There are a few common reasons to recork your wine bottles, and all of them are worth the time and effort it takes to re-cork the bottle. Keep the Wine Fresh –When you recork a wine bottle, it slows oxygen exchange inside the bottle. Oxygen exposure causes oxidation which changes the...
What's the right way to pop a bottle of sparkling wine? Watch this quick and easy tutorial for everything you need to know!
How to store your bottle of champagne? STORING TEMPERATURE: Keep bottles within the following temperature range : 45 - 65°F / 7 - 18°C AVOID THERMAL SHOCK: Keep the temperature cool and constant. High temperatures speed up the ageing process and damage the quality of the wine. Cold tem...
Wine Yeast:If you’re a newbie, it’s better to start off with a wine yeast or champagne yeast. It’s easier and has better consistency when you don’t know all the ropes just yet. There are different types that you can choose from such as Montrachet or Red Star Premier Blanc. Wine...
Ferment the grapes into wine Age the wine Bottle the wine Here’s a photo guide that covers each step of winemaking, from the moment the grapes are picked until the wine is put into bottles. Enjoy! Wine Harvest 101: From Grapes to Glass Norton, an indigenous red American grape, before ...
1. How to open a bottle of wine with corkscrew So, no matter what you may have seen on YouTube, it’s not done with teeth, a stiletto heel or a power drill. Forgetting any party tricks, if you’re thinking of opening wine bottles like a pro then you must get comfy using what’...
On occasion a wine will exhibit tiny crystals at the bottom or side of the bottle, or if the bottles have been stored corks down, on the bottom of the cork itself. Many consumers mistake tartrates for glass, and discard a good bottle for fear of ingesting a piece of glass. If there ...
into the bottle – filling wands are good for small quantities, while multiple heads are better for larger bottlings;4)the closure – preferably some sort of cork, real or synthetic, and a way to get the cork into the bottle;5)cases or a bin in which to store the bottles of wine. ...
If a wine is defective due to the cork, the problem took place the moment the cork was inserted into the bottle. At that point, or within a minute or two, the wine became corked. It is that fast. Recognizing corked wines is not always easy. The worst corked ...
in the development process, some in the wine world were concerned that the Coravin could be used by counterfeiters to empty bottles, drink the contents, and refill them with fake wine. However, he stresses that his device "goes only one way," and cannot be used to put wine into a ...