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Newer posts →A Guide to Wine Faults – Tartrate Crystals
March 11, 2012Tartrate Crystals [Tar-trate] I’ve worked in restaurants my whole life and have encountered tartrates quite a bit. Before a wine is bottled to be sold, wineries usually employ a procedure called cold stabilization (which brings the wine down to … Continue reading
Posted in Facts | Tagged A Guide to Wine Faults, cold stabilization, tartrate, tartrates, tartrates in wine, wine diamonds | Leave a comment //How to Open Champagne Like a Sommelier.
March 4, 2012 Posted in Facts | Tagged Champagne, Court of Master Sommeliers, How to Open Champagne, How to Open Sparkling Wine, Sommelier, Sparkling Wine | Leave a comment //A Guide to Wine Faults – Bubbles.
March 3, 2012Bubbles Sometimes when you open a bottle of still wine, you might find it to be unexpectedly sparkling. I’ve ran into this mainly with white wines which are light and fruity (i.e. Sauvignon Blanc, Albarino, Vinho Verde etc) and primarily … Continue reading
Posted in Facts | Tagged A Guide to Wine Faults, Bubbles wine fault, Sparkling Wine | 2 Comments //A Guide to Wine Faults – Trichloroanisole
February 28, 2012“Ermmmm excuse me, Garçon. This wine is bloody terrible!” – just doesn’t sit too well in most restaurants; therefore over the next couple of weeks I’m going to list some of the most common faults you may encounter on your … Continue reading
Posted in Facts | Tagged A Guide to Wine Faults, bad wine, Corked, Corked wine, TCA, trichloroanisole | Leave a comment //40 Cool Wine Packaging and Label Designs
February 28, 2012…and who said creativity in the wine industry is dead!?!? Check out these very cool wine packaging and label designs.
Posted in Facts, Funny, News | Tagged best wine labels, Cool wine labels, cool wine packaging, funny wine, funny wine labels, wine label design | 2 Comments //The Art of Toasting – My Top 10 Favorite Wine Toasts
February 22, 2012I truly do think it’s unfortunate that the art of reciting a proper “toast” is a lost tradition. Only at weddings do we hear the occasional “Cheers!” but a toast (when it’s done right) can make an otherwise forgettable “clink” … Continue reading
Posted in Facts | Tagged Champagne toast, How to make a Toast, How to toast at a wedding, Toasting at Weddings, Wine Toasts | Leave a comment //← Older posts Newer posts →
