Overcoming Red Wine Spills

Red wine spills can be a disaster whether they occur in your home or onboard your $43 million executive jet as members of our corporate flight attendant web community are quick to point out. Taking care of a spill is another thing, but we have discovered two "tried and true"... Read More

Chardonnay Wine

Chardonnay is the world's most popular white wine grape. Chardonnay wine's homeland is the Burgundy region of France, where it produces sublime, complex Chardonnay table wines (in Champagne and elsewhere it provides the base for many of the world's best sparkling wines), but it also flourishes in California, Australia, New... Read More

The Truth About Red Wine and Heart Disease

Red Wine, Heart Disease, Hungry Sharks and Knights in Shining ArmorWhat is so special about wine? What is it that makes it potentially more protective against coronary heart disease, and perhaps other diseases, that other forms of alcohol?In recent years, scientists have concluded without doubt that many human diseases such... Read More

Tempranillo?s Role As A New Varietal Wine In Australia

Tempranillo is the premium red wine grape variety from the Rioja region in Spain. It is now challenging Sangiovese as the up and coming star of the red varietal wine scene in Australia.New plantings throughout Australian wine regions over the past five years are just coming into bearing. In fact... Read More

Australian Wines

Australia's wine industry has boomed in the past ten years. Employers have had to triple their staff numbers to cope with the demand for Aussie wine. Considering the lower average national population of Australia, compared to say the United States or even South Africa, 30,000 (2001) workers is pretty high.One... Read More

Wine Making and Home Brewing: Whats the Deal?

When it comes to making alcoholic beverages at home, wine making and home brewing is considered sort of a 'niche' market. You either know how to do it or you don't! This is very hard to believe as wine making and home brewing has been going on for thousands of... Read More

The Mystery of Decanting

Decanting is a strange word to many people. Some do not even know what it means exactly. Taking the sophistication out of it, decanting literally means pouring the wine from the bottle to a special glass container. This is done in order to expose the wine to oxygen and enrich... Read More

The Stuff of Poetry ? Mead

People have been drinking fermented beverages since the dawn of civilization. At first, the production of alcohol may have been accidental. Over time, it became an art.Mead is a beverage made from fermented honey. This very drink was the founding father of wine and beer. A purist might just stick... Read More

Wine Tasting -- The Traditional Way

Wine tasting is properly known as 'Wine Degustation'. It is the art of being able to note the various differences between difference types of wine, and even the various differences between the vintages of the same type of wine.There are basically two parts to Wine Tasting, first is 'What are... Read More

Pairing Food and Wine is a Matter of Taste

First off let me say that I am in no way a wine snob. I do not believe that there is an ultimate right and wrong way to pair wine with food. It all boils down to your personal taste and the tastes of your guests. Most people like to... Read More

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Alchoholism, A Major Diesease?

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

Tempranillo?s Role As A New Varietal Wine In Australia

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

The Origin of the Cocktail

The cocktail has the distinction of being an original American... Read More

DWI and Blood Alcohol Concentration: What does it mean?

Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is the relationship between the amount... Read More

Who Made the First Wine Anyway?

Although details are understandably sketchy, it is believed that, around... Read More

An Idiots Guide To Wine Tasting

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

Wine and Your Health

During the 1990s, a physician voiced on a national TV... Read More

Food - Wine Pairing Tips For French and Italian Wines

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

Tequila

It was once a ritual usually performed by a man.... Read More

The Harmony between Wine and Food

Wine is a social drink which should be enjoyed in... Read More

Choosing a Wine Gift Basket

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

Australian Wines

Australia's wine industry has boomed in the past ten years.... Read More

France Car Hire

Here is a quick summary of the different French wine... Read More

What is Corked Wine?

Keeping a wine bottle sealed is probably the most important... Read More

Barbera Wine

Barbera is a wine grape variety from Monferrato in Piemonte,... Read More

A Private Owners Guide to Bottling Fine Whisky

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

The Mystery of Decanting

Decanting is a strange word to many people. Some do... Read More

Pairing Food and Wine is a Matter of Taste

First off let me say that I am in no... Read More

Counting Carbs With Wine

The recent health claims that wines have antioxidants... Read More

Carignane Wine

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

Wine Tasting -- The Traditional Way

Wine tasting is properly known as 'Wine Degustation'. It is... Read More

Riesling Wine

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

Rare Varietals Cure Wine Boredom

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

Buying Wine, How to Read a Wine Label and Select a Great Bottle of Wine

I must admit, that for many of us, walking into... Read More

How Sparkling Wine is Made

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

Build Your Own Wine Rack (In An Afternoon)

A good drink is what even Gods enjoy and to... Read More

Burgundy Wine

Burgundy red wines are produced in an area of France... Read More

Chardonnay Wine

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

White Zinfandel Wine

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

Ideal Wine Temperature

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

Start Your Wine Cellar The Right Way

One of the great joys of wine is to be... Read More

The Truth About Red Wine and Heart Disease

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

Overcoming Red Wine Spills

Red wine spills can be a disaster whether they occur... Read More