Everything You Need to Know About Sparkling Wine
From the three major methods of sparkling wine production to dryness levels in Champagne and styles around the world — Joe Roberts covers all the bases.
From the three major methods of sparkling wine production to dryness levels in Champagne and styles around the world — Joe Roberts covers all the bases.
Joe Roberts shares his experience sampling Master the World blind wine tasting kits. These kits are an excellent learning tool and really help hone in your tasting skills. Napa Valley Wine Academy includes these kits with the WSET Award in Wine online course Levels 1,2 and 3.
It was a tragic event that dominated the international news cycle for months: several wildfires erupted in Australia, burning with unprecedented scope and rapidity from November 2019 to February 2020. Among the regions devastated by the fires was New South Wales, one of Australia’s main winegrowing areas.
As Lee bids Siduri farewell, he’s attempting to redefine direct wine sales and has his hand in the creation of two new wine brands.
Time to look at Grillo for its most exciting quality—its versatility. And on Pantelleria, Zibibbo grapes turn sour conditions into something lusciously sweet.
Time to look at Grillo for its most exciting quality—its versatility. And on Pantelleria, Zibibbo grapes turn sour conditions into something lusciously sweet.
I can tell you that wine competitions are hard work, though it’s likely not the kind of work that you’d imagine.
The gold medal grape variety that shows zesty orange, lime, and flint notes in its youth; nutty spices and dried fruit after aging? It’s not what you think.
Austria’s famous cultural fastidiousness has been particularly acute when it comes to Sekt, the country’s sparkling wine. While Sekt has been produced since the 1840s, the market is just now seeing the results of Austria’s new sparkling wine designation, under the moniker Österreichischer Sekt mit geschützter Ursprungsbezeichnung (g.U.), which stands for “Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin” (PDO).