Wine 101

The Champagne region has been considered the pinnacle of sparkling wine production for centuries, imitated in wine growing regions across the globe to varied success. Champagne is synonymous with celebration,...

Food and wine matching has become an art and culture nowadays. Professionals like sommeliers and wine writers benefit from this phenomenon and become celebrities in the world of wine. However,...

We wine lovers have all encountered the situation where a bottle or two extra have been opened and cannot be finished. How to deal these wines with justice has been...

Wine and cheese pairing can be a bit of a love-hate relationship – the mouth-coating texture of cheese can help soften the taste of wine and make it more pleasant,...

Terroir is unsurprising, a French term. It emerged from Burgundy during the region's glorious period of winemaking in the 14th Century. This term can neither be precisely translated into English...

The use of oak during winemaking greatly determines the style of a wine. It impacts on the colour, structure, texture and flavour of resulting wine: the ageing of red wine...

To begin with, what is wine decanting? In simple terms, it is the transfer of wine from its bottle to another receptacle – the decanter – which most commonly consists...

Wine and Ageing As wines age they are expected to change in texture, flavour profiles and increase in complexity. Ageing is a very unpredictable process in terms of how the...

Why Buy En Primeur?Demand for some wines can exceed their supply, and it is possible that all of a grower’s wine is sold before it is bottled. It can then...

With a vast range of glassware out there on the market - which glass is the right fit for your wine tonight? This guide covers the best glassware for each...

So many wine personalities before us, including the late Len Evans, warned us of the importance to carefully choose every individual wine in our lives. Life is too short to...