Wine Facts

Some of the best wines are from France and Italy and conjure up romance and sophistication but would you be able to tell them apart and distinguish one from the…

Have you ever opened a bottle of white or red wine and, after a glass, either corked it or simply shoved it into the fridge for a rainy day? What…

How does a flavor such as butter get into your wine? If you don’t happen to be a wine expert or a chemist, it’s not a bad question.  Buttery can…

The stem of a wine glass isn’t simply there to make a glass easy to break or to make it look more beautiful. The stem is actually what you are…

Wine is loved by so many people but so many of us don't start out liking wine. Most people are not born to wine lovers; instead, I believe it is…

Wine creates experiences worth paying for. But what about worth tipping for? There is a lot of confusion over whether to tip sommeliers and wine professionals for wine ordered, at…

Many of us are concerned about how we dispose of our garbage and, in particular, how we dispose of our wine bottles and corks. We would all love to recycle…

We’ve all been there – you’re in a fine dining establishment with a wine list as long as a novel, trying to decipher wines in multiple languages (French, Italian, Germany,…

Cleanskin wines are a category of wine with a ton of misconceptions among a lot of new and experienced wine drinkers. Many folks assume these wines are of a low…

Good wine should never be wasted but many people wonder if they should spit out some of the wine they try at wine tastings. Even though it is a part…