The Daily Sip™: Tag - red wine
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How Do You Know When A Red Wine Is Really “Mature?”
- Publish Date: Mar 5, 2012
- Tags: Mature Wine, Red Wine, Karen MacNeil, The Wine Bible
In response to our recent Daily Sip on “ Deciphering Decanters ,” one savvy community member asked the related question, “When is a red wine considered mature?” The...
Sip on This –Literally
- Publish Date: Feb 2, 2012
- Tags: wine stains, red wine
We know about red wine’s myriad advantages. But can we vent for a moment about the challenges? Stained teeth are a serious drag. That slimy rim that develops around your inner lower lip...
A Very Historic, Noble, and Prestigious Italian Wine
In the utterly picturesque hilltop town of Montepulciano in Italy’s Tuscany region, a very special red wine is produced. It’s called Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and it has D.O.C.G....
Sips And Gifts
- Publish Date: Nov 16, 2011
- Tags: Rioja, Tempranillo, iPad, Monolo Blahniks, red wine
The holidays are here and all you can think of is red wine, an iPad, and a new pair of shoes. Think they don’t go together? Think again. During all holiday occasions, everyone is...
Yiasou! (Cheers! In Greek)
- Publish Date: Nov 7, 2011
- Tags: Greece, red wine regions
Given the bewildering state of the Greek debt crisis, it’s likely many Greeks are reaching for an extra glass of vino as they struggle to sort it all out. There is no confusion, however,...
For A Healthier Halloween…
- Publish Date: Oct 31, 2011
- Tags: Resveratrol, Red Wine Grapes, Health
It prolongs the life spans of worms and fruit flies. Scientists have yet to prove that resveratrol, the polyphenol found in the skins of red wine grapes, has the same effect in humans. But we...
Red Wine, White Teeth
- Publish Date: Jul 26, 2011
- Tags: wine teeth, red wine, tannic terror, monster mouth, wine erase
Here at Bottlenotes, we know the virtues of wine. However, red wine has one irrefutably negative consequence: call it wine teeth--the distinct purple tint your teeth and lips develop after an...
Ah, Autumn
Ah, Autumn The best wines we drank last month. Baseball playoffs, Monday Night Football, sweater weather: Autumn is officially upon us. October, though, is the ideal month since days can be...
The First Pour
The First Pour When, why and how to use a decanter. Most wine drinkers have seen those sculptural, wide-based vessels called decanters. But are decanters really necessary, or are they just...
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