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- Cellaring Wine By: Ian Love
If wines are stored incorrectly, the subtle flavours and aromas that characterise them may be spoiled. Knowing the correct way to cellar wine will help you preserve it in optimum condition and allow the wine to develop to its full potential.
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- Wine, Wine And More Wine - It's Party Time By: Ian Love
It's great hosting a wine tasting party! When doing so, see that you follow these steps to ensure your guests get the most out of their experience at your wine tasting party.
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- Grape Varieties in wine making By: Ian Love
There are over 600 different varieties of grapes to be found in the world. A very small percentage of these varieties can be used, however, in producing good quality wines. While these grapes can be used to produce wines, only a few can be designated as “noble grapes” capable of producing some of the finest wines. But even these noble varieties are subject to being grown properly in a good climate and soil in order to make excellent wine.
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- Australian Wine Growing Regions By: Ian Love
Australia is a large country with a wide range of climates and soil types. This allows us to produce all of the major wine types; red wines, white wines, fortified wines, sweet dessert wines and sparkling wines.
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- Barossa Valley Wine Growing Region By: Ian Love
The Barossa Valley in South Australia is Australia's best-known wine region, both nationally and internationally. It is located 70km north of Adelaide and is South Australia's most visited tourist destination. It was originally named the Barrosa Valley by Colonel Light , after the "Hill of Roses" region in Spain where he fought in the Spanish Peninsula War. The name Barossa was a corruption due to the general illiteracy of the times. The Barossa Valley started developing as a wine centre in the late 1830s when German Lutherans came to the newly founded colony of South Australia to escape religious persecution.
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- Wine Styles – Sparkling Wine By: Ian Love
There are 5 basic wine styles: sparkling wine, white wine, red wine, fortified wine and dessert wine. Every Australian wine can be classified into one of these five types.
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- Organic Wines By: Ian Love
If you are an avid vitner and wine enthusiasts, with a eco-friendly bend, you might want to consider some of the choice organic wines on the market. These are typically those bottles of vino or wines that are particularly labeled or certified as "organic" or "made with organic grapes". These are typically adhering to set standards, sustainable farming methods, no pesticides, all-natural crop and other strict organic rules set by the USDA National Organic Program for example.
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- Canberra District Wine Growing Region By: Ian Love
The Canberra District is a steadily developing wine region with many boutique wineries. The region takes in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and a portion of the surrounding country in New South Wales centred around the towns of Murrumbateman, Bungendore, and the north end of Lake George. Chardonnay and Riesling consistently perform well in the cool climate, and some red varieties also have good regional potential.
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- History of Wine in Australia By: Ian Love
Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet brought vines to Australia in 1788, and planted them on the site of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. They did not thrive there because of the unsuitable composition of the soil. The first known record of successful European grape production in Australia dates from 24th January 1791, when Watkin Tench wrote “..two bunches of grapes were cut in the Governor's garden from cuttings of vines brought three years before from the Cape of Good Hope.”
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- Wine Styles – Fortified Wine By: Ian Love
There are 5 basic wine styles: fortified wine, red wine, white wine, sparkling wine and dessert wine. Every Australian wine can be classified into one of these five types.
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- History of Wine By: Ian Love
The history of wine is going to be a little different depending on what type of wine you are interested in and how much of a historian you are/want to be. The history of wine in Italy will be different from that of Canada or the United States. While they will all have similarities, they most definitely will have several differences as well.
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- How to Perfect the Nose Twitching Technique of Wine Tasting By: Ian Love
Whether you are a wine-maker (vitner), veteran taster, wine enthusiasts, with personalized tasting notes, or a newbie, novice, wanna-be, a first-time visitor to a wine festival or venturing down perfecting your own wine appreciation, tasting tactics and techniques, the nose, aroma and sense of smell develops over time and comes with practice. When you have paid a fair sum for the wine you have just bought, it deserves more than just a quick swallow. There is also a lot to judging the quality of the wine than just tasting it.
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- Food and Wine- Finding the Right Mix By: Ian Love
Fine cuisine, home-made cooking, casual to fine dining, wine-tasters dinner or just cheese and wine at your place, there are different ways to treat your palette and taste-buds. The perfect pairing and matching of food and drink is a delicate balancing act. Personalized preferences of what to enjoy together will develop over time and many experts do not even agree on what wine with what food! It is all about the journey, experience and enjoyment, finding that right mix and balance, complimentary tastes that work (for you!). Not overpowering, not understated, that is the ultimate goal here.
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- Introduction to French Wines By: Ian Love
It is not for certain, fact or assured, proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, scientifically researched, but it is said and believed that in the area of Caucasus located on the borders of Turkey, Russia and Iran, was where the first vineyards were born.
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- Introduction to Thanksgiving Wines By: Ian Love
Celebratory wines around special occasion, seasonal or holiday meals do not have to be a tough challenge. This gives you the expanded choice of matching tones and tastes with rich aromas and indulgent meals, like pumpkin, cinnamon, spice that would not typically be on the offering table or family menu per se.
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- Step by Step Guides to Buying Wines Online By: Ian Love
Ensure that you are familiar with your regional, state, provincial, legal requirements for import/export, duties and if it is legal to order, ship, receive these goods. Customs and declaration forms, permits and more have to be sorted out as well, applicable taxes paid and such to ensure that the transaction will go smoothly start to finish.
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- Pairing Wines with Christmas Dinner By: Ian Love
Seasonal meals and celebration over the Holidays lend themselves well to a wide array and assortment of exciting wine choices, from aperitifs, whites, reds, champagne, even dessert or ice wine! You do not need a special occasion necessarily to pair these up, but what a great way and opportunity to do exactly that! No excuses needed here! Christmas is a known month of holiday meals get togethers. Many chefs and families start to prepare their grocery lists for the entire month starting as early as November. In addition to the meals, wines and champagnes are also chosen to compliment their menu selections. How do you choose the right pairings for your meal?
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- A History of Australian Wine By: Ian Love
It is only in recent years that Australia has become an influential member of the wine industry. So where did this phenomenon emerge from? It is no overnight success story. Rather, the beginnings of wine making in Australia began as far back as the late 16th century. The efforts of long ago have just now been paid off in the last decade or so as Australia wine is now being seen as the quality product which it is.
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- Wine Tasting vs. Wine Drinking By: Ian Love
There are some very important differences between wine tasting and wine drinking. Any average palate can consume wine and even enjoy it. Wine tasting goes beyond simply enjoying a tasty alcoholic beverage. It involves an appreciation for the wine, along with restraint. Wine tasting is also a love for companionship with others who also enjoy the art of wine. Wine tasting is a healthy and flavorful lifestyle, whereas drinking can be pointless and damaging.
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- Is the wine vintage important? By: Ian Love
Is vintage really important in this day and age? When winemakers can use technology to create good, yes, as good products in undistinguished years, does vintage matter? No, it really doesn’t. What makes a good vintage is the temperature and rainfall. Technology and skilled winemakers can keep grapes the right dryness and ideal temperature. Grapes subjected to this treatment adopt the same level of quality of the best year vintages. Some would argue that vintage wines are superior in quality, but the only benefit to old vintages as opposed to modern methods is sentimentality.
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