What is Vermouth?
Vermouth is a fortified wine flavored with herbs and quinine. It is available in both sweet and dry and gets its name from the German word “Wermut” which means wormwood, a toxic ingredient that was once used in early versions of Absinthe....
Did You Know……. Wine Fact #20
In the Middle Ages, wine was a sign of status and often used as a form of currency. Good wine; good trade. Bad wine; good trade....
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 are often used as gift favors at weddings or for a quick glass of wine on the go....
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 it for cooling fevers, as a diuretic, as a general antiseptic, and to help convalescence....
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. In it, is states that anyone caught selling fraudulent wine would be put to death by drowning in a river. Don’t you think the better punishment would have been...
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 back in 1861. The California legislature never paid him for his efforts, a broken promise that bankrupted the father of the California wine industry....
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 550 grapes....
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 smallest. The Graves region is known to be the oldest. Others include Pauilliac, Pessac-Leognan, St. Emillion and Medoc, still yet many other sub-regions are included throughout the entire appellation....
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 wine as their holiday beverage of choice. Red wine is prefered by the majority of tasters with white wine and rose a distant second. Come to think of it,...
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 French for stopper, is a metal cap, that when clamped down on the bottle neck, will not let gas escape any further, helping to preserve your favorite bubbly for...