What is a Snipe?
Also known as a piccolo, split, or quatrino, it is a quarter-bottle of wine. Measuring in at 187 milliliters, they …
Did You Know…….. Wine Fact #19
That Hippocrates, widely considered the father of medicine, includes wine in almost every one of his recorded remedies. He used …
Did You Know …… Wine Fact #18
That in 1800BC, the ruler of Babylon issued a series of laws that was known as the Code of Hammurabi. …
Did You Know…… Wine Fact #17
Agoston Haraszthy, who first started the Buena Vista Winery in 1857, brought over 100,000 vine cuttings from Europe to California …
How many grapes are in any given bottle of wine?
A standard 750ml bottle contains about 2.75 pounds of grapes, which is about 11 clusters, for a total of around …
Did You Know……. Wine Fact #16
In the Bordeaux region of France, Margaux is the largest of its regions within the appellation while Pomerol is the …
Did You Know ……. Wine Fact #15
We Americans drink more wine on Thanksgiving Day than any other day of the year. Research shows that 63% choose …
Did You Know………. Wine Fact #14
That the best way to preserve an open bottle of champagne, or sparkling, is with a “bouchon”. Bouchon, which is …
How many grape varieties are permitted in the blending of the French Rhone wine Chateauneuf du Pape?
As of 2020, the lucky number is 18. They include red grapes Cinsault, Counoise, Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Muscardin, Piquepoul Noir, Syrah, Terret Noir, and Vaccarèse (Brun Argenté). White and pink …
What do wine and marriage have in common?
In ancient Babylon, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the Mead, a honey fermented wine, he could …