Category: Education

Another Wine Byte 6: Even Wine Gets Stressed!

Here is the sixth in our series of Another Wine Bytes; information about wine you can use to impress your friends (but not in an obnoxious way, of course!) AWByte #6 - What is Bottle Shock? Bottle shock, or bottle sickness is ...

Be a Home Superstar Chef (Part 5 – High Heat)

This is part 5 of an open-ended and ongoing series of posts. In case you missed them, the previous posts were Part 1 - Good Pans, Part 2 - Shallots, Part 3 - Pine Nuts, and Part 4 - Knives. One ...

Another Wine Byte 5: Descriptive Terms

Here is the fifth in our weekly series of Another Wine Bytes; information about wine you can use to impress your friends (but not in an obnoxious way, of course!) AWByte #5 - Length, Aftertaste & Finish Ever notice how the flavor ...

Another Wine Byte 4: Temperature Tips

Here is the fourth in our weekly series of Another Wine Bytes; information about wine you can use to impress your friends (but not in an obnoxious way, of course!) AWByte #4 - How Important is Temperature? Often when invited to a ...

Another Wine Byte 3: Noble Rot

Here is the third in our weekly series of Another Wine Bytes; information about wine you can use to impress your friends (but not in an obnoxious way, of course!) AWByte #3 - What is Noble Rot? We're voracious readers.  In fact, ...

Another Wine Byte 2: Go & Zin No More?

Here is the second in our weekly series of Another Wine Bytes; information about wine you can use to impress your friends (but not in an obnoxious way, of course!) AWByte #2 - Go and Zin No More? Although some religions (and ...

Another Wine Byte 1: What is Wine?

Weekly Snippets of OenoInfo to Impress your Friends There is a local college radio station we listen to that runs a segment they call a "News Tip." I find this an especially annoying misnomer, because the DJs aren't giving tips at ...

Cava: An Economical Alternative to Champagne

I must admit, I've never been a huge fan of traditional champagne, and it doesn't matter what the price point.  It could be that I just haven't found the one that "wows" me, yet. But we've found a reasonable alternative ...

Santa Commerce Claus(e) comes to Kentucky

The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals brought a little  Christmas Eve cheer to the good people of the Bluegrass State when it ruled Wednesday that Kentucky must allow small out-of-state wineries to ship their wares into the state even ...

Vintages – Do they really matter?

Yesterday we discussed the importance of flavor profiles for wine. Today we look at vintages. Typically when we speak of vintages we are referring to a wine containing grapes that were all grown within the same year. This information tells us ...

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