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Selecting Wine Grapes
If you want to learn more about wine, you will see that you need to understand the terms that are commonly used. Have you ever heard of Anthocyanin, Negociant or Vigneron? Triage is also one of those words. Lot of people talk about it, but not many people what it is exactly and how it is done. Below is an explaniation about processing red grapes. Sign up for our Free course HERE and you will receive the exclusive booklet "The alphabet of Wine Terms" which gives you a complete overview of words and terms used in the "wine world".
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Making A Wine Gift Basket
Have you ever received a selfmade gift basket? Some people go to a store and buy a gift basket or have one delivered to you. But if people take the time to create a personal gift basket it so much more appreciated. The contents of the basket are selected especially for you! If you want to show your appreciation for someone special, follow the guidelines below and create a personal gift for this person
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Drinking Red Wine
Have you ever been to a party, looking around with a maybe a beer or a soda in your hand and suddenly noticing that a lot of people are drinking red wine? Would you also like to try drinking wine, but are you not sure if you like it? And what are the best wine to start with? White wine seems to be easier to start with than red wines. Here are some guidelines to get you started with Red Wine. The most important rule? Drink wine because you like it and not because it looks so good!
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Wine Hangover
You spend a fantastic evening with some friends or family and the wine tasted very good! But do you know that "day after the night before" feeling? Most of the times you feel it in your head, like a small dwarf is inside there hammering away on your brains! But how do you get a hangover from wine? And is there a way to get rid of the hangover as soon as possible? Or maybe avoid it at all?
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Unique Wine
Where do you buy your wine? Don't tell me the name of the store and it actually wasn't a question. It's meant to make you think about buying wine. Our guest writer from South Africa has some excellent points and will make you think twice next time you buy your wine. When you have tasted a wine from a small vinyard, chances are that you are not going back to the supermarket to buy bulk wine again
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Wine Improves with Age: Fact or Fiction?
We all know the stories about Old Wines being sold for small fortunes. It really must be a very good wine if people do that. So let's go out, buy some wine and 40 years later we have our retirement covered! Does it really work this way? Does the taste of wine only improve when it is aging? And can you store all wines for several years? Here are some guidelines about the storing of wine and wine taste.
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Wine Everywhere
Wine is hot! Did you get surprised by that? Probably not because wine is everywhere these days. The wine fever is really spreading around the globe, from Asia, Australia to Europe. It really is no different in the US. Some years ago the Californian wines became popular, also in Europe, and now more and more vinyards are setup across the states. For wine lovers this is great, because the smaller vinyards are producing some very good wine. But how do you choose a good wine now there is so much to choose from?
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Champagne explained
Gautamm has written a great article about champagne. At first there seems not much to tell about champagne. It is just wine with bubbles, right? This is absolutely not the case. Do you know when the first champagne was made? Where was it made, France or in England? Do you know the right way to serve champagne and how to drink it? At the end of the article are some great recipes for well known "champagne cocktails".
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Perfect Wine Gift
Selecting the perfect gift for someone special. Do you know the feeling: Birthday coming up next week, but what gift to buy this year? The choices are getting bigger and bigger each year, but it isn't making things easier! If you want to buy a gift for a person who likes wine, there are also many options. Here is a list of possible gifts that can help you choose a perfect gift this year.
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Wine and Grapes
Most people think of black and white when it comes to grapes. These are the only sorts they know of. For wine makers and wine lovers it isn't that easy. Grapes can be black, blue, golden, green, purple, red, pink, brown, peach or white. Currently there are several hundreds of grape varieties and they can be divided in several catagories. Here you can read about Seedless grapes used for wine making.
