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What is that element of a wine that makes it age so well, or remain as constant as the migration of geese? This is an effect of the structure of the wine; it’s the purely scientific breakdown of the different components of the wine. Completely separate from the taste and aroma of the wine is [...]
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While wine is made only from grapes there are a variety of complex tastes in even the most simple and young wine. Ever wonder where this cornucopia of smells and tastes comes from? These flavors and subtle smells are not additions to the wine separate from the grapes but rather are part of the grapes’ [...]
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A lot of the time in wine reviews there are certain wines that are said to be for drinking now. This can be a bit alarming to some readers, which makes it strange that the phrase is still used to frequently. This phrase doesn’t mean that if a wine isn’t drank immediately it will turn [...]
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Muscat is a variety of wild grape that is becoming very popular with wine lovers because it makes a wonderful wine. One of the striking differences between muscato wine and more typical wine made with long cultivated grapes is the aromatic difference. Muscato is a the Italian name for wine made with this variety of [...]
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The sweet wonder that is ice wine, is often a confusing subject. How is this lovely dessert wine “iced”? Well it is actually thanks to a mistake that this great sweet treat of a wine exists. A quick fresh once hit some vines laden with grapes, they were frozen solid. Of course they were still [...]
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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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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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Everyone that goes out to eat seems to have had this experience, ordering food is no big deal but when they are handed the wine list there is a little pang of anxiety. It is a tough looking decision and so much importance is placed on making the right decision to pair with the food. [...]
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The French have a word for wine’s ability to carry a sense of where it is from through the taste it has, terrior. This word can refer to qualities that the wine gets from the content of the soil the grapes are grown in as well as the water they were irrigated with. The closest [...]
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A growing number of people are choosing to live vegetarian or even vegan for either the ethical or health benefits but this is leading to a lot of serious looking into everyday foods and drinks. Wine would seem vegan at first glance wouldn’t it? Grapes and yeast, nothing from a living animal; but it gets [...]
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