1: 7 Obvious reasons Stemless Wine Glasses are worth their weig...

The wine glass seems to spark up so much debate amongst wine-lovers and connoisseurs alike. Is the flavour influenced more by glass or crystal? Which shape glass is best for which bouquet? How go...

By: Clint Sowrary

2: Prepare the Perfect Ice for Your Bar Drinks

If you are planning to get yourself a fine, quality liquor to make those very special bar drinks that you simply read about from a couple of online drink recipes, it's also wise to plan to take spe...

By: Jeremy Thompson

3: Bordeaux 2010 Is Shaping Up to Be As Good As 2009

<p>Bordeaux has had a number of excellent vintages in the past decade.  2000 was an incredible vintage year for the region, and 2005 turned out to be one of the best vintage years in the re...

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Bordeaux 2010 Is Shaping Up to Be As Good As 2009

4: Petite Verdot-A Grape Confounding Winemakers for Hundreds of...

<p>On a recent trip to Napa I was speaking with a winemaker who said that Petite Verdot was his favorite type of grape. It made me do a double take for a couple of reasons: to start Petite Verdo...

By: Mark Aselstine

5: Wine importers: The Friuli method for the viticulture and wi...

The winemaking history of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia has been strongly influenced by the history of the Friuli and Venezia Giulia regions that were important stops along the Mediterranean ...

By: Anonymous

6: "Bollicine"… love the bubbly! Raise your Diamante Flutes!

"Bollicine"… love the bubbly! Raise your Diamante Flutes! "Bollic...

By: Simona Bonati

7: Sparkling Wine Outperforms Champagne During Downturn

Sparkling wine may suffer from the the view held by many that Champagne is seen as the only drink to choose for true celebration, but the findings of a new IWSR/just-drinks report suggest the playing-...

By: Aroq Limited

8: Santa Barbara Wine Country - Great Wine on the California Co...

<p>Most people forget that southern California has a wine country of its own. You hear about Napa and Sonoma all the time, so it's easy to let the fact that Santa Barbara and Temecula have dozen...

By: Glenn Mercier

9: Paso Robles - A Wine Tour Must

My spouse and I have traveled through California many times on my way to see family in Monterey. We have traveled the "101" up the coast from Los Angeles and have used I-5 as well. Everywhere you...

By: Ronald Senn

10: Cheap Wine Glasses: Living up With its Expensive Counterpart...

For wine connoisseurs; the form, the look and the feel of each wine glass provide a distinct taste and aroma to each and every type of wines. However, it is also a known fact that most of these hig...

By: Markus Sanarko

"Bollicine"… love the bubbly! Raise your Diamante Flutes!

"Bollicine"… love the bubbly! Raise your Diamante Flutes! "Bollicine"… love the bubbly! Ra...

By: Simona Bonati

Meet The Unique Personalities Of Pinot Grigio And Roussanne Grapes

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By: David Scott

Wine Aerator: Do They Work or Not?

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By: Steven Magill

With his Meteorito wine, astronomer Ian Hutcheon has found an innovative way to merge his passion for wine-making and astronomy, as well as make use of a meteorite that crashed into the Atacama Des...

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Radio Personality Barbara Ann Kelley sipping Merlot on the balcony of downtown St.

This morning, just a few minutes ago, I received a sad and mysterious email in my inbox.

Much like craft brewers, independent winemakers are at the cutting edge of all things related to their specific area of alcohol.