As you know, red wines derive their color from contact with grapeskins during the process of fermentation. You’ve probably heard of descriptors such as garnet, opaque purple, deep violet or dark red. All of those refer directly to the color of the wine, which is given by the grape varietal. Of course it’s never as simple as that since the duration of exposure to grape skins also affects how deep [ Read More ]
Red wine is an exquisite beverage. Kings have been feasting on great wines for many years and our opportunity to taste the style of kings is not to be taken lightly. Today the world of wine is more evolved than ever. Beyond the Old World wine regions such as France’s regions there are new wild wine making regions that put an end to France’s monopole. California red wine is by [ Read More ]
Wine making is a popular activity among wine lovers. The satisfaction you get when you successfully grow your own grapes and make your own wine is unexplainable. Needless to say, most wine lovers who get started in winemaking never grow tired or bored with it. The process of wine making is a complex one, with many pitfalls awaiting the inexperienced. Whether you should buy a wine kit from the local [ Read More ]
Banrock Station has had serious drawbacks during the past 2 centuries. Situated in South Australia, roughly 200km north east from the Adelaide at the Kingston-on-Murray. The people are known to have maintained a close and beneficiary relationship with the environment thus creating a stable wine making system. However beginning with the 1800s Europeans have settled in the region. Their concepts of agriculture have led to a fierce decline in the [ Read More ]
Wine storage is something that you either do right, or don’t do at all. To be able to cellar wine effectively you must have unadorned stable conditions. If you don’t take care so that your hard earned french wine bottles sit in proper conditions you are prone to open the door to a disaster. There aren’t many houses that have a real wine cellar, however people usually go with purpose-built [ 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 ]
The Italians are masters of wine making, and since the time of Rome they have indulged in this fine art. Thus, they have many great recipes that could bewilder the minds of many. However the Italians are not very fond of exporting their wine, they consume almost 90% of their total wine production. Italians produce many wine types, probably over 50. More than half of them are red wine types. [ Read More ]