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 [...]
Madeira Wine The history of viticulture in Russia is older than we might first imagine for a landscape associated with cold winters. Nevertheless, historians believe that Russians started wine production around the same time [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Sitting to the West of Port Philip and South of Melbourne is the beautiful and historic city of Mornington Peninsula. This region of Victoria is home to over 150,000 people known for their hospitality [...]
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