Where To Find Decent Merlot

You can still find decent merlot. The reputation of Merlot was diluted in the 1980s, during the so-called merlot boom. It was during this time that America’s wine consumption was on the rise, and the wine of choice was merlot due to it’s easy drinking, soft, silky and smooth. Greedy wine growers couldn’t resist the temptation to cash in on this boom, and started growing merlot wherever they could, even where merlot was not happy. The result, a lot of [...]

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Burgundy Wine Good Years

Burgundy wine good years are plentiful, I’m sure that doesn’t come as a surprise, after all Burgundy is one of the worlds most famous wine regions. The 2009 from Beaujolais, which is the south region of Burgundy, is being clamed by many as the best vintage ever. Gamay a cousin of pinot noir is the grape use to produce Beaujolais; the skin of the grape is thin, low in tannins and produces a strong fruiter wine. Beaujolais, though red are [...]

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Napa Valley Wine Auction Shows Signs Of A Confident Market

When the Napa Valley wine auction gets good results, it’s a good indicator that the economy is on the rise. This years Premiere Napa Valley trade auction saw record sales of 29 percent more than last year. To understand why such an auction correlates with the overall economy you’ll need to read this story from cnbc.com Napa Valley Wine Auction Breaks Record Forget Dow 13,000, for an indication of which direction the economy may be heading look no further than [...]

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Quality Bordeaux Vintage Wines

As I pursue my quest to learn more about wine, I have come to realize that quality Bordeaux vintage wines are recognized by most wine enthusiast as the best wine in the world. Bordeaux is Frances most important wine region, producing one third of all the quality wine in France. The region has produced wine for more than 2000 years, and is made up of 60 appellations with their own winemaking laws. There are at least 7000 chateaux and 13,000 [...]

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Good Wines From The South Of Italy

Just a few years ago trying to find good wines from the south of Italy would have been a very difficult task. Italy is known for its wine. It’s the second biggest wine country in the world just behind France, and consists of some of the worlds oldest wine-producing regions. Italians love their wine and the country produces some of the finest wines in the world, from their thousands of different grape verities. Unfortunately most of the wines that were [...]

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Buy Vintage Wine Online And Join The Trend

So who buy vintage wine online? Well according to a story published on AndoverAdvertiser.co.uk this is now a popular choice for many consumers. However I’m not surprise, the Internet has dramatically changed the way we do things, So why not the way we buy our wine. Obviously this confidence in online buying has made merchants adapt their businesses to cater for this demand. Those companies that have embraced these changes are seeing generous rewards. Read on to see how generous… [...]

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Wines With Low Alcohol Content Are Preferred

Recent research has shown that wines with low alcohol content are preferred by the majority wine drinkers of today. But if you’ve been paying attention of lately, you will have noticed that the alcohol levels in wines have been getting higher and higher. Dan Berger from PressDemocrat.com wrote an interesting article on how alcohol levels are perceived in wine. You can read an excerpt taken from his article below. Wines With Low Alcohol Content Are The Favored Wine contains alcohol [...]

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Cool Climate Wines Tasmania

Cool climate wines from Tasmania were put to the test as the world’s best experts on wine from around the world, taste, discuss and compare what Tasmania has to offer. Tasmania being one of the largest Islands in the world and a place of pure natural beauty has a wine production that is entirely cool climate. To host one of the worlds biggest wine events, would have been a real honor and something that Tasmania can be real proud of, [...]

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Vintage Wine On Tap – The Latest Trend

Vintage wine on tap? Yes you heard it right… I know, I know, if you’re anything like I you enjoy having the waiter cork a bottle of the restaurants finest at your table. It’s just something about those extra small details that make the whole wining and dining experience feel complete. So I too was taken back when I first heard that restaurants across the U.S., and now Canada too are starting to serve wine on tap. But as you’ll [...]

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Difference Between Fume Blanc And Sauvignon Blanc

If you’ve ever wondered what’s the difference between Fume Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc, you might be surprised to learn that they are both made from the same grape. Sauvignon Blanc being the grape responsible of course, this famous grape is grown by winemakers across the globe. “Crisp, elegant and fresh” are just some of the words used to describe the wine, depending on the region grown. Fume Blanc is a name that was coined by Robert Mondavi an American wine [...]

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