If you compare your home refrigerator and a wine refrigerator, some differences will become apparent. A food refrigereator is kept well below 50 degrees fahrenheit, much too cold for a wine refrigerator. Wine should be stored at around 55 degrees. Another difference between the two refrigerators is the the one for food [...]

If you know exactly what to look for and where when you want to buy online wine, this can be a very quick and easy process.
Firstly, it is advisable to do your research about the different types of wine available, the countries they come from and which wines go with which foods. Once you [...]

Many experts seem to agree that wine dates back to 6000BC. For centuries European homes have chosen wine as their favorite dinner beverage. In America, it has now become their staple drink as well. Few environments are as potentially destructive to wines as the home. Too much humidity causes mold and damages labels. The current [...]

Napa Valley is a famous wine producing country of California, in the United States of America. It is often regarded as the jewel of the New World wine industry, and currently ranks alongside more traditional wine makers in Italy and France for the quality of the wine it produces. Many of these wines are critically [...]

The grapevine has an amazing power to transform reasonably attractive countryside into an oasis of culture and beauty that speaks to all of one’s senses ‘ and no place is that better manifested than in the famed Napa Valley.
A visit to Napa is not just a chance to see where wine is made, or to [...]

Wine connoisseurs often have to make the decision between splurging on the wine selection or on the wine storage systems. On one hand, an expensive wine storage system will take away the budget for good wines, thus, you end up with an inferior selection. On the other hand, expensive wines will cut into the budget [...]

Many wine connoisseurs per se like to give their "expert" opinions on pairing wine to people that like wine but don’t necessarily have the time nor the patience to learn about wine. So the way they write about wine or pairing wines with food can in many cases be useless for the public.
One thing we [...]

Some people still see wine tasting as a thing for the elite, only for wine connoisseurs, a select few that hold these parties on the weekends. They say that it is not accessible for "normal" people or that "normal" people would not enjoy it. Of course this could not be further from the truth, wine [...]

“Why do you love wine?”
I’m often asked why I love wine from other wine tasters and wine enthusiasts. In writing winery reviews for the California Winery Advisor I’ve tasted wine at almost 600 wineries! I ought to have an idea.
To begin to share why I am a wine lover, I ponder over some lines from [...]

Wine is about more than the taste. There is a depth to wine that is important to the true wine connoisseur. You have to respect that every aspect of wine should be enjoyed in order to truly appreciate the beauty and the design of the wine. That is why a true wine [...]