Ever felt awkward when ordering wine at a restaurant? Ever walked into a wine store and had no idea where to begin, what to buy or how much to pay?
Ever looked at a European wine label and wondered what’s in there? Then Wine-Flair.com is just for you. It’s all about wine education and appreciation, written in plain language.
I built this website to help you de-mystify the world of wine, so that you can try new stuff at your local retailer, or order confidently in a restaurant. And this little article should also give you some gumption when you attend your first, or 20th, wine tasting. So –
France, and specifically Bourgogne, what we in the great USA call Burgundy, is where the world’s best Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays are grown. And I say “grown” because Burgundy is all about the vineyard rather than the chateau or winery. Not to say that there aren’t some excellent Pinots and
At a lunch last week hosted by Cooking by the Book , I was reminded why I like Chilean wine so much. Or at least I was reminded that I like Chilean wine so much. And I was also reminded that wine and food “matching” (as wine writer Randy Caparoso likes
This delicious non-vintage Chardonnay is an outstanding value at $13 (at the winery, and as cheap as $9 in some stores) and one of the best wines you’ll find on Long Island’s North Fork. Great body, just enough oak, with flavors of apple and melon wrapped in light butter. As
What are the only grape varieties allowed to go into Champagne? Maybe not what you think.
You may shop for wines using one of the well-known point systems. Let’s look at them a little bit.
This Chianti, mostly from the Sangiovese grape, is a classified wine, and the DOCG means Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita. That ought to mean something but it doesn’t mean all that much. Still, this is a very nice bottle of wine, especially for 11 bucks, which is about what
Spain grows great wines—Grenache and Carignane from Priorat, Tempranillo from Rioja and Ribero del Duero, and Albarino from Rias Biaxas to name a few. But Mencia is a grape you’ve probably never tasted and maybe never even heard of. This 100% Mencia is from the large Castilla y Leon region, but
The latest, outrageous #wine #fraud comes from Zhangzhou, #China, where cops seized 40,000 bottles of falsely-labeled wine and counterfeiting gear, including bottles labeled as #ChâteauLafiteRothschild and Australia's @penfolds. https://www.winespectator.com/articles/counterfeit-lafite-penfolds-seized-in-150-million-fake-wine-bust
There's a reason why gas and diesel still costs what it does: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/25/chevron-announces-75-billion-stock-buyback-dividend-boost.html
If you owned a #winery, would you hire an investment banker to make your wine? #Sonoma winery @HirschVineyards did--with nepotism, too--and it's working out great! @Esther_mobley gives us the story: https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/jasmine-hirsch-winemaker-17743972.php
Not a bad list of #wine #trends, although some observers say #millennials and #GenZ-ers aren't taking to it the way Boomers and #GenX did: https://www.wine-business-international.com/wine/analysis/seven-wine-trends-watch
.@EricAsimov of @nytimes says American #Wine industry has an old people problem; I think it has a young people problem! Cites State of the Wine Industry 2023: more choices, poor #marketing, and need to message sustainability and social responsibility. https://nyti.ms/3Rr8qA1
More people-especially younger ones-are choosing to cut down or give up #alcohol entirely. Reasons are many, including health, safety, focus, less peer pressure. But some say alcohol "turns down" the pre-frontal cortex and increases creativity. Read more! https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/15/last-orders-how-we-fell-out-of-love-with-alcohol?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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