Bartending Articles
Understanding Vintage Wines
Vintage, when it comes to wine, has a unique definition; it isn't merely an old, classic bottle....In wine, vintage is defined as being made from a particular harvest or a specific crop. A 1989 vintage Riesling, for example, is made up of grapes from - you guessed it - 1989. More...
Wine Rack Essentials
One of the most important facets of wine and wine collecting is the proper storage for the all of it. Any savvy wine collector or drinker understands this. In terms of storage, many people have wine cellars, but these can be costly. Your home could also be ill equipped or lack space to support the building of a large wine cellar. This is why wine racks are growing in popularity. Like a wine cellar, wine racks can store wine bottles and help them mature in the proper conditions. More...
Wine Storage
...Yet wine, for all its mystery, requires some rather mundane care. Wine which is not to be consumed immediately needs to be sorted, and its proper storage has certain rituals of its own. For those uninitiated into those rituals, wine storage tips might prove helpful..More...
Pinot Gris: The other White Wine
Pinot Gris (or Tokay Pinot Gris) is a white wine grape of species Victims Vinifera related to Pinot Noir which goes by a lot of other names...More...
Champagne Cocktails
Champagnes are sparkling wines produced by a certain method. They come from the province of Champagne in France. While champagne can already be consumed by itself, others also mix it with choice ingredients for a more bubbly and inviting taste. When mixed with other ingredients, they are called champagne cocktails.
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Champagne
For Dom Prignon and his contemporaries, sparkling wine was not an intended and desired end product. Instead it was a sign of poor wine making, a sign that showed there was something done during the process of wine making that went wrong and made the wine go bubbly. They christened this unstable wine the "mad wine." More...
Champagne
Ratings
...Champagnes are rated on a hundred point scale. A high
rating indicates quality champagne. These ratings are released on a periodic basis by experts in the field. Listings of champagne with details of their vintage, house and ratings are published in specific publications. Different experts may rate the same vintage and house differently. However such differences are usually marginal... More...
All about Vodka
Vodka is the surprise package of the 20th Century. From an unknown Russian drink to the most widely used cocktail drink, it has been quite a journey. More...
Make Your Own Beer
Homemade beer is the best beer in the world, by far. Have you ever tasted anybody's homebrew? If you have, you probably thought it was darn good. Let me tell you that when it is your own, it is even better. In fact, it is incomparable to anything else on the planet. More...
An Insight into Tequila
Around a millennium or two ago, depending on how you Google, the Aztec goddess Mayahuel entered the heart of a giant agave plant so that her blood would flow from it, creating a sweet drink called aguamiel (honey water). When the aguamiel was then left to ferment in the heart of the plant, it became pulque: the milky, earthy ancestor of tequila. More...
Delicious,Tasty, healthy Tea and Infusions for everyone
Everyone drinks tea once in a while. Tea can be grouped into several categories which are Green Tea, White Tea, Yellow Tea, Red Tea, Black Tea, Oolong Tea, and Pu Erh which all made from the Camellia Sinensis plant. Each category is based on individual quality, taste, tea color, and production as well as processing techniques. More...
Removing a Wine Stain is Easy- But you have to be Quick
A red wine stain never ends up on your overalls or kitchen floor, oh no, it waits until it's hovering over your best frock or white rug before it jumps out of the glass. OK, so that's a little melodramatic, but wine is the stain from hell that's for sure ...There is a solution. more...
