E&T Magazine had a great article in their early June edition about automation and wine pouring. Writer Guy Richards notes that sales of fine wines take a hit because bar owners are reluctant to open an expensive bottle, offer the customer a taste only to find they don’t like it or only drink one glass, [...]
Wine decanters actually provide a function. I’m just learning this. I thought they were just a fancy way of selling more stemware, or in the case of cheap wine, hiding the evidence. Some bottles are so pretty on their own, who would want to move their contents into another vessel?
Well, anyone wishing to perform [...]
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Tagged aeration, decanter, father's day, limpid, wine cellar, wine rack, wine racks, WineRackStore.com
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When a winery describes its wine as ‘fruit forward’, I guess I’m naive enough to think I’ll really taste a lot of fruit and the oak, tannins etc. will magically fall away (or at least be well hidden). The Painted Turtle Shiraz is described as ‘rich and juicy’. I must work from a different dictionary. [...]
Saturday, February 20, 2010
I haven’t learned too many inspiring caveats about wine yet, but here’s one I would share with my friends: don’t confuse red zinfadel with white zinfadel. You will get a shock. I really enjoy a white zinfadel, but today I was looking for the red variety, having never placed one on my wine rack before. Red [...]
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Tagged awards, Barefoot, California, wine rack, wine rack store, wine racks, zinfadel
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The red and white bottle, half the ordinary size, had caused me to look twice each time I walked by the liquor store wine rack. Not noisy, yet distracting, like a dark-haired Latin dressed in simple black pants and white, open-necked shirt, not saying anything but looking classy and just giving me that look. I [...]
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Tagged Australia, baking, berry picking, red wine, Shiraz Cabernet, wine rack, wine rack store, wine racks, wooden wine racks
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Now that I know such things exist, I scour my local wine merchants for small bottles of wine, hopeful I will not have to freeze or discard too much of the stuff. I simply cannot invite enough people over for supper to justify opening a 750ml bottle of wine every week just for me. I [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
South American wines are proving to be good value these days. Often they are under-priced for their quality, which is good news for wine lovers. This is the closest I’ll get to the sunny southern Americas any time soon. Still, there’s the whole merlot question hanging over my head: how do I feel about stocking [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
As my last article points out, I am clumsy. Shatterproof glass was created for people like me, as were gauze and anaesthetic. I may have avoided the Emergency Room so far, but the day will come when I plunge my hand into a sink full of glass I just broke and wonder if plastic is [...]
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Tagged wine glass charms, wine rack store
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Ernest and Julio Gallo produced my first favourite wine: the White Zinfadel. That was an easy drinking wine for someone who couldn’t even handle the taste of Bailey’s straight up, at least before I had children. Now, though I won’t indulge, there are days when I think a stiff brandy would be a good idea, [...]
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Certain flavors and aromas are locked within wines until they are exposed to air. This exposure to air is called letting the wine breath or aerating the wine. With exposure to the air the flavor will change, soften, and the overall characteristics should improve. As with everything else, all wines will react [...]
