Tag: wine
Navigate The Wine Aisle Like A Pro
With summer entertaining season coming up, you might find yourself wine shopping and struggling to figure out which bottles to choose for a gathering. It’s hard to know …
Why We Decant Certain Wines
Decanters have long been used to make wine look pretty, or to control its temperature, but improving flavor by decanting is a relatively recent phenomenon. It …
Wine Reviews: Favorites of 2022
We asked panelists to recall their favorite wines they drank in 2022. These are the most-memorable bottles popped in the past 12 months, representing many different …
Does Wine Really Breathe in Barrels?
Most modern wine is made in stainless-steel tanks. But winemakers still use traditional oak barrels to refine and improve most premium red wines and some whites …
New to Wine? Study France First!
It is almost impossible to make sense of the modern wine world without grasping the influential role played by France. The French may not have been …
Reviews: Wines From the Southern Hemisphere
For our latest round of wine reviews, we asked panelists to taste and rate wines from the Southern Hemisphere. This broad area includes some of the …
How to Preserve Opened Wine
What’s the best way to preserve opened wine? After all, the fun begins when wine is opened, but saving unfinished bottles for later enjoyment is tricky. …
Why Temperature Matters for Wine
Temperature is an important factor for both the service and storage of wine. Not only is wine a perishable product that needs to be kept cool …
