How To Open Champagne

I manage a highly regarded web community for corporate flight attendants and the subjects we discuss on our forum include: how to get hired, appropriate business attire, taxes and accounting, safety issues, and food service. The latter category can, at times, be a real hot button issue with opinions divurging... Read More

Tequila

It was once a ritual usually performed by a man. He would put some salt where the bottom of the thumb met his wrist. After licking the salt, he would take a swig of tequila from a shot glass and then bite into a piece of lime. Ladies were not... Read More

Champagne

Champagne is without question the finest sparkling wine made in the world. Champagne is the name of the wine region located about 90 miles northeast of Paris.Champagne can contain up to three different grapes: Chardonnay, and the red grapes Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Vintage Champagnes are only produced in... Read More

Enjoy Your Favorite Wine - But With Some Rules

The mere mention of etiquette brings to mind various images, mainly negative. Etiquette means observing set rules. It's not about the quaint traditions but where wine is concerned etiquette matter.The primary connoisseurs of fine wine are oenophiles who are stringent about treating, serving and tasting wine. Then there are wine... Read More

Choosing that Perfect Wine for a Dinner Party

So, you find yourself having been invited to a dinner party and decided to bring the host a bottle of wine. But which type of wine should you buy? I am sure you have seen people seemingly bewildered in front of the wine shelves at the local grocery or liquor... Read More

Whisky Syndicates

Whisky syndicates are groups of private owners and many have been around for years. The main purpose is to bring together a group of like-minded people to enjoy the benefits of cost sharing in order to invest in whisky casks and to eventually bottle for private consumption. As it will... Read More

An Idiots Guide To Wine Tasting

Have you ever seen those stiff upper-lipped types doing a spot of the old wine tasting malarkey? You know the form ? sip, swill, spit. Yuck! Well this information has been written to help you understand the form should you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to... Read More

The Curious History Of Wine Consumption In America

The history of wine consumption in America has been frought with starts, stops, and inconsistencies. The American population has always had a love-hate relationship with alcohol. Historic prohibitionist attitudes amongst much of the American population have blurred the line between moderate wine consumption and detrimental alcoholism. As a result, regular,... Read More

Barbera Wine

Barbera is a wine grape variety from Monferrato in Piemonte, Italy. Babera produces an intense red wine with deep color, low tannins and high acid and is used in California to provide "backbone" for so-called "jug wines".Century-old Barbera vines still exist in many regional vineyards and allow production of long-aging,... Read More

Wine and Your Health

During the 1990s, a physician voiced on a national TV show that drinking red wine reduces heart disease. It made all the headlines. He cited the relatively lower levels of the disease in France despite their ever so famously high fat diets. Since that program, it seems that red wine... Read More

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Uses of Mirror Tinted Contact Lenses

Mirror tinted contact lenses have become a topic of interest... Read More

Ideal Wine Temperature

The ideal temperature to store wines is between 55ºF and... Read More

Rare Varietals Cure Wine Boredom

The future of the Australian wine industry will be shaped... Read More

Tempranillo?s Role As A New Varietal Wine In Australia

Tempranillo is the premium red wine grape variety from the... Read More

Gewurztraminer Wine

Gewurztraminer is an excellent and unique grape variety that is... Read More

Wine, Wine, Wine

What in the world is up!Was there a full moon... Read More

The Old Fashioned: Two Recipes of an Underrated Classic

Like many mixed drinks, the Old Fashioned has a number... Read More

The Ten Most Important Wine Label Terms

For the average wine consumer, there is a plethora of... Read More

How To Open Champagne

I manage a highly regarded web community for corporate flight... Read More

Using Cooking Wine

Cooking wine is sort of a holdover from prohibition. People... Read More

The Curious History Of Wine Consumption In America

The history of wine consumption in America has been frought... Read More

Whisky Syndicates

Whisky syndicates are groups of private owners and many have... Read More

The Stuff of Poetry ? Mead

People have been drinking fermented beverages since the dawn of... Read More

The Truth About Red Wine and Heart Disease

Red Wine, Heart Disease, Hungry Sharks and Knights in Shining... Read More

How to Order Wine in a Restaurant

Ordering wine in a restaurant is not much different than... Read More

How Sparkling Wine is Made

There are three methods that may be used to make... Read More

An Idiots Guide To Wine Tasting

Have you ever seen those stiff upper-lipped types doing a... Read More

Cabernet Sauvignon Wine

Cabernet Sauvignon is the grape responsible for the wines of... Read More

Guide To Tasting Wine

The basics of tasting wine are relatively simple to learn.... Read More

Bordeaux Wine

Bordeaux is a region in France that produces some of... Read More

Choosing a Wine Gift Basket

During the holiday season, most of us are in a... Read More

Chardonnay Wine

Chardonnay is the world's most popular white wine grape. Chardonnay... Read More

An Introduction to Wine

What is wine?Wine has been made for centuries from just... Read More

Carignane Wine

The Carignane grape variety is one of the most widely... Read More

Australia Is More Than Jacobs Creek

The Jacobs Creek Brand of wines have taken the world... Read More

Riesling Wine

The most famous cool climates for Riesling wine are in... Read More

Alchoholism, A Major Diesease?

Alcoholism can be given a lot of definitions and all... Read More

White Zinfandel Wine

White Zinfandel wine is a blush wine made in California... Read More

A Private Owners Guide to Bottling Fine Whisky

The majority of private owners of whisky casks are looking... Read More

Hosting A Wine Tasting Party

As your love and knowledge of wine grows, it is... Read More

Enjoy Your Favorite Wine - But With Some Rules

The mere mention of etiquette brings to mind various images,... Read More

Food - Wine Pairing Tips For French and Italian Wines

Many people are intimidated by the task of selecting wine... Read More

The Cocktail Party

A cocktail party can be more daunting than a dinner... Read More