Wine Basics

The Basics of Wine and Food Pairing

With thousands of wine producers in thousands of wine regions across dozens of winemaking countries and hundreds of grape varietals, selecting a bottle for an event can be daunting in and off itself f...

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Minerality in Wine Tasting

At face value, minerality may seem like an immediate reference to terroir: that the type of soil emerges in the taste of minerals in wine – where molecules of minerals from the soil are absorbed by th...

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Beyond Noble Grapes

A remarkable number of the world’s most coveted wines are made from Noble Grapes. These are specific grape varietals used to create wines associated with history, ageability, and notoriety. Noble Grap...

Grapes

Jul 30, 2021

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Wine Characteristics: Basic Elements of Flavor

Many elements contribute to the flavors bound in a bottle of wine. The seemingly infinite combinations of aspects such as fruit, terroir, and vinification methods provide the winemaker with free rein ...

Flavor

Jul 20, 2021

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Shades of White

The “ blanc ” in vin blanc or white wine can mean “clear” instead of “white,” according to some French dictionaries. Specifically, white wines come in varying degrees of yellow, yellow-green, and go...

White

May 4, 2021

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Hues of Red

The global wine industry uses over a thousand grape varieties. Over fifty red varietals are in rotation, but only ten are popularly known and commonly available in the market. As such, daunting can be...

Red

Apr 20, 2021

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Taste the Terroir

Industrial food and beverage production essentially eliminate the terroir aspect for economy and uniformity. The distinct tastes and textures are bu...

Terroir

Apr 1, 2021

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Natural, Organic, and Biodynamic

Ensure that you get what you pay for and reap the benefits of that price tag through food quality – decipher the difference between natural, real orga...

Biodynamic Natural Organic

Sep 22, 2020

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Authentic Artisanal

The apex of artisanal food is this: it comes from someone who has made the most of materials birthed by terroir, and techniques refined through...

Artisan Authentic

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