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Facebook Caption Competition to Win a Soiree Wine Aerator!
A nice and easy competition for you, although you may have to be a little creative, and potentially get your Facebook friends involved! I have posted the below photo on the Facebook Pages for Blog Your Wine and Jacksonville Wine Guide, the funny caption with the most Facebook likes by 10pm tonight wins a Soiree Wine Decanter! Trust me this is a prize worth winning! I use a Soiree myself and swear by it,…
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.