By now you should be fairly accustomed with the local food local wine pairing rule of thumb. While it’s true that local cuisine will work 99% of the time, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best possible pairing available. In the case of Italian food, a much better idea is to pair it with Californian wine. I’ll talk about why pairing Italian food with Californian wine is better in a [ Read More ]
How to select a good wine practically boils down to your personal taste. Wine selecting can be done by meticulously going through every aspect of the wine types in question, starting from alcohol and sugar content all the way to the color it has in the glass. But that’s not necessarily an efficient way to select wine. How to select wine is really much more simple. First of all think [ Read More ]
Today the world of wine revolves around two major types of producers. First you have the Old World which consists of France, Italy, Germany and the like. Then you have the New World with New Zealand, South Africa and California. All are among the best in the world. California is a state that has had a troubled past regarding red and white wine making. A series of vine diseases that [ Read More ]