Important Tips to Know About Wine
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Wine Basics Tips to Know About Wine ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
Most Popular Types of Wine Most Popular Wine Regions When are Most Wines Meant To Be Drunk? Why Some Wines Taste Tart Than Others? Pairing Wine and Food Drinking Wine is an Adventure
Who I Am?
Wine Basics ď‚—
Wine is made with grapes, but they are different than what you’ll find at the grocery store. Wine grapes (the latin name is Vitis vinifera) are small, sweet, have thick skins, and contain seeds.
Tips to Know About Wine
Most Popular Types of Wine Most Popular Wine Regions When are Most Wines Meant To Be Drunk? Why Some Wines Taste Tart Than Others? Pairing Wine and Food Drinking Wine is an Adventure
Most Popular Types of Wine ď‚—
Want to find out what wine you like best? Check out just 18 different grape varieties, commonly referred to as international varieties. They include light sweet white wines like Moscato and Riesling to deep dark red wines like Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Most Popular Wine Regions ď‚— ď‚—
France and Spain are the top three wine producing countries in the world. They also produce some of the best wine in the world. France, Italy and Spain are the source of all of the most popular varieties of wine in the world.
When are Most Wines Meant To Be Drunk? ď‚—
90% of wine is meant to be drunk in the year it’s released. This is a fact, Some wines do, however, improve with age. Want to know the traits of an age-worthy wine? There are four traits: Acidity, Tannin, Low Alcohol and Residual Sugar.
Why Some Wines Taste Tart Than Others?
Some wines taste tart. The tartness of wine is called acidity. Some wines will warm/burn the back of your throat, which is the alcohol level. Some wines leave a lingering bitter/dry taste in your mouth which is called tannin.
Pairing Wine and Food
Drinking Wine is an Adventure
If you’re drinking the same old crap just to get drunk then you’re not really enjoying all the uniqueness wine has to offer. Wine is an accompaniment to life experiences–where you are and who you’re with.
Who I Am? ď‚—
Randall Radcliff is the CEO of a wine sampler company based in Portland who provides the great services of red wine and white wine.