All About Wines: Featured Video and Articles

Wines and its “nectar” from grapes come from many diverse regions and countries with stories of traditions, cultural influences, and people’s passion for wine. Discover and learn about the art of wine making, savoring, processing from farming to production, and experience sophisticated and casual ways to enjoy wines.

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Exploring Wine Myths; The Frills Without The Rules

Exploring Wine Myths; The Frills Without The Rules
English wine writers have produced the most beautiful wine books in the world. Probably because their Emerald Island produces no wine worthy of note, these writers have become missionaries for the great clarets, ports, hocks, and sherries of nations far removed from their legendary cliffs and given us all in the English-speaking world the best wine literature available. But they have done us a great disservice. They have created myths that intimidate all of us who want to enjoy but not intellectualize this finest of all meal-accompanying beverages! They have given us codes of conduct and behavior governing the use and consumption of wine that baffle even the very producers of wines. It is time that some of these myths are exploded. Read more

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