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In our last news message, we began to explore the mystery, history, and mystique that surrounds a wine label. As we continue, I will try to help our readers better understand what some of the words, phrases, symbols and notations stand for on a wine bottles official document.                                                        If...

What’s in a label? All wine bottles have them. They come in all shapes, forms, sizes, and colors. Most are easy to read, provided you have a college degree in Decypherization and are fluent in at least 3 languages. Over the next few issues of this newsletter, in a...

Top 10 Wine Myths   “Wine gets better with age.” A cute analogy but far from the truth. “The more expensive a wine costs, the better it is.” If you go by this theory, you’ll go broke searching for great tasting wines. My point being, there are so many falsehoods...

When you think of the classic terms “Hole in One”, “Double Eagle” and “Gimmie”, you immediately relate to them as sayings in the world of golf. In the near future, they will also be included into the language in the world of wine. We here at Winetime are pleased...

At Kayabuki Tavern Sake House in the town of Utsunomiya in Japan, about an hour north of Tokyo by train, two macaque monkeys certified as restaurant workers deliver drinks and hot towels to customers. Their shifts are limited to two hours by animal rights regulations. Customers tip with boiled...

It is said that three of the most beautiful things on this God given Earth are wine, women and song. Each come in a variety of styles yet their strong points and weaknesses remain only a matter of one’s taste. Individually, they have multiple characteristics that have the ability...