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There is a very large variety of different types of wine and in order to really enjoy your wine selection it is necessary to know more than what type of wine goes with red meat and what type of wine goes with fish. It is important to select the corre...

featured lens GIGGLING GRAPES

Welcome to the world of laughter, lollygaggers and lots of light-hearted libations. Witty wine wonks and temperature-conscious tannin tasters will find this site appealing, (we hope). Our Guru of Giggling Grapes takes pride in offe...

featured lens Port Wine

Port wines derives it name from the the city of Porto located in the Douro Valley in northern Portugal.  Port wines are usually made from combination of up to five different grape varieties, Touriga Nacional, Tinto Cao, Tina Barroca, Tinta Rozi,...

featured lens Italian Red Wine Vinegar

Think you know all there is to know about Italian Red Wine Vinegar?  Think again! There are as many different types of Italian red wine vinegars as there are different types of Italian red wine, each with it's own special flavor and taste qualiti...

featured lens Alcohol Allergy

If you truly have an Alcohol Allergy then you suffer from Allergies Type 1, also called Contact Allergies.  Doctor Vincent Crump of the Auckland Allergy Clinic suggests that it is more often than not, the other ingredients that cause the allergi...

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featured lens Fermentation Process of Wine Making

  Definition of fermentation The anaerobic conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast. Any of a group of chemical reactions induced by living or nonliving ferments that split complex organic compounds into relatively simple substan...

featured lens Wine Tasting 101--- Learn To Taste Wine Like A pro

By Sharon Stajda, Do you dread it when a waiter approaches with the wine, and is expecting you to perform a tasting, before its served? I have provided some tips below, to get you through it like a pro.... HOW TO TASTE WINE PROPERLY Learning how to tast...

featured lens Corked: Wine Guide

This lens collects anything to do with wine on the web. I hope to give you lots of good links, information and resources related to wine. There are thousands of wine websites. On this lens I have collected some that I like best on a variety of wine r...

featured lens Oz Clarke

Oz Clarke was educated at a famous independent school, The King's School, Canterbury, and later attended Pembroke College, Oxford where he captained the wine-tasting team. He now lives in West London. Acting career Clarke started life as a full ti...

featured lens Wonderful French Champagne

By Sharon Stajda Its very name "Champagne" denotes celebration. We serve it at weddings to celebrate newlyweds. We launch ships with it, not to mention ringing in the New Year! Champagne is synoymous with celebrating. It comes in many styles, and from...

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featured lens White Wines - Wines Of A Pale Nature...

    By Sharon Stajda, White Dinner Wines Fermenting the juice for white wines alone—without skins and seeds —makes it possible to complete the process in a single container, usually a covered tank or fermenting cask.   The deli...

featured lens Winemaking - Its All In The Grapes

By Sharon Stajda  First Come The Grapes... What is wine? It depends on who you are. Louis Pasteur, a scientist, described it as "the most healthful and most hygienic of all beverages." Gourmet Benjamin Franklin called wine "proof th...

featured lens Wine Glasses -- Which Goes With Which Wine?

By Sharon Stajda, The wine revolution is doing more than just changing how, and where wine is grown, and produced. It is also changing the way we chose to serve wine. Wine can be savored, in a Dixie cup as well as a beautiful cut glass stemware. But &...

featured lens Red Wines... Warm, Rich, Full Bodied

 By Sharon Stajda Understanding wine made easy.... All grapes are created equal. That is until they are used to make red wine. All grapes have the same greenish pulp after being crushed to make. So just where does Red wine get it rich scrumptious...

featured lens WineOpedia - Information On Wine From Its History To Your Glass

 By Sharon Stajda   From its ancient history, to the growth of the grapes, to our wine glasses, and everything in-between. Lets explore wine... A long running fable tells of a certain ancient Persian king that valued his wine so much that he...

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featured lens Chardonnay Wine ---- Oaky, Buttery, Soft and Creamy

By Sharon Stajda Chardonnay, one of the worlds favorite wines... Chardonnay has earned the place as the world's most popular white wine. With over 300,000 acres of Chardonnay grapes being planted in various vineyards around the world, 100,000 being pla...

featured lens Wine - Problems That Have Plagued Wine

By Sharon Stajda It wasn't always wine and roses... In the year of 1863 an unidentifiable disease hit the grape vines in Frances Rhone Valley. This disease was caused by an unknown louse, that was so small it was hard to see with the naked eye. This lo...

featured lens Pairing Wine And Food... Make The Right Match

 By Sharon Stajda I mean what is all the fuss about? Why can't we just drink any wine with any food? Well--after researching the subject of pairing food and wine. I have discovered that wine connoisseurs present a very good case for pairing just t...

featured lens All About Wine - Under One Pergola

By Sharon Stajda,   From its ancient history, to the growth of the grapes, to our wine glasses, and everything in-between. Lets explore wine... Thanks for stopping in... I love wine, and have had so much fun writing, and building several  Squ...

featured lens American Wine History

By Sharon Stajda  The Spanish conquistadors were the first to introduce wine to Central, and South America.In 1521 conquistador Hernando Cortes defeated the Aztecs in Mexico. Cortes soon became governor of Mexico. Upon entering office he ins...

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featured lens Understanding Wine: A Beginners Guide

Grape growing and winemaking spread throughout Europe in the Greek and Roman times. Wine became such a valued trade item that the Romans, in 97BC, ordered the known world to pull out all vines in an attempt to protect their wine industry. Wine began...

featured lens Copper Ridge Wine

Have you had Copperridge wine in one of your favorite restaurants, and have loved it's taste and have looked for it but can't find it anywhere? Well, Copperridge wine  is actually a marketing ploy by the E. J. Gallo Wineries that offers the bran...

featured lens Spicy Sun!

A warm caribbean air is blowing across the water.....      Sitting back with your toes in the sand you hear only the melodic crashing of crystal clear blue-green waves. As the island sun is caressing your skin with warmth......you...

featured lens Guide to Maryland Wineries

Maryland has been home to growing grapes and winemaking since Colonial days but the wine industry has really taken off here since the early 1980s. Today there are nearly 20 wineries in Maryland with several more planned.  Many of these wineries...

featured lens Wine Lover Gifts & Shirts

You'll rate big with Into the Pan's official wine apparel and gifts. Whether you're a Chardonnay, Zinfandel, Pinot, Champagne, or Burgundy drinker or love wine tastings and food pairings, classy and cool alcohol designs are nectar for the wine drinke...

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If you enjoy pairing food and wine, then a well stored and well aged red, will go well with many meals. A properly built wine cellar is the ideal place for storing wines for aging. The wine cellar should be dark, so that wine will retain it's clarity...

featured lens Wine Making Video Showcase

I find wine making to be a very satisfactory hobby, and wish I had more opportunity to do more of it. But, it has its challenges!   Good luck with your wine making hobby! 

featured lens Become a Wine Guru!

1WineDude (a.k.a. Joe Roberts) provides an insider's view of the strange and wonderful world of wine, told accessibly from an outsider's viewpoint. The 1WineDude wine blog is serious wine talk for the not-so-serious drinker! Joe is a Certified Spe...

featured lens Love California Wine? Join The Club!

The California Wine Club is a monthly wine adventure that introduces its members to California's best artisan wineries. With three great wine of the month clubs to choose from,  they offer a selection of wine to suit all tastes and all budgets. &...

featured lens Would You Like Some Cheese With Your Wine?

There is nothing as simply delicious, or exotic, than cheese and wine. But who knows how to pair them? What about wines with meat? We've put together some guidelines below that should help.

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featured lens Joining a Wine Club

If you're a wine lover and wish that you had more time to really shop around for just the right bottle or to find a new one that you've never tried before, you may want to seriously consider joining a wine club. Just like "book of the month" or other...

featured lens Virginia Wineries

Virginia as a wine region is growing in its reputation.  There is a lot to find out about the virginia region.

featured lens Organizing wines

Best ways to keep track of your wine collection. I've always been looking for ways to track what wine bottles I have, and when to drink them. (Above left: is this your ideal way to organize wine?)

featured lens How To Read A Wine Label

When was the last time you went to a nice restaurant and ordered a bottle of expensive wine? When the waiter or waitress brought it over, did he or she show you the label before uncorking it? Did you understand anything on that label, or did you simp...

featured lens Are You Interested in Home Wine Making

Whether you're a real wine enthusiast or just someone looking for a great part-time hobby, home wine making can be fun and enjoyable, and of course there are very few other pursuits with such a tasty payoff! It may seem somewhat intimidating to the n...

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featured lens When You Think Fine Wines, Think Argentine Wines

Chances are that not many people who love wine actually think of Argentina when they consider their list of great growing regions around the world. However, there are a few reasons why this thinking is wrong. The climate of this beautiful South Ameri...

featured lens Understanding Wines from the United States

Many people are surprised to find out the truth about United States wines. Most assume that the best wines in the world are produced in France or areas of the Mediterranean, and while it's true that many people may prefer or know more about French wi...

featured lens You Must Try German Wines

It's true that for some, Germany may be better known for its beer than its wines. And in some ways those people may be right - German beer is well-known among those who love beer and those consider it to be the BMW of brew, no pun intended. However,...

featured lens Understanding The Wine Rating System

As with any rating system, there is no such thing as a universal wine rating system. Wines are rated by different wine clubs, groups, restaurants, food critics, magazines, and wine aficionados. Just like movies may get good or bad ratings depending o...

featured lens What To Expect From Wine Tasting Tours

If you're considering getting your feet wet by joining wine tasting tours, you are not alone. Ever since the release of the movie "Sideways" in 2004, about two men approaching middle age who decide to embark on a journey through California wine count...

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featured lens There is a Reason Why People Love Italian Wines

Making wine is probably as old as humankind itself, and one of the oldest winemaking regions in the world is Italy. Italian wines traces their roots as far back as the Roman Empire, and probably even before that. Rome is the city that began bottling...

featured lens Wente Vineyards Estate Winery in the Livermore Valley Wine Country

Founded in 1883 by C. H. Wente, the winery is now managed by his fourth and fifth generation descendants. No other winery in California has been continuously family owned and operated as long as Wente Vineyards. The winery farms nearly 3,000 acres of...

featured lens French Wines Are Still Considered the Best

Anyone that loves wine is probably going to agree that French wines are some of the best in the business, if not the absolute best in the world. How can such a small country be such a dominant force in the winemaking world? What makes wines from Fran...

featured lens Wine And Chocolate: Perfect Partners?

Some say that pairing wine with chocolate can't be done, but if you have the right wine to complement the right chocolate it can be a match made in heaven! But the wrong wine opposite a too-sweet chocolate creates nothing but horror. A bad pairing c...

featured lens Guide to Maryland Wineries

Maryland has been home to growing grapes and winemaking since Colonial days but the wine industry has really taken off here since the early 1980s. Today there are nearly 20 wineries in Maryland with several more planned.  Many of these wineries...

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featured lens Wente Vineyards in the Livermore Valley Wine Country

In 1981, the Wente family purchased the long abandoned Cresta Blanca winery site. Few views are as breathtaking in Livermore, and with a lot of hard work and determination the winery began to reclaim its former elegance. The grounds were replanted wi...

featured lens Love California Wine? Join The Club!

The California Wine Club is a monthly wine adventure that introduces its members to California's best artisan wineries. With three great wine of the month clubs to choose from,  they offer a selection of wine to suit all tastes and all budgets. &...

featured lens Knowing Your Wines

You drink it with your meals and it gives the flavor to what you eat. Sometimes we take for granted the wine that we choose. For some choosing wine is a nightmare for some it just comes naturally. Choosing a fine wine is easier than you think. There...

featured lens How to Pair Wine and Cheese

Do you enjoy wine and cheese but just aren't quite sure which fine wine goes with which cheese? Allow me to teach you how to properly pair wine and cheese to encounter the most savory experience. The following suggestions should help you achieve exce...

featured lens All About Wine - Under One Pergola

By Sharon Stajda,   From its ancient history, to the growth of the grapes, to our wine glasses, and everything in-between. Lets explore wine... Thanks for stopping in... I love wine, and have had so much fun writing, and building several  Squ...

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This is a great page on wine and wine cellars. As a wine lover I'm always interested in reading more about wine and getting tips for my wine cellar. I'm starting my own blog about Building A Wine Cellar to increase my knowledge of the subject.

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