The Black Markets of the Wine Industry The prohibition of the manufacturing, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the limits of the Eighteenth Amendment sparked [...]
Super smellers: Who has the best sense of smell for wine in the world? According to Archeological findings, wine was first produced in 5000BC, and since then, different regions around the world have developed [...]
The Use of Genetically Modified Yeasts in Winemaking People made fermented drinks throughout history through trial and error. Honey wine, or mead, was created in Asia during the Vedic period. It was also made [...]
Tasting Rooms and Direct-to-Consumer Sales in the United States See, swirl, sniff, sip and savor—every wine enthusiast is familiar with the five famous S's of wine tasting. For more insight into the world of [...]
Nebbiolo Grape Variety: Guide to a Noble Piedmont Vine Nebbiolo is one of the world's most noble and mysterious grape varieties. It produces exceptionally complex wines that are elegant and powerful, with an excellent [...]
The Laws of Wine Drinking According to the Hammurabi Code The Code of Hammurabi is not a single law code but a collection of laws from different periods of Babylonian history covering various topics, [...]
Cabernet Sauvignon is the world's best -travelled red wine variety, making concentrated, tannic wines for particularly long ageing. Viticultural Characteristic Vigorous, late budding, mid to late ripening. Thrives on well-drained gravel soils, preferably acid [...]
The Willamette Valley wine region, in the northwest corner of Oregon, encompasses parts of four counties with[1] 28 different AVAs (American Viticultural Areas). With more than 2,600 acres of vineyards, it's the second-largest grape-growing [...]
If you love wine, the Piedmont wine region in Italy should be on your list. Barolo and Barbaresco are the pride of Piedmont with its extraordinary Nebbiolo grape. Nebbiolo is Piemonte's arguably Italy's most [...]
Paso Robles has been known as the heart of California Wine Country since the region's wine industry started booming in the late 1970s. It is home to more than 80 wineries and several appellations, [...]
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