A: Pairing wine with food is a highly personal exercise and, with experience, everyone who enjoys eating and drinking will discover which matches work best. However, if you are ready to set out on a...
A: Wine’s ability to age and gain complexity with time in the bottle is one of the aspects that makes it different from other things we eat and drink. While all wines have some ability to...
By Rhys Pender, MW
Rhys Pender, who became Canada's Youngest Master of Wine in 2010, is a wine educator, consultant, judge, and freelance writer. He contributes regularly to Taste, Wine Access,...
The most fun I’ve had in the last 20 years working in the wine trade has definitely been working vintages. I’ve been fortunate to do a few of them in Bordeaux and Australia as well as one...
Back in the early 1990s, Harry McWatters, the founder of Sumac Ridge winery, was told by all his friends and financial advisors not to buy vineyard land on the Black Sage Bench. They thought he was...
You’re not alone. I’m equally confused when I read some critics’ tasting notes. I wonder how they manage to find so many different flavours, especially in less expensive, less...
There are several useful guidelines in food and wine pairing that you may want to consider. The whole point is to make both the food and the wine enhance one another, so the experience of both is...
Go to www.cellartracker.com and all your questions will be answered. This is an excellent site that has become the most popular wine website in the world for managing your cellar. There are hundreds...
The great Bordeaux châteaux have released the 2009 vintage, touting it as the best vintage in the history of the region. The prices match the hype and you can expect to pay thousands of dollars...
The alcohol percentage is one of the key things I look at on a lable. I look at the alcohol degree because it can tell you so much about what a wine will taste like. The more sugar there is in the...
Blends are not necessarily better than single varietal wines. Otherwise, all wines would be blends.
It is true that by blending different grape varieties together you can sometimes create a higher...
