by Rhino Wino on September 21, 2011
The tastes and smells that linger with the drinker after the sip of wine has left their mouth, either having been spit out or drank, if the most important factor in truly enjoying a good wine. The aftertaste is also called the “finish” and expert wine reviewers pay extra attention to how long a wine’s [...]
by Rhino Wino on June 27, 2011
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’ [...]
by Rhino Wino on May 20, 2011
There seems to be a good deal of ritual and etiquette involved in going to a formal wine tasting event. But most of the little things that are involved in a wine tasting are not as complicated as they seem. What at first looks like being proper is actually about making sure that each wine [...]
by Rhino Wino on April 28, 2011
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 [...]
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 [...]
by Rhino Wino on March 16, 2011
Sometimes a wine tasting can seem more like a quiz than an enjoyable evening when some of the people at a tasting keep saying words like bouquet, spicy, and oak; people unsure of the meaning of these may feel like they are missing something or not participating fully in the tasting. But with a few [...]
by Rhino Wino on June 11, 2010
One of the fun things of summer is the longer days, and what better to do with more time than host a wine tasting. It may seem a bit intimidating to host a wine tasting in your own home but really a little planning ahead can make it a snap. The bare minimum of what [...]