Taking the family on a trip to wine country for summer vacation? Or are you simply a passionate wine lover who likes to share some of your personal collection when you travel abroad? It’s always a challenge when flying to decide how to get your wine back home. You may opt for a pricey shipping [...]
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To Aerate or Not, That is the Question
In a previous post we explained how oxygen is detrimental to wine, with only a few exceptions. Once wine is in the bottle or in your glass, extensive exposure to air can eventually “oxidize” the wine resulting in a chemical compound called acetaldehyde, which smells like rotten apples in large amounts, and further into acetic [...]
Play It Cool, Boy: A Refresher in Wine Storage
Wine is not just a liquid beverage, a SKU or a status symbol. It’s a living thing. It is constantly changing since the days of the fruit hanging on the vine dealing with the earthly elements, through the winemaking experience as well as the barrel aging process. Now you hold it in your hands while [...]
What Wine Means to Marco DiGiulio
Continuing with our winemaker series highlighting today renowned Napa Valley winemaker, Marco DiGiuilio, see how he decided to become a winemaker and what wine means to him and his family.
Winemaker Series – Marco DiGiulio
Welcome to Part 1 of our new Winemaker Series. Our goal with this series is to introduce you to our winemakers via video vignettes and blog posts and have them tell you about the scientific art (or is it artistic science?) of making wine as well more personal insights. You will want to be sure [...]
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