Visa Signature and Sonoma County Vintners have planned what is to be the 34th annual Barrel Tasting Weekend and set it on March 2-4 and March 9-11, 2012. This is an invitation and an opportunity to try some exclusive wines before they become available. In essence we’re going to take a sip from the season’s newest wines from Sonoma County. The wines will be provided by premium wineries in Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Healdsburg and [ 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 ]
Hosting a wine tasting party is an excellent idea to bring a refreshing experience on the plate of your social activities. It’s common that people who don’t enjoy wine so much learn to appreciate the diversity and experience of wine tasting through such parties. This article is focused on white wines rather than red wines. You’re bound to notice new flavors and other subtle differences between white wines as a [ Read More ]
Typically at a wine tasting party your guests will start feeling hungry after going through a bunch of wines. This is completely normal, and completely expected. Thus, even though the focus is on the wine and not the food, it benefits you greatly to have prepared some good appetizers to douse the hunger. Another clever and subtle purpose of an appetizer is to cleanse the tasters palates between different wines. [ 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 ]
Food and wine matching means pairing food dishes with wine in order to enhance or contrast the flavor of either the food or the wine. A person who specializes in food and wine pairings is called a sommelier and usually works at fine restaurants. Tip 1 – Balance in weight is key to enhancing flavor The most basic element is the weight. A balance between the food and wine’s weight [ Read More ]
A winery is a building that produces wine. A wine company is the business involved with producing and shipping wine. Some companies own many wineries, which, besides wine making equipment also have warehouses, laboratories and tank farms. Trait 1 – Type and location Many people associate wineries with wine regions such as Burgundy, Sonoma valley and others. They don’t realize that while wine is grown in these regions it can [ Read More ]
Tasting a wine is the act of assessing its characteristic and commenting on them. You may have been to a wine tasting party. There, you select a bottle of wine, you pour it in a glass, just like you would when you normally drink it, look at it, smell it and then taste it, after which you direct your focus to the aftertaste. There is a major difference between drinking [ Read More ]
People have been enjoying wine tasting since ancient times, especially the French. However wine tasting methodology has only developed starting from the 14th century. What you’re interested in are the general characteristics of the wine. This article will help you do that. Tip 1 Sight-seeing Holding a clear glass with wine on a white background will help you identify a wine’s true color. This will usually clue you on the [ Read More ]