Vermouth is a fortified wine flavored with herbs, today it is a popular beverage both clean and as an element of various cocktails including the immensely popular martini (drawing its name from one o the vermouth brands). It was invented in the Italian city of Turin by Antonio Benedetto Carpano in 1876. The whole region [...]
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Champagne In Popular Cultures
Champagne or sparkling wine is a type of wine surrounded by legends, mysteries and a unique charm and image which were created by numerous artists and entertainers that fascinated this drink. From the first days of Champagne it became a legend and inspired a lot of artists that helped to create the image of sparkling [...]
The Origins of Port Wine
Port wine is a fortified wine produced exclusively in the Douro Valley in the northern part of Portugal. It is a sweet red wine that usually comes as dessert wine; it can be in dry, semi-dry and white variations. Just like with Champagne the names Port and Porto can be applied only to wines produced [...]
Mulled Wine – A Hot Variation
After being introduced and adapted in Western Europe wine naturally passed a number of adaptations including a very interesting climatic variation – mulled wine. When wine spread to regions that have cold winters like Great Britain, Germany, France and Scandinavia, local population in time tried to heat wine to create a form of hot alcoholic [...]
Few Interesting Things About Champagne
Champagne or sparkling wine is often labeled as a wine that was invented by mistake mostly due to a not quite perfect secondary fermentation. But in fact everyone familiar with winemaking knows how problematic this process is and that champagne could hardly be a result of just a bad batch with good taste. Most of [...]
Red Wine – an Overview
Red wine is different from white wine in several aspects including how it’s made, proper serving temperatures, and its health benefits. It also has developed a reputation as a robust, rich drink to be savored with a cigar or a good steak. It is the masculine wine when red wine is made, it gets its [...]
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History of French Wine – The Beginnings
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Vermouth Fortified Wine
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Barossa Valley Wine Region
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The Great French Wine Blight
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Region Review – Napa Valley Wineries
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New World Wines – South America
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New World Wines – South Africa
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Champagne In Popular Cultures
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New World Wines – North America
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New World Wines – Australia