Written by Martha Cisneros Paja How Many Bottles are in a Barrel of Wine? A Guide to Yield, Oak, and Upcycling Wine-making is a delicate process that involves several factors, and the vessel chosen for aging is perhaps the most influential “silent ingredient” in a winemaker’s toolkit. While the type of barrel used —traditionally French […]
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If I had to pick just one wine from Lidl’s latest monthly ‘wine tour’ selection, it would be the Ponte Giulio Orvieto Classico. You shouldn’t judge a wine by its label (or a book by its cover, for that matter) but this is a pretty smart looking bottle containing a white wine that’s zesty and […]
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Why do people drink Champagne on New Year’s Eve? Sparklers have been used to celebrate special occasions since all the way back to the French Revolution, when secular celebrations began to replace earlier religious rituals, according Kolleen Guy, a professor of history at Duke Kunshan University and author of When Champagne Became French. “In a […]
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Any seasoned imbiber knows that the quality of a drinking experience is far more than the sum of its parts. After all, a great wine is not merely great because it drinks finely. It’s great because of the atmosphere in which it’s enjoyed—in an exquisite locale, perhaps, or alongside cherished friends. Key, too, is the […]
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