Wine, A Healthier Drink Than Orange Juice, and . . .
There was an article in the New York Times a few weeks ago comparing poll results between what the average American thought were healthy foods and drinks and what the average nutritionist thought were healthy food and drinks. While it had a lot of interesting ideas on the disconnect between consumer’s view of food and the experts view of food, as well as the divergence among nutritionists on what is healthy, what caught my eye was not any of that. It was where wine (of course) fell on the spectrum of healthiness.
What is the Best Wine Stopper – A Blind Taste Comparison
Perhaps you have a significant other who doesn’t drink wine, necessitating saving a half drunk bottle of wine for the next evening. Or perhaps, more realistically, like me, after finishing off two bottles of wine with your significant other, you want to open a third, but you also don’t want to waste what might be left over from that third bottle. So, we all have that dilemma – how best to save the wine still left in the bottle for tomorrow night or the night after. Over the years we tried a variety of products / techniques in our house, and we decided it was time to figure out which was the best.
Will Wise Acre Vineyard Be the First Millennial Cult Wine?
Sometimes in your life you taste, and perhaps more importantly experience, a wine that you just know is something special. Standing in the vineyard at the bottom of Howell Mountain in Napa Valley, staring at the tiny half-acre plot of vines, I asked the wine growers / makers Lynn and Kirk Grace where the rest of their vineyard was. They laughed, and told me that I was looking at the entire vineyard. This was a vineyard so small that I could literally throw a ball from one end to the other, and I don’t exactly have a good arm. To put a half-acre in perspective, the cult wine Harlan Estate has 40 acres of vines – 80 times as large as Wise Acre Vineyard.
What the F*ck is the Bordeaux Wine Classification of 1855?
Demystifying Bordeaux’s First through Fifth Growths
Perhaps the greatest marketing scheme in the history of any industry, not just wine, is the Bordeaux Wine Classification of 1855. After all, what other marketing scheme from 160 years ago is as relevant today as it was when created? In the wine world, people constantly refer to the wineries of Bordeaux as First Growths, Second Growth, Third Growths, Fourth Growths, and Fifth Growths, based upon a classification of wines from… you guessed it, 1855. People refer to great wines from other regions using comparisons to the Bordeaux 1855 Classification – for example, Penfolds Grange is frequently referred to as the First Growth of Australia. This blog, likewise, is filled with references to the classification level of various wines we love from Bordeaux. So, what is the 1855 Classification, and why do people still refer to it 160 years later?
Rendering Honors with Rally Point Wines
With Memorial Day right around the corner I thought it appropriate to write a blog post on something a little more than just wine. As I mentioned is my previous blog post, Why the Story Behind the Wine Matters, I believe that the stories behind the winemaker and the wine impact how we feel and enjoy wine. So, I’d like to introduce you to Tim and Kate Burgess of Rally Point Wines.
