Monthly Archives: July 2012
One Australian Winery Ditches Screw-caps and Returns to Corks.
July 31, 2012Rusden Wines, (a winery located in the Barossa Valley region of Australia) has announced it’s giving-up on the screw-cap, and will return to bottling all of its wines under a cork. Rusden winemaker Christian Canute cited “persistent quality control … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Australia, Barossa, Cork, Screw Cap, Screw Cap Wine, screwcap, Stelvin | Leave a comment //Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews.
July 31, 2012Now why didn’t I think of this!?!?!? Genius!!!I wonder if the same thing can be done with bad wine reviews…
Posted in Funny | Leave a comment //Know the Grape: Grüner Veltliner.
July 30, 2012Grüner Veltliner [groo-nur felt-leen-er] Origin According to DNA analysis, Grüner Veltliner is thought to be a cross between Grüner Muskateller and Traminer grape vines. The first mention of Grüner Veltliner was in documents dating back to 1855. Before … Continue reading
Posted in Facts | Tagged Austria, Gruner Veltliner, Kamptal, Kremstal, Wachau | 3 Comments //An Interview with Wine Cork Artist Scott Gundersen.
July 30, 2012What’s your background and is this your full-time job? I grew up in North-West Michigan, and I always loved building and drawing. After high school I headed to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo to study art and education. For the … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Cork, Scott Gundersen, wine art, Wine cork art | Leave a comment //Those Magnificent Men and Their Wine Glass Machines!
July 27, 2012Szymon Klimek has too much time on his hands. This Polish guy builds amazingly intricate machines inside of wine glasses that are fully-functional and serve absolutely zero purpose…apart from looking AWSEOME! Below is his latest, called Sponge. Made from 0.1 … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Wine Glass, wine glass design | Leave a comment //A Guide to Rioja Classifications.
July 27, 2012Below is a really handy guide to how Spanish wines are classified, in terms of the minimum length of time they’ve spent in the barrel/bottle. Since terms such as Crianza and Reserva will frequently appear on bottles of red Rioja, … Continue reading
Posted in Facts | Tagged Crianza, Gran Reserva, Reserva, Rioja, Spain, What is Crianza, What is Gran Reserva, What is Reserva | Leave a comment //← Older posts
