Wine Articles

Wine Wednesday: Don’t Snub Screw Cap Wines

January 20, 2010
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I know that a lot of people still equate a screw cap with poor quality wine. That really isn’t so much the case anymore. Living in Hong Kong, we drank a ton of New Zealand wines (lower import duties made them less expensive) of all price ranges that had screw caps. New Zealand is one of the leaders in converting from cork to screw caps. Many wineries argue that the screw cap provides the tightest [...]

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Wine Wednesday – Thanksgiving Wine Guide

November 25, 2009
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Thanksgiving Wine Guide By Barrie Cleveland With Thanksgiving only a few days away the challenging task of matching a wine to the traditional feast should be by now well under way. Thanksgiving challenging? Not just because it’s a big chore to put on and one must deal with numerous friends and relatives vying for an enviable seat at your table, but because the traditional meal does not lend itself easily to one particular Thanksgiving wine. [...]

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Wine Wednesday – White Wine’s Influence on the Lungs

October 7, 2009
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Reprinted with permission – Happy Wine Wednesday!!! White Wine’s Influence on the Lungs By Jennifer Jordan For years now, we’ve been praising the health benefits of red wine, raising our glasses and toasting Merlot as bottles of white wine sit in the corner, fermenting with jealously. Because red wine has been known to have a positive impact on the human body, with particular profits to the cardiovascular system, we drink it and we heart it. [...]

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Wine Wednesday – It’s Chardonnay for Dummies

September 30, 2009
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Ok, I fall into the Dummy category for sure when it comes to certain things. What I definitely know about Chardonnay is that I like it, I’ve had good and bad, and I can taste the difference between it and other white wines.  I also know that the Chardonnay section in any grocery store near me can be overwhelming.  So please excuse me while I learn and type. Chardonnay is the most popular wine in [...]

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Wine Wednesday – What I’ve Learned About Israeli Wines

September 23, 2009
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I started to write the post about Galil Mountain Yiron and it was getting a little bit lengthy.  So I decided to write an entirely separate post about some interesting facts I’ve recently learned about Israeli wine. I’m certainly not an expert. Obviously, wine has been consumed in Israel since biblical times.  Though the wine hasn’t been anything special, according to the critics, until recently. Evidently the wines from Israel that were shipped to ancient [...]

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Understanding Red Wine Headaches

August 26, 2009
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The title of this post is ironic because it turns out that scientists actually do not understand red wine headaches all that well. No one seems to be able to pin point the cause. There are varying degrees of a red wine headache (RWH) as some of you may know or have felt first hand. Some people get them within minutes of having a few sips and then on the other end of the spectrum, [...]

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