercus Suber). At present Portugal and Spain are the top pro... [Read More]
How Cork is Made
Most of us know that corks are included in wine bottles. They are a natural part of the wine bottle which serves the purpose of containing wine as well as keeping the air out of the bottle. However, have you ever wondered what really makes up a simple cork and how is it made? Wonder no more as we reveal to you the technicalities of producing a cork. So sit back and read on what it really take to p... [Read More]
Corking Your Wine Bottles
Storing wine is an art simply because it is something that is not haphazardly done. It entails patience and meticulous detail from the person who will be undertaking such an precise and laborious task. However, being able to store your wine is an essential task so let me introduce to you the way of the cork, its usage and the different types that are available to you, the wine bottler. If you do p... [Read More]
Finding Proper Wine Storage
With more and more collectors becoming interested in fine quality wines, the need for their proper storage is also getting more and more sophisticated. Wine requires certain conditions in order for it to age and develop properly without losing its fine quality over time. The wrong conditions may allow such wines to turn into vinegar or lose some of the properties that make them so attractive in th... [Read More]