Corkheads: Tiny Bottles and Brixr: Live wine tasting at its bestJessica Yadegaran
Since people are drinking more and more wine at home than ever before, people have more leftover wine than ever, if that’s a thing that even exists. Coravin isn’t a preservation system for leftover wine – it’s proactive. In theory, you could have six bottles of wine with dinne...
That does not even begin to take into consideration the issue of fake or counterfeit bottles for sale at auction. Not that every bottle sold in auctions is to be feared. It’s just something that collectors need to consider, especially when bidding on older, more ...
It is a little-known fact that four other varieties are also permitted for use in Champagne, and are still employed today, albeit in tiny quantities. They are Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Petit Meslier and Arbane. All seven varieties are still used together in at least one producer's Champagne...
Yes, but they are being applied to wines that have many years to go before they become trophy wines. And you must remember, of course the châteaux can tell immediately if the anti-fraud device has been tampered with, but there are thousands of bottles around. How many of them are the...
I have led a couple of dozen during the quarantine, mostly for private groups and corporations looking to reconnect. While they do have certain limitations, namely, the fact that it’s hard for most people to open more than two bottles a night, they do have advantages including being able ...
fresh and full of energy – an absolute “wow” of the champagne experience, the wine that was very easy to like instead of looking for ways to convince oneself that you like it. Extra bonus – everyone loved the wine, which is never given in the group, especially when it comes to bub...
Spring in California wine country is full of the promise of pleasures to come. Grapevines have begun to wake from their long winter slumber. In early March, new buds burst open and push tiny green shoots into the mild spring sunlight, signaling budbreak. This is the exciting start of the ...
Riesling is thought to have descended from an ancient wild vine that lived in the woodlands along the Rhone River. Riesling's progenitor was frost-resistant and had tiny fruit. Later, it was crossed with Traminer, and then with Weiser Hoinish, which provided the grapes energy, disease resistan...
Keeping all that pressure inside the bottle also requires a larger and reversed tapered cork. A third of the cork will remain outside of the bottle allowing for an easy grip while opening the bottle – unless you know how to saber Champagne bottles ;) In addition to being a technical neces...