If you are moving to a new home and need to transport wine or any other liquor bottles, you need to ensure they are packed properly, so that the stock stays intact. While this might seem like a simple thing to do, your wine bottles...
White wines aren't really true "white" in the glass; instead they could have a number of different hues ranging from light straw to deep golden yellow to green tints. The colour aspects of a white wine are derived from the grape blends or varietals that...
When a few wine aficionados get together for a wine tasting and to talk about their favourite wines, the topic of tannins is bound to surface. So what exactly are they? Tannins are a very important descriptor for any wine tasting - it refers to...
At one time or the other, every wine lover faces the dilemma of wondering what to bring to a special dinner party; this is especially true if you are the only wine expert in the room. You wonder whether you should give something basic like...
If you are interested in wine, but feel you don't know much about it, you are not alone. Nobody is naturally born with a well-trained palate for fine wine. It's always a matter of experimenting and trying out different styles and flavours of wines. If...
Pairing wines with food correctly, can be quite tricky. It's important to ensure that the wine you choose as an accompaniment to any dish, doesn't overwhelm or mask the flavouring of the latter and vice versa.While there are some thumb rules people follow when pairing...
When you start building a wine collection, and want to savour your wines in the right manner, you begin building your wine glasses collection too. And anyone that has even a remote interest in wines knows there are different types glasses for different wines. Here...
If you're an avid wine collector, you probably have different varietals and vintages in your cellar. Some of them might be fit for immediate consumption while others require a little aging for their flavours to develop fully. It can be a challenge to determine when...
It's pretty common for people to serve most drinks at extremely cool temperatures; when you have a close friend come over for dinner, you may just pull out a fine claret from your wine cellar and put in in the refrigerator to chill it well...
If you are a wine lover and tend to consume and serve a lot of wine, it's likely that you don't need any practice with opening up a wine bottle - but the question here is- are you actually doing it the right way? There...