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The Importance of Terroir

UncategorizedOctober 9, 201440Views 0Likes 0Comments

The influence of terroir means that wines from a particular region are unique, incapable of being reproduced outside that area, even if the grape variety and winemaking techniques are painstakingly duplicated. Winemakers in Burgundy do not believe that they are producing Pinot noir that happens to be grown in Burgundy, but that they are producing…

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UncategorizedSeptember 9, 201439Views 0Likes 0Comments

Burgundy wine (French: Bourgogne or vin de Bourgogne) is wine made in the Burgundy region in eastern France, in the valleys and slopes west of the Saône River, a tributary of the Rhône. The most famous wines produced here—those commonly referred to as "Burgundies"—are dry red wines made from Pinot noir grapes and white wines…

White Bordeaux, in the Flesh

UncategorizedFebruary 28, 201436Views 0Likes 0Comments

Lorem text Lorem text Lorem text Lorem text The grapes of White Bordeaux include Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Muscadelle. There are a few other less-known varieties used in White Bordeaux such as Colombard and Ugni Blanc (the grape used in Cognac), but most White Bordeaux are made of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. Bordeaux is where Sauvignon Blanc originated and…

The Practice of Wine Tasting

UncategorizedFebruary 22, 201439Views 0Likes 0Comments

Lorem text Lorem text Lorem text Wine tasting (often, in wine circles, simply tasting) is the sensory examination and evaluation of wine. While the practice of wine tasting is as ancient as its production, a more formalized methodology has slowly become established from the 14th century onwards. Modern, professional wine tasters (such as sommeliers or buyers for retailers)…

What Is Fortified Wine Actually?

UncategorizedFebruary 18, 201450Views 0Likes 0Comments

Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, is added. Many different styles of fortified wine have been developed, including Port, Sherry, Madeira, Marsala, Commandaria wine and the aromatized wine Vermouth. The original reason for fortifying wine was to preserve it, since ethanol is a natural antiseptic. Even though other preservation…

Aging of Wine Does Matter

UncategorizedFebruary 16, 201431Views 0Likes 0Comments

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Vintages in Winemaking

UncategorizedFebruary 15, 201429Views 0Likes 0Comments

Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product (see Harvest (wine)). A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality, as in Port wine, where Port houses make and declare…

New World Wines in Industrial Age

UncategorizedFebruary 7, 201424Views 0Likes 0Comments

Vine cuttings from the Cape of Good Hope were brought to the penal colony of New South Wales by Governor Phillip on the First Fleet (1788). An attempt at wine making from these first vines failed, but with perseverance, other settlers managed to successfully cultivate vines for winemaking, and Australian made wine was available for…

How We Got to Know About Wine

UncategorizedFebruary 4, 201430Views 0Likes 0Comments

Lorem text Lorem text Lorem text Archaeological evidence has established the earliest-known production of wine from fermenting grapes during the late Neolithic or early Chalcolithic in the Caucasus and the northern edge of the Middle East. An extensive gene-mapping project in 2006 analyzed the heritage of more than 110 modern grape cultivars, narrowing their origin to a region…

Popularity and Backlash of Chardonnay

UncategorizedJanuary 30, 201444Views 0Likes 0Comments

Lorem text Lorem text Lorem text Lorem text Due to the "malleability" of Chardonnay in winemaking and its ability to reflect its terroir, there is not one distinct universal "style" or set of constants that could be applied to Chardonnay made across the globe. According to Jancis Robinson, a sense of "smokiness" is one clue that could be picked…

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