They’re The Cork Dorks, and they’re here to boost your wine knowledge. Topics include: Ways To Learn More About Wine, Why French Wine Remains Special, Important Wine Temperatures, and more. Guests include Marianne Frantz of the American Wine School. As Seen On Public TV! Dan Greathouse and Keith Morris are two guys who [...]
Read full post...For those of you who are real wine lovers, it’s time to stock up. Wine.Com is running a “1 cent shipping” sale on all orders over $99. You can’t beat a shipping sale. In some cases you save more on low-cost shipping deals than on the actual sale of the wine itself. 1 cent shipping [...]
Read full post...Wine bars are very popular these days. Corks are popping in every major city, large and small, all across the country. Wine bars are a great new trend. Wouldn’t it be great to have a wine bar at home? Now you can with a system that serves the wine just like the professionals.
The Skybar Wine [...]
It was just a year ago that Amazon announced it was launching a wine venture with California’s Napa Valley and other U.S. regions wineries. Amazon has not released any details, but the company did announce that the program has ended.
It was always a wonder how Amazon was going to deal with the issue of shipping [...]
The big news in the wine industry this week is about the social network, Twitter. Twitter is getting into the wine industry by partnering with Crushpad and launching two wines on the Fledgling Wine label for charity. The chosen charity is Room to Read, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that is focused on education and [...]
Read full post...Washington State is the second largest wine producer in the country. With over 650 wineries, Washington produces 20 million gallons of wine per year. Wow! Washington Wines are also major players in the international wine community. Washington first became well known for their domination in Merlot, but now they have a variety of stand-outs across [...]
Read full post...Who doesn’t love a great deal? This week there are some outstanding wines that have quickly become top sellers in the month of September.
The top selling wines are:Novelty Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2006, a 92 point rating for $19.99.
Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, now just $64.99.
Rombauer Chardonnay 2008, a full-bodied favorite from [...]
With the economy still struggling along, you would think it would have a negative effect on wine consumption, but it doesn’t seem so. According to the Beverage Information Group’s recently released 2009 Wine Handbook, wine consumption in the U.S. rose 0.9 percent in 2008 to 294.7 million 9-liter cases. Although the growth rate of the wine [...]
Read full post...France knows wine. It can’t be denied. It’s an expertise that comes from centuries of producing fine wines. One of the world’s top wine countries, France produces between 7 to 8 billion bottles of wine per year and exports over 34% of world’s market share. Pretty impressive.
Among the most popular French wines are Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chablis, and Champagne. Imported [...]
Your choice of wine gives clues into your personality. Isn’t that fascinating. This is new research done by scientists in Australia and Britain. The research was based on whether you prefer sweet wines or dry wines. What personality traits does the research say can be derived from your wine taste buds; impulsiveness, empathy, openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness [...]
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From the heart of France to the picnic spot of your choice, this basket delivers pure gastronomic delight. Choose from an array of authentic French condiments like stone-milled mustard, a shallot reduction (or confit), black olive tapenade, a delicious fig and walnut jam that pairs perfectly with cheese, especially goat. The Provencal-style towel with a lively rooster print comes in handy.
