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The wine taster’s ritual of peering into a glass, swirling it around and sniffing suspiciously at it, before taking a mouthful only to spit it out again looks highly mysterious and technical. However, as you try more and more wines, … Continue reading →

During the 1990s, a physician voiced on the television show “Sixty Minutes” that drinking red wine reduces heart disease. He cited the relatively lower levels of the disease in France despite their ever so famously high fat diets. Since that … Continue reading →

Living the Good Life By Jim & Della Bogaty Owners Veramar Vineyard www.veramar.com A Classic Twosome —- Wine & Cheese Any simple gathering can become a gourmet-tasting event with the classic twosome, the combination of wine and cheese. Wine and … Continue reading →

For many people Spanish wine either means cava – their excellent local sparkling wine made by the same traditional method as the finest champagnes or Rioja, the famous red full of ripe fruit flavours and delicious creamy vanilla. The name … Continue reading →

Thomas Jefferson said, Good wine is a necessity of life for me . No wonder he was one of our founding fathers! More and more people are drinking wine these days and why not? It s readily acknowledged by the … Continue reading →

Wine Tasting Component I: Look The first step you have to undertake in wine tasting is visual. 1. Fill up the glass up to 1/3 of its volume; never fill it more than half;2. Hold the glass by the stem. … Continue reading →

Some years ago in a book by Lee Iacocca, who was President of Ford Motor Co. prior to taking over Chrysler Corp. and leading them out of bankruptcy, I read that Mr. Iacocca’s boss, Henry Ford II, drank two bottles … Continue reading →

During the 1990s, a physician voiced on a national TV show that drinking red wine reduces heart disease. It made all the headlines. He cited the relatively lower levels of the disease in France despite their ever so famously high … Continue reading →

Ordering wine in a restaurant is not much different than buying it in a wine store. The main difference is that you have an audience. Yet ordering wine in a restaurant can be intimidating especially if the wine list is … Continue reading →

Ordering wine in a restaurant is not much different than buying it in a wine store. The main difference is that you have an audience. Yet ordering wine in a restaurant can be intimidating especially if the wine list is … Continue reading →