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The Sparkling Wines of Domaine Carneros – Tasting Reviews
As you know I am based in France, and here wines for California are very hard to get by and purchase. I do love my champagne French Champagne wines, but it is always a great pleasure to taste and review wines from California. They have…
Read MoreHow Wine is Made at Chateau Pédesclaux? Precision Winemaking at a State-of-the-art Winery in Pauillac
Chateau Pédesclaux, classified fifth growth of Pauillac in 1855, certainly sits on a great terroir, nestled between the illustrious vineyards of neighboring Chateaus, Lafite-Rothschild, Mouton-Rothschild, and Pontet-Canet. But great location, and a potentially-great terroir is not all. Capturing the essence of its vineyards and bottling…
Read MoreWine Serving and Storage Temperatures 101
There is no hard rule to which temperature your wine should be at when storing. But the most preferred place is somewhere cool and dark to avoid sunlight and heat, an excessive amount of which could ruin any good wine. As a general rule, the lesser…
Read MoreHow Will Blockchain Technology Change Wine?
Interview with wine counterfeit expert Maureen Downey about the foreseeable future of applying Blockchain Technology to the wine industry. Maureen Downey is a wine fraud specialist who played an important role in the Rudy Kurniawan investigation, the greatest wine scam in US that shook the wine…
Read MoreWine Color – Complete Visual Guide
Your complete and detailed infographic guide and explanations to the color of wine. If you’re interested in the chemistry and winemaking facts about what gives wine its color, scroll down a few paragraphs to the ‘what makes the color of the wine?’ section below. Let’s…
Read MoreSulfites (SO2) in Wine: Top 7 Facts
There are often a lot of legal mentions on wine back labels: wine descriptions and tasting notes, and a lot of Bla-Bla information too! But two words strike the imagination and create more controversy than any other: “Contains Sulphites” are now seen on almost every…
Read More5 Top Grapes Behind Italian White Wines
Italy is one of the few countries that look even better in real life than it does in pictures, or on the silver screen, and their wine is no different. Incredibly, Italy is actually the birthplace of over 25 percent of the world’s fine wine…
Read MoreSocial Vignerons voted 2015 Best New Wine Blog
This is it, Social Vignerons has just been voted ‘2015 Best New Wine Blog’ by the Wine Blog Awards. Needless to say how important this ‘tittle’ is to me and the future of this website. An acknowledgement of the effort put into sharing, into sparking…
Read MorePairing Prosecco with Simple & Tasty Italian Dishes – Tips & Recipes
Italian Cuisine is all about simplicity. It’s about showcasing the natural flavors of ingredients, yet bringing them to the next level using delicate seasoning and the complementarity of certain foods paired with each other. The good news here as well, is that this makes the…
Read MoreTop 25 Most Expensive Napa Valley Wines
When it comes to wine, the Napa brand seems to be as strong as ever, with both grapes and wine prices invariably shooting upwards in recent years. October 2017’s wildfires in Napa and Sonoma will only increase the trend —in all likelihood—, while the overall…
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