Colour is a crucial part of the wine tasting experience, and it tells you much more about the wine than whether it’s red, white, or rosé. The wine gets its colour from the grape skins. When you squeeze or press grapes, including black ones, you...
Wines come in a wide range of varieties, flavours, strengths, colours, and types. The taste and liking for a particular wine differ from person to person, which is why it’s hard for everyone to agree which wines are the best. Amateur wine drinkers have to...
There is a range of styles and quality-levels of wine racks available in the market today. They range all the way from traditional wooden rack kits to double deep kits. Besides, you can also opt for metal rack kits, stack-able kits, and modular styles. However, there...
Some believe that decanting Port is quite tricky and that it’s best left to those who have some experience with it. But it’s really not that tough. Let’s take a look at what’s involved. 1. Why Do You Need To Decant Port? There are two primary reasons...
Bottle shock is also sometimes referred to as “bottle sickness”. This term describes either a recently shipped/packed wine that has almost no flavours or aromas and tastes temporarily “dumb”. Many people debate about this phenomenon; there is more of an anecdotal background to this than...
If you have ever sat down and poured yourself a glass of your favourite wine and smelt a distinctive mouldy basement or wet newspaper smell or swirled the wine in your glass and found that it had almost no aroma, the wine had likely been...
There is increasing concern about our environment and the impact on human activity on our world. Many people have started to adopt eco-friendly practices, products, and systems to help protect the environment as much as possible. This shift in attitude has influenced thousands of industries,...
If you are a wine lover, you would want to be sure that your wines have the right kind of environment to mature over time. It also means that you need to make the right wine storage choices. This can be easier to do if...
Most people are not aware of the distinctions between the New-World and Old-World wines, and they tend to throw these two terms around very broadly. Many people simply state they prefer one or the other without knowing exactly what the differences between these two styles...
Malbec and Merlot are two classic wines that are popular throughout the world. Many people that consume these wines aren't sure about the differences and believe there aren't too many. However, these wines are not only different in flavour and body, but their origins and...