There are certainly worldwide locations that are synonymous with the production of wine and the tours in those places are extremely well known and very popular. However, there are still a few largely unheard of locations that you should really make the most of before they are taken over by tourists. Temecula wine tours take place in just one such…
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With Wines There Is A Flavour For Almost Any Taste
Any lover of wines will tell you that a good palate is not something one is born with. It is a skill that is acquired over a long course of time and education. For those of you who are not yet loves of this fine liquid, a little education may be in order. There are basically four types of wine:…
Screwcaps For Wine Is It Bye Bye To The Romance
Maybe you’ve noticed screwcaps on more of the higher priced wines lately. The trend is continuing to grow and so is the debate of whether a screwcap or cork is better for wine. The industry has basically “agreed to disagree” as to whether wine bottled with a screwcap or a cork tastes better, ages better and has less of a…
10 Attractions You Can T Miss When Visiting Cape Town South Africa
1. Table Mountain Table Mountain is arguably the most iconic image of Cape Town. Standing at the top should top everyone’s list of ‘things to do before you die’. Take the leisurely route in the slowly revolving cable car, or alternately hike to the top. Either way you won’t regret it when you get to enjoy the sight of Cape…
Wine Tasting Room Etiquette
Many small, boutique wineries are family-run businesses. Chances are quite good that you will meet one of the winery’s family members while visiting a winery. When visiting a wine tasting room consider yourself a guest. The owners and staff are proud of their facility and wines. They want everyone to enjoy their visit. Expectations in tasting rooms are different than…
Wine And Cheese Parties Are Positively Delicious
If there is one thing we all love I think we can all agree it would be food. In many cultures around the world food is a very important aspect of life with special occasions and food intertwined with each other. Food is a social and fundamental part of society. Face it going to dinner with a friend is much…
Enjoy The Pennsylvania Wine Tours
Pennsylvania is not somewhere that you would expect to find wine or wine tours for that matter if you do not know that much about wine in the first place. The majority of people that drink wine only think of wine centres as places like California, Australia, France, Italy and so on. Pennsylvania wine tours would not even enter their…
Wine Storage Tips Making The Most Of Your Treasure
Wine has been set apart from the other beverages consumed by humans, rather like the gods and goddesses themselves were set apart from mere mortals in their aerie on Mount Olympus, since the first flagon of grape was allowed to ferment. Wine has had a role to play in religious ceremonies form the time of the ancient Greeks to the…
Fondue History
Truly epic, fondue history starts with a recipe in Homer’s Iliad (Song XI). Doesn’t it stand to reason that the mixture described of Pramnos wine, grated goat’s cheese and white flour was a fondue? Well, whether that’s what Homer was describing or not, fondue history states that the warm cheese dish originated in Switzerland but more specifically in the Canton…
How Bottle Wine Coolers Can Improve Your Drinking Experience
Did you know that they way you store your wine affects its taste at least as much as the way it’s made? Wine that’s exposed to light, temperature changes, fluctuations in humidity, and excessive vibration can easily go bad, lose its taste, or suffer other unpleasant effects. This is why people have traditionally kept wine in cellars and other cool,…