If like me you really enjoy a glass of wine, or if your looking for an enjoyable hobby, the next step in the appreciation of fine wine might be to produce your own wine at home. While you might imagine the process to be a complicated one, wine can in fact be made rather easily [...]

Wine and Food Pairing Tips Wine and food pairing is rarely a simple task, particularly with the varied diets that most folks partake of today, both in terms of ingredients and cooking styles. What kind of wine, for instance, is best to pour with tom yam kung or a spicy curry ? Following, are some [...]

Most folks who experiment with wine for the very first time find that, on first blush, it can be quite sour and tart to the taste. The main reason for this is that many first-time wine imbibers are used to drinking sugary soda pops so, in comparison, the taste of wine seems bitter. Generally speaking, [...]

Collecting wine in a personal wine cellar is a distinctive hobby. Building wine cellars is an excellent way for individuals to store their wine collection and showcase their personality, creativity, and tastes. The wines you choose to be showcased should have links to cultures, regions, and memories that you have cherished throughout your life and [...]

California is justifiably famous for its fine wines. So, is California wine expensive? Well, it turns out that some of the Golden State’s most sought after wines are also made in limited quantities. These are the so-called California cult wines, the most famous – and most expensive – of which is Napa Valley’s Screaming Eagle [...]

The Rhone Rangers first came to prominence in the ’80s, thanks especially to the efforts of Central Coast wineries like Qupe Winery and Bonny Doon Vineyards with Rhone varietals like Grenache, Mourvedre, Viognier and of course Syrah. John Alban, of Alban Vineyards, was one of the original Rhone Rangers. He was in fact the first [...]