Wine Sense

I know it's not a high end wine, but I used to love Widmer Cream Sherry. It had a great taste and quite a nice kick! No other cream sherry I've tried is very similar in either respect. However, I haven't been able to...

Looks like Constellation did an interesting market segmentation on wine buyers. You can find full information here: http://www.cwinesus.com/CBICMS/cwine/trade_insights.html Quick summary is this that they group wine...

I'm sure your date already knows this, but start with whites and sparklers before you move onto reds and desserts. Otherwise your palate will be shot and you'll miss the nuances of the lighter flavored wines. I like to...

If you think about the carbon footprint, in NYC, the smaller footprint is left when we buy wines from Europe. CA wines aren't "local" until you get to some point in Ohio. Shipping a container, carrying hundreds and...

Hey Terri ... perfume can affect your ability to recognize aromas but, more than you, it will affect other people to recognize aromas. You may become accustomed to it but it can make it difficult for other people. I work...

This year I got the opportunity to participate in a winery employee project. Me and a few of other employees at Loxton Cellars got half a ton of Syrah grapes to make our own wine from. We’ll do all the work and we’ll...

So a question in one of these threads, or perhaps in a comments thread on one of my articles got me thinking about my favorite varietal wines. First off I will have to group my answer in two parts, noble wines and not...

Interesting comments. I think people forget that Australia produced fortified wines for many years. Even more interesting is that they were using Touriga Nacional in 1979. From the guys I've spoken to, I got the...

Oh yeah, that makes total sense. I guess I was meaning shellfish au naturel as it were -- blanched langoustines, moules mariniére, oysters. That's what pops into my head when I think shellfish. But yeah, piri piri prawns...

A 100 pointy wine is a fantasy. I think the real rub, the way out as it were, is to say that wines are better today than ever before. Well that is true in a general sense, though 100 point wines were certainly produced in...

Awesome!!