Drinking wine can be pure joy, however tasting wine, with focus and intent, can take you on a full-fledged multisensory and intellectual journey. Collecting information through the senses, from the appearance, the aromas on the nose, and the flavors and structure detected on the palate, can help decipher what the wine is and assess the… Continue reading A Quick Guide to Wine Color and The Factors Behind It
Which wines get better with aging and what makes them age worthy? Chateau Musar Cellars ( by Lucy Pope) Most of the wines on the market are produced/designed to be enjoyed young. They are aged in their wineries for a couple of years and then released to the market to be drunk shortly after. Few… Continue reading Aging Wine
🍇Red/ purple/ black wine grapes make red wine. They do because the color of the grape skin is what gives red wine its color. The intensity of the skin color/ thickness of skin/ and the time the grape juice spent cuddled up with the grape skin before fermentation are main factors to the color of… Continue reading Red Wine 101
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