Tag: wine
The 2023 Wine Growth Brands Awards: The Top Bottles
After some slight ups and downs during the first three years of the pandemic, total wine consumption took a dip in 2022. It decreased 1.1% last …
Why We Decant Certain Wines
Decanters have long been used to make wine look pretty, or to control its temperature, but improving flavor by decanting is a relatively recent phenomenon. It …
Winetasting: Forever Learning at Bodegas Bianchi
In winemaking, as any craft, the learning never stops. Especially at a 95-year-old producer like Bodegas Bianchi, founded in 1928 in Mendoza, Argentina, where current Wine Director …
SIMI Wines Low-cal Brightful Chardonnay
SIMI Wines has launched its first-ever low-calorie, low-alcohol wine: Brightful Chardonnay, with 80 calories per serving and 9% ABV. Using the same fruit sourcing, SIMI’s winemaking …
Three Ways Rosé Wine is Made
Rosé can be a bit of a mystery. Labels rarely offer much information about how the style is made. Books and classes explain that pink wines …
Pairing Wine with Spicy Foods
Foods with spicy heat can be stimulating and enjoyable, but are also famously hard to pair successfully with wines. Some wines are better equipped than others …
Tasting the 2022 Beaujolais Nouveau Wines
Beaujolais Nouveau Day is the third Thursday of November, when this classic French region releases wines from its latest harvest. Bottled only weeks after harvest, these …
New Zealand’s Forrest Wines and Rongopai
Quintessential, a family-owned and operated import, marketing and sales company that represents family-owned wineries from around the world, will be the sole U.S. importer for two …
Wine Sales Continue to Slide, According to 2022 Wine Handbook
Wine sales continue to struggle, according to the Beverage Information Group’s 2022 Wine Handbook, recently published. The wine category saw its volume fall -0.5% in 2021, dropping …