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Going Beyond the bottle – blind tasting the top Alternate Packaging wine brands
Who needs wine in stinking glass bottles anyway!?!? In this video, Kris Chislett (Certified Sommelier and Certified Specialist of Wine) and his good buddy Joe Talentino (avid Boones Farm drinker) blind taste the top 4 alternate package wine brands of Chardonnay, and see what we think is the best. You might be surprised at which wine came out on top… All wines were tasted 100% blind under strictly controlled conditions. Video is not part of…
Matt Freeman
Prior to working at http://www.ewoodart.com, I was toasting wine barrels for a cooperage. Many of our customers had strong preferences on the type of oak and toast level. American oak is known for a strong oak taste in the wine. It hits the wine hard with the oak and can sometimes “over oak” your wine. Sometimes that may be what you want, but sometimes you may want more vanilla tannins and possibly a french oak would be better.