1. Look Pour a glass of wine into a suitable wine glass. Then take a good look at the wine. What color is it? Look beyond red, white or blush. If it’s a red wine is the color maroon, purple, ruby, garnet, red or even brownish. If it’s a white wine is it clear, straw-like, ...
When we stayed at the Spirit Tree Inn in Patagonia, Arizona we were in a perfect place to begin a journey into the Southern Arizona Wine Country. We planned for a day of photography and tasting. Getting There The Wine Country is about 55 miles from Tucson, Arizona. The areas you will want to visit are Sonoita ...
Drive, or Join a Tour It’s only been in relatively recent years that Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, just south of Melbourne, has become a wine region of note. While there was a bit of viticulture in the late 1800s and then in the 1950s, it was only in the early 1970s that Mornington Peninsula became a name to ...
Wine is an alcoholic beverage that is made up from water and grape juice. It goes through a fermenting process that increases it flavor. Because of the high demand of wines, many vintners have developed ways to protect their vineyards from pests and other insects that love to eat the grapes and the plants. They have also developed way to ...
No matter what you tipple is; white, red, pink or sparkling, storing your wine correctly is essential. Simply putting your favourite bottle above the fridge and forgetting about it for a year could drastically alter the taste, then, when you come to enjoy it at that special occasion, it might not be as favourable as you hoped. Despite wines being a ...
Make the most of your next wine country trip. Wine has been a big part of a lot of different cultures for many many years. You might not think it so â to you wine is probably just be something you drink with dinner, and your knowledge of what constitutes a good wine might simply be limited to what ...
While Californiaâs Napa and Sonoma valleys have attained status rivaling that of Franceâs Bordeaux and Italyâs Tuscany regions, other vineyard-rich areas have quietly gone about the business of building their reputations and are emerging as serious contenders in the competition for awards and tourists. Globally, they include Switzerland and Tasmania. In the United States, they ...
Farther afield, where the Pacific Ocean rips a notch into the northern coast of Tasmania, blue and yellow signs guide travelers along the 105-mile circular Tamar Valley Wine Route. âThere were two vineyards planted in the 1960s, which are still in full swing today,â says Mary Wilson, owner with husband Micheal of Velo Wines. âThe first ...
It would seem logical that the warmer, southern region of Oregon should trump the northern part of the state when it comes to wine, yet Willamette Valley (particularly known for its Pinot Noirs) has received all the glory. The tables could turn, since grape growing in southern Oregon is âgoing like gangbusters,â according to Kim ...
âTobacco farming is effectively dead, and there is a lot of land looking for something to do,â says Rob Deford, owner of Boordy Winery in Hyde, Md., about 15 miles north of Baltimore. After a state buyout program in 1998, many tobacco farmers turned to viticulture. But a deficit of local grapes exists (with 1.5 ...