It has been a long day of work and all you want is to go home, make a comforting dinner and enjoy a nice glass of wine. Specifically a glass of white Chardonnay. But should it be chilled before drinking? Yes. However, there is a sweet spot for chilling your Chardonnay and making it too warm …
When it comes to alcoholic drinks, everyone is familiar with how beverages like beers are carbonated – but there’s a lot of questions still hanging over wine. Is there such a thing as carbonated wine? Here we are going to be talking about wine and if there is such a thing as carbonated wine. This …
When you open a bottle of wine with friends and family, then the contents are quickly gone. But what if you open the bottle on your own and you can’t finish it? White wine only keeps for maximum a week, and if you leave it too long, then it can turn into a foul tasting …
Do you have an opened bottle of red wine and aren’t sure how to store it? Maybe you only fancied a glass or two, but don’t know where it should be kept now it’s opened? Or are you curious and want to know more? Whatever the question might be that brought you here today, we …
Grapes are grown on land that is designated as a vineyard. Grapes are grown on vines supported by trellises, which are structures made of posts and wire. Until they are ripe enough for picking or harvesting, grapes stay on the vine. A grape’s use determines how it is farmed. Some grapes are raised specifically to …
Have you made too much sangria and want to know how long it will last? Maybe you are making sangria now and want to know if you make extra will it last? Or are you curious and want to know more? No matter what your question might be, we have the answer for you! Sangria …
If you are a lover of wine, having enough space to store your bottles is important for keeping your house clean and preventing them from becoming damaged. If your wine is kept on your kitchen counters or in a cupboard, it could fall or become knocked over, so having them on a rack is safe …
Allowing your wine to breathe is a trick commonly used to release some of the beautiful wine aromas. Good wines only need to breathe for a couple of hours but you do not need to let every wine aerate. Some younger wines that contain more tannins benefit from being left to breathe for a few …
If you pick up a wine bottle from a shelf in a store, you don’t see it immediately, but besides the long neck and the pretty label on the bottle, you can see a sort of dimple at the bottom of the bottle. In the wine world, this dimple is called the punt, and you …
Mushrooms and chocolate may not sound like they go together, but, they actually bring a real umami flavor to everything they’re used with – chocolate included! We’re not just talking about ordinary button mushrooms that you can pick up in your local grocery store, though. For mushrooms and chocolate to really work, you need to …
