Most wine aficionados start their experience trying out different foods with different wines. After a while they show some more interest and participate in a few wine tastings. Then as they gather even more experience they start to really understand the purpose of wine and go back to food and wine pairings with a new attitude. This time it’s here to stay. After all wine is meant to be drunk [ Read More ]
Taste has always been a sort of an enigma for mankind. It is scientifically the least understood sensory mechanism. Now, when you try to juggle with tastes in order to create a feeling, the term “fine art” is an understatement. The purpose here is to accentuate a feeling or to diminish it. The key question is: Who is the focus point? Is it the food or is it the wine? [ Read More ]
Having over 2.9 million acres of vine plantations, Spain is the third largest producer of wine in the world. It has the biggest surface are of vineyards in the world but the dry climate makes for a low yield. Most of Spain’s wines are made out of native grapes, giving them an advantage of uniqueness over the widely spread Cabernets, Merlots and Pinots. More than half of Spain’s wines are [ Read More ]