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National Wine Day

by Rhino Wino on May 25, 2011

There are a slew of little known holidays in the U.S. that if people knew about them they would celebrate them. One such forgotten holiday is national wine day.  National wine day falls on May 25, yes today, and is commonly celebrated with a glass of wine and thought on the many health benefits of [...]

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On Wine Clubs

by Rhino Wino on May 24, 2011

While it may seem like a great gift idea for a wine lover, wine clubs can easily be a letdown for the receiver and a flat out waste of a gift for the giver.  The average wine club is little better than a dumping place for off vintages and completely random overstock. A better idea [...]

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Pepper Flavor Explained

by Rhino Wino on May 11, 2011

Some wines have a clearly there peppery flavor that is almost a flavor mystery to vintners.  But scientists studying wine have found the compound responsible for the distinct taste, rotundone,  While little else is known about the compound or why it is present in only some wines, rotundone is clearly responsible for a sharp peppery taste [...]

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Keep A Sharp Mind

by Rhino Wino on May 10, 2011

Using food and other natural items to improve health and mind is a trend right now this is sweeping the United States.  Things like “superfoods” are saught after, but all wine lovers already have a superfood like item in their houses, red wine. Small amounts of polyphenols that are found in good dark chocolate are [...]

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Vegetarian Wine News

by Rhino Wino on May 6, 2011

More news on the vegetarian wine issue that was blogged about on April 26, Canada has made a step forward in making drinking wine an easier task for vegetarians. Starting the summer of 2012 bottles of wine from Canada or being sold in Canada must contain a warning if they may contain traces of non-vegetarian [...]

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Wine Label Confusion

by Rhino Wino on May 5, 2011

While there are plenty of words on wine labels, some of them are very vague or undefined. Typically the only words that matter are the type of wine, year and brand name.  It is hard to find a good wine based on anything else because legally none of the other terms are defined, leaving the [...]

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Spotlight Finger Lakes

by Rhino Wino on May 3, 2011

Many people who do not even drink wine know about the exceptional wine that comes from Napa in California; but second in celebrity for America’s wine countries defiantly goes to the Finger Lakes area.  In fact two wineries in the Finger Lakes area where recently announced Wine & Spirits Top Value Brands.  This is a [...]

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Wine For Mom

by Rhino Wino on April 27, 2011

While a nice little bottle of wine may seem like a great thing to include in the offerings for mother’s day, make sure not to skimp on the wine’s quality.  Multiple studies have shown that women have a more acute sense of smell and taste than men or even children.  Yale even discovered that there [...]

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In Memory

by Rhino Wino on April 21, 2011

Perhaps it is time to take a minute out of the day and remember the late Jess Jackson, wine pioneer and good guy.  A visionary that, with his first wife, developed the Kendell-Jackson brand and successfully popularized premium wines to the mass market; even giving chardonnay its current household staple status.  Also a great fan [...]

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Wine Keg Trend

by Rhino Wino on April 7, 2011

A new trend is becoming popular with resturants wine kegs. This technology is part of the green movement that attempts to reduce waste made and recycle wherever possible to prolong the life of the planet. Wine kegs are a hint of genius for the green movement and resturant owner’s alike. The kegs are reusable and require [...]

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