All things wine
You may often come across this word “fining” when it comes to wine, but what does it mean? Fining is a process used to clarify and stabilize wine (and other beverages too actually), using various agents including clay powders, egg albumen, milk and probably most famously isinglass – a substance extracted from the swim bladders(…)
When people say wine has high acidity, what does it mean exactly? Acidity – means the sour and tart taste in wines (and you can often find it in high end grape juices as well) that is caused by the presence of organic acids such as tartaric, malic and citric acids. It leaves the same(…)
Mourvedre, or otherwise known as Monastrell in its native Spain (and to a lesser extent, Mataro in certain part of the world) is a black-skinned variety that has been grown in vineyards all around the western Mediterranean for centuries. Thought to have originated in Spain, it is now grown extensively throughout the Iberian Peninsula, southern(…)
The Ice House Winery – from that name alone, you can expect nothing but spectacular ice wine. Plus, ice wine slushy? This I have to try! I love ice wine, and never had ice wine slushy before. As soon as you enter, the friendly staff greets you with a refreshing shot ice wine slushy while(…)
There is nothing like find a random little winery off the side of the road on the long road trip. By chance while driving by gorgeous Atwood Lake, I saw a sign that says “Al-Bi Winery”, hey had to pull over, it was calling my name. When I walked into the place, this place was probably one(…)
As an ice wine lover, I have always wanted to visit the famed Inniskillin Winery at Niagara on the Lake in Ontario, Canada. Inniskillin was the first winery in Canada to receive the VAQ (Vitners Quality Alliance) stamp and approval. At the winery, you can choose to taste any particular ice wine for $7 –(…)
There is no better place to experience ice wine than at the Niagara On The Lake Ice Wine Festival. Here, the best ice wine producers of Canada are showcasing this prized method. For a bottle to be labelled “ice wine”, the grapes must freeze at -8 degrees Celsius, with the grapes picked frozen and pressed while still frozen.(…)
Every time we drink wine, we are always left with the problem as to what to do with the left overs. Its not that we don’t want to finish it, but excess drinking, especially if we are talking about drinking on a daily basis – can take its toll – doesn’t matter how good the(…)
Normally I would not pick this bottle up, but a friend of mine that has never taken a drink in over 40 years sent a picture of this bottle to me and told me he just drank it, and loves it. It does make you wonder, if someone who has been so good about(…)
Through a thirsty drive while getting gas, I saw a sign pointing me to D’Avella Family Winery. Considering how I was driving through an area where no vines were growing, I was interested to see what this winery was about. Upon sitting myself down in the tasting room, the wine marker warmly greeted and started explaining(…)