Wine is in the final stages of having reinvented itself as a cool new-age drink of choice for all. What was once as a stuffy, sit-down drink for the elite is now crossed over the class barrier and is a common affordable drink for all occasions. What was essentially French and German a few decades [...]
Airlocks are a vital part of the home winemaker’s equipment. Fitting into a bung or rubber stopper that is used as a closure for the carboy (secondary fermenter), an airlock should allow carbon dioxide gas to escape while keeping air out. Many new winemakers don’t seem to know exactly what do with an airlock. I’ve [...]
Parties, anniversaries, birthdays, and other special occasions cannot go about without the presence of wine. It has long been one of the essentials on these celebrations. Relative to wine, baskets make an ideal gift for any other occasion as well. They don’t just look lovely but also have reasonable prices. Gift baskets may contain a [...]
Wine, like woman, has a tag or intrigue and mystique associated with it. Wine has the power to seduce and engage wine drinkers by permitting you to peer within, yet keeping itself aloof and a little out of reach. The bouquet of complex aromas, the rich colors, the soils and climates of where the grapes [...]
Wine has been around for millennia, but not the corkscrew. In early days, wine was stored in earthenware vessels or in wooden barrels. It was just a few hundred years ago that wine began to be stored in corked bottles. However, even before that, a variety of other substances were stored in a bottle with [...]
Most adults enjoy a glass of wine from time to time. It may only be during special occasions or Holidays, but ultimately, most will have to deal with opening or storing a bottle at one time or another. Here are some tips to help you when that time arrives. Chilling your wine: A way to [...]
If you have a passion for wine collecting, you possibly spend a lot of money on wines. So having a wine cellar to protect your investment is important. Here are some things to consider if you are thinking of creating your own. There are some companies that offer free design services as well as factory [...]
Many wines can look back on a long history, since they come from might look centuries old vineyards, which employs over many generations with the wine, or they have been pressed from grapes that were already known to the Romans and Greeks in ancient times. These are just two points, the wine and history combine. [...]
On November 3, 2004, only 36 hours after stepping off a plane from Los Angeles to Buenos Aires, Daniel Karlin met the girl he was going to marry. They just got married in July. In the interim, Karlin, with the help of his wife Lourdes, started Anuva Wines, a company that sources, imports, distributes and [...]