For those who are just starting to delve into the wonderful world of wine, you may find yourself confused by the vast variety of wines – whites, reds, blends, bubblies – and the multitude of choices within each of those broad categories. We’ll choose just one of those for this brief intro – white wines. [...]
January 18th, 2010 | Posted in wine club | No Comments
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 “Pale plonk packs an acidic punch!” says the BBC, Well, it does and it doesn’t. The length of time your teeth come into contact with wine must be taken into account, as well as the acid levels. Wine tasters hold wine in their mouths for long periods of time, [...]
November 14th, 2009 | Posted in wine club | No Comments
At Classic Wine Direct we’re pretty upfront about what we do – we can’t compete with supermarkets on price so we offer wines from off the beaten track instead. wines are more flavoursome and interesting. However, it can be difficult for wine drinkers to understand the true value of a wine.
Back in 2006, Jean-Manuel Spriet, [...]
October 15th, 2009 | Posted in wine club | No Comments
A lot of different varieties of white wine are there to choose from. As long as you are even a bit educated on wine then you know to appreciate this, but to those who are not it can just be downright confusing. Now regardless of the reason that you are going to buy some white [...]
October 5th, 2009 | Posted in wine club | No Comments
It’s Friday and lunchtime is fast approaching. It’s been a very long week at work, quite stressful and really, really busy.
I am now counting down the hours to the weekend and that will mean a a few bottles of wine will be consumed.
Well if the truth be told, it’s normally a few bottles on a [...]
September 21st, 2009 | Posted in wine club | No Comments
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It does not have to be a chore to learn about food wine. Although, there is a lot of different information out there about wine, it should not overwhelm the beginner. There are some basic rules that can be followed to make your food and wine experience an easy one. So read on to [...]
July 18th, 2009 | Posted in wine club | No Comments
Joining a wine club is something which can be a lot of fun if wine happens to be a hobby of yours. You’ll be in good company, as a growing number of people are choosing to join wine clubs rather than other social activities, such as keg parties or knitting circles.
This is one of the [...]
April 7th, 2009 | Posted in wine club | No Comments
Red wine is a popular drink in the US and considering that there are over 600 million gallons of wine sold there each year it’s good to know that it has health benefits too.
By: Lee Dobbins
Red wine is a popular drink in the US and considering that there are over 600 million gallons of wine [...]
May 8th, 2008 | Posted in types of wine, wine tasting | No Comments
Wine has often been the main player in many celebrations, be it weddings, parties or even just a dinner for two. There is something about wine that just completes the picture so to speak.But there are a lot of people who don’t get a chance to enjoy the feel and taste of a good wine [...]
April 8th, 2008 | Posted in types of wine | No Comments
There are a lot of factors that go in to the making of good wine. As a rule, we simplify the whole process by putting them in categories of red wine and white wine. But this classification is not quite fair to the wine itself. The factors that go in to making wine are the [...]
April 6th, 2008 | Posted in choosing wine | No Comments