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
There is no bigger injustice to wine than drinking it at the wrong temperature. This is not a dramatic statement; it is an accurate one. Wine temperature is the single most underrated factor influencing the enjoyment of wine. It can significantly change the perception of aromatics, alcohol, tannins, sweetness, and acidity in wine, completely altering… Continue reading Wine Temperature: The make-or-break factor in enjoying wine
Champagne has always been synonymous with festivities, celebrations, and toasts. Recently, however, it is being regarded as so much more than that: a well-crafted sparkling wine to be enjoyed, analyzed and assessed, because sparkling wine, above all else, is…well…wine. More people are drinking premium quality sparkling wine- and more frequently. Its image is shifting from… Continue reading Assessing the Champagne Glass: All you need to know about the coupe the flute and the tulip
Their effect on wine and the future of vineyards ( Source: Famille Lancon) There is a lot of romanticism in the world of wine. An old vine is a perfect example of that. Its significance as a witness to history, culture, and its caregivers, generation after generation, is the epitome of romance. ALSO… Old vines… Continue reading Old Vines Beyond The Romance:
The sound of ‘fungus attacked grapes’ spells doom to the ears of most. The image of rotting grapes in the vineyard is hardly a romantic one promising a good vintage. That is unless this fungus is the ‘Noble Rot’.Noble rot is a beneficial form of a fungus called ‘Botrytis Cinerea’. It is challenging to have… Continue reading Noble Rot Wines: A Guide to the Premium Sweet Wines made from Rotting Grapes
Wine’s destiny is to be enjoyed at its best. That might include drinking wine at the recommended temperature or matching it with the right food, but the prerequisite remains: opening the bottle when it reaches its full potential. The vast majority of the wines available to consumers are at their best when they are young.… Continue reading Aging Wine: Which wines age gracefully and what do they evolve into?
Why are modern wineries using them and what is their effect on wine? If the merchants and royalty of ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt could hop into a time machine and see the resurgence of amphoras today, they would be in awe of these basic vessels that seem evidently eternal! By noticing the similarity to… Continue reading The Revival of Amphoras
Like the rise of Australia and California in the 1970s, New Zealand in the 1980s and South Africa in the 2000s, Lebanon is now having its moment in the sun as an emerging wine exporting country. Driven mainly by the good reputation of its wine and the global support for the country through buying its… Continue reading Evolution of Lebanese Wine Export: The importance of style and storytelling
Lebanese wine is mostly of very good quality. The Lebanese people knows it, wine critics know it, and now the rest of the world is just starting to catch up. There’s a renewed global interest in Lebanese wine with news platforms like Bloomberg and the Guardian recently calling it “superb” and building a case of… Continue reading Lebanese Wine: Why the world is giving it attention and how to ride the wave of global demand
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