Tag: Marnie Old
Why Vineyard Soil is So Important for Terroir
Grasping the underlying concept of terroir is like getting an all-access pass that helps unlock many of wine’s most confounding secrets. Terroir is the reason why …
Preserving Opened Wine Part 2: Freeze It!
It may sound sacrilegious to wine professionals, but the simplest and most effective way to preserve opened wine is to freeze it. As we illustrated in Part …
Podcast: Wine Needs to Recalibrate
Why aren’t Millennials drinking wine? And why is wine consumption broadly declining? In this episode, Editors Melissa Dowling and Kyle Swartz interview wine educator and author Marnie …
How to Preserve Opened Wine
What’s the best way to preserve opened wine? After all, the fun begins when wine is opened, but saving unfinished bottles for later enjoyment is tricky. …
Warm Days, Cool Nights: Why They Matter for Wine
All the world’s finest vineyards have something in common: Whether they are in a warm or cool climate region, they almost always feature an unusually big …
The Best Temperature for Storing or Serving Wine
Temperature is an important factor for both the service and storage of wine. Not only is wine a perishable product that needs to be kept cool …
The Trick to Understanding Sparkling Wine Labels
Bubbly wines are made differently than still wines, of course. There are three main styles, which are based on the European wine they emulate during the …
How Grape Ripeness Affects Wine Varieties
Newcomers often latch onto grape varieties as though wine were like ice cream: the name of the flavor sums up how the product will taste. This …