Wine Ratings – The Good, Bad and Ugly
What are Wine Ratings? If you have been following this series for the last few weeks, we have talked about Seeing, Swirling, Smelling, Sipping and Savoring your wine. Hopefully, you …
Tasting Series 1
Is it a Hangover or an Intolerance?
My Head Hurts: Is your aching head caused by a hangover or intolerance to wine? When the body consumes too much alcohol it often starts complaining the next day. We …
Wine Tasting – Savoring
So far we have Seen, Swirled, Smelled, Sipped and now we get to Savoring the wine. So if you haven’t swallowed your will from before, go ahead and do so …
Tannin got your tongue?
Tannins Drying your Tounge Out? So you sip that expensive Napa Cab packed with tannin and all of a sudden your lips are sticking to your teeth, your mouth is …
Just Sip Back and Relax – The Art of Wine Sipping
Many people grab a glass of wine and just chuck it back while in mid-sentence while being highly distracted; instead let’s learn how to focus on the moment (very Zenish) …
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Funk in your Wine? How Come?
Is there a Funk or a Skunk in my wine? Hopefully many of you have spent the last week wandering around sniffing all sorts of things. With any luck, you …
Wine Tasting – Smelling
I hope you all had a chance to take a moment to LOOK at your wine over the last week; now we are going to start Smelling the wine! On …
Wine Tasting: Look Before You Sip
If you are wine tasting, or just having a glass, before you take that next sip of wine, stop and take a good long look at the wine in your …