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Aerating and decanting wine are foreign concepts to even the most avid of wine nerd! What exactly do aerating and decanting mean…or do for the wine? When is each one appropriate? How do you decant or aerate? And what’s the difference? Watch the video and find out!
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Merlot vs Cabernet – What’s the Difference? (And cake pops…for some reason…) In this video, my good buddy Joe Talentino and I examine the differences between Merlot and Cabernet wines. Of course they’re the two most popular red wines in America, but many people don’t know what makes each of them different and unique, or why you might prefer one to the other, so Joe and I here to help!
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Okie-dokie, before we get started, it’s probably best to get the pronunciation of terroir word out of the way before we move on with the rest of the article: Terroir [ter-whah] Very loosely translated from French (since no-one can agree on the exact definition, and there is no English equivalent), terroir means “a sense of place”. It’s applied by wine nerds to talk about all the things that have an effect on the grapes in…
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(Click for larger view) Courtesy of: SelfStorage.com
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Wine infographic brought to you by: www.wild-grapes.co.uk
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As some of you may or may not know, I’ve spent most of this week in Texas, speaking at the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association conference. I’m not going to lie, the quality of Texas wine STUNNED me! Sure, I tasted a few flawed wines, but no more than I would taste in a line-up of CA bottles. I packed my luggage with a couple of sample bottles, so stay tuned for those reviews!…
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Obviously there is some variance based on the size/type of wine barrel, but this gives you some pretty-cool insight into the contents of a wine barrel.
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Just a few slides from my PowerPoint presentation on wine and terrior that I thought you’d appreciate! :)
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