Category Wine Grapes

Introduction to Beginning Winemaking

It’s important to do some homework and learn exactly what’s entailed before undertaking the hobby. It is not something that can be simply plunged into and then learned along the way if you really want to make a quality bottle of wine. [Read More…]

A little history about Chardonnay

Chardonnay is a thousand-year-old small village in Mâconnais in the southern portion of France’s Burgundy region. The famous wine Chardonnay most likely originated here and was then spread throughout France by the monks. [Read More…]

Main flavors of wine

The four main flavors of wine are sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. While this is the four flavors your tongue is really capable of tasting, the long-lasting impression that wine leaves in your mouth is far more complex. When drinking or tasting wine, [Read More…]

While wine can certainly be made from a variety of different vegetable matters, most wines are produced from grapes. Ironically, grapes commonly grow in areas where it is difficult if not impossible to grow other crops. Bordeaux, France is known for [Read More…]