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How to Bottle Age Your Wine
The allure of a vintage wine is irresistible to a hopeless
romantic or pragmatic wine collector. To the romantic, the bottle is not only
filled with well-aged wine, but with history. With the year one was born, or
was married. A wine could literally be as old as one’s love for their spouse.
To the wine collector it is a good investment, if not just a good glass of
wine. The many appeals of bottle aged wine send imaginations and bank accounts
wild. Though not everyone knows how or why bottl
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May 1st 2019
Train Your Wine Palate
Understanding one’s wine palate is a journey and can lead to
some exciting and eye-opening experiences. It can also lead to frustration if
you don’t fully understand it. Your wine palate is made up of more than just your
taste buds. Knowing that taste, smell, and feel all work together to inform
your palate is the first step in understanding your palate. The mouth feel of a
wine, from silky to sandpapery, plays an important part in the experience of a
glass of wine, just as smelling and ta
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Apr 19th 2019
It is World Malbec Day!
Today is the 9th annual World Malbec Day!
Celebrate with a French or Argentinian bottle of Malbec today!Fun Fact: Some people believe that the name “Malbec” comes
from the French “mal bouche” which means “bad in mouth” due to the original French
wine makers’ low opinion of the grape. The word “Malbec” actually comes from a
French last name and is no reflection on the quality of wine. Originating in the Bordeaux region of France, this red grape
has become the national grape of Arge
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Apr 17th 2019
What is Port?
Port is traditionally thought of as a sweet, rich, and red
fortified wine. Port is made with distilled grape spirits exclusively in
the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal. The
distilled grape spirits lends to a richer, more alcoholic drink. While most
people think of a sweet, dark, and rich, Ruby Port when they think of this
Portuguese export, there are a few different styles of Port that vary within
themselves available on the market today.While Ruby is the most commo
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Apr 15th 2019
Wine and Spirits News: Regulator Raids French Wine and Spirits Firms
France’s national competition regulator has raided multiple wine and spirits firms over “possible anti-competitive practices”.The Autorité de la Concurrence released a statement on April 10th stating it had inspected a number of wine and spirits companies on 9 April. They declined to identify the firms.The watchdog also said that the investigations do not confirm a breach had taken place.Paris-based Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits (MBWS) quickly release a statement on the raids, claiming it had “su
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Apr 11th 2019