Tag: white wine
member name: Kevin Zraly
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December 12, 2008 11:37 AM EST --
The Wall Street Journal recently came out with an article stating that most people have one or two wines that they've been saving for years for a special occasion. This is probably not a good idea! . . .
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February 10, 2009 12:42 PM EST --
This is one of the most controversial subjects among my wine friends, and everyone seems to have a different answer or angle regarding the question.
I think most of my peer group would agree that . . .
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December 08, 2008 04:33 PM EST --
Over the last few years I have insisted that my students spend one minute in silence after they swallow wine. I use a "60-second wine expert" tasting sheet in my classes for students to record . . .
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December 10, 2008 09:54 AM EST --
Drinking wine with your meals should add enjoyment, not stress, but it happens all too often. You briefly eye the wine list or scan the wine-shop shelf, thinking well, maybe...a beer. In the face of so . . .
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March 02, 2009 02:12 PM EST --
Why do I get a headache when I drink wine?
The simple answer may be overconsumption! Seriously though, more than 10 percent of my students are medical doctors, and none of them has been able to . . .
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December 09, 2008 04:25 PM EST --
In most restaurants, the wine service ritual is as intimidating to the service staff as it is to the new wine consumer. Picture this scenario: You’ve ordered your bottle of wine. The server now presents . . .
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December 30, 2008 02:29 PM EST --
Everyone knows that Champagne is a sparkling bubbly that everyone drinks on New Year's Eve. What better way to celebrate than with Champagne? Most of my readers want to know the best value choices . . .
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January 07, 2009 11:59 AM EST --
First, forget everything you’ve ever heard about wine-and-food pairing. There’s only one rule when it comes to matching wine and food: The best wine to pair with your meal is whatever wine you like. . . .
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January 13, 2009 09:56 AM EST --
Although grapes were planted and wine was made as early at 1847 in Oregon, the modern era began in the mid-1960s. Today, because of its climate, Oregon is becoming well known for Burgundian-style . . .
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April 21, 2009 11:17 AM EDT --
New York is the third largest wine-producing state in the United States, with nine AVAs. There are more than 200 wineries in New York State, up from just 19 in 1975.
The three premium wine regions . . .
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January 19, 2009 08:57 AM EST --
To celebrate the new year, Kevin Zraly’s publisher, Sterling Publishing, is raising its glass to you! Sterling is giving away ten copies of Windows on the World Complete Wine Course 2009 edition by . . .
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April 09, 2009 03:37 PM EDT --
The color and the grape: Red wines, because of their tannin content, will generally age longer than whites. And certain red grapes, such as Cabernet Sauvignon, tend to have more tannin than, say, . . .
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June 02, 2009 10:21 AM EDT --
Why did Chianti have such a bad image until recently?
One reason was the little straw-covered flasks ( fiaschi ) that the wine was bottled in—nice until restaurants hung the bottles from . . .
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July 15, 2009 11:07 AM EDT --
No winegrowing area in the world has come so far so quickly as California. Thirty years ago we were asking if California wines were entitled to be compared to European wines. Now California wines . . .
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