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Article: Terroir is Money
A truly unique product feature or benefit is a very powerful selling tool. Coca Cola and KFC safeguard their recipes more carefully than some countries do state secrets....
Article: Review: Benziger Family Winery and V Sattui Winery iPhone Apps
On April 22, V. Sattui Winery released an app for the Apple iPhone. Benziger Family Winery released an iPhone app using the...
Article: 9 Risks to Consider when Investing in Wine
Articles espousing wine as an investment are published regularly. They seem to be even more common now that so much doubt exists about the safety of more conventional investments....
Article: Timeless Sparkling Wine
I've been tasting and drinking a lot of sparkling wines lately in preparation for the WSET Diploma...
Article: Let the Wine 2.0 Enthusiast Beware
Sharing of information via the internet impacts the life of almost every human being on the planet, even those without computers. It has led to faster development of medicines and...
Article: How to Protect Your Health with the Standard Drink
The Standard Drink is a simple tool you can use to protect your health. It helps you measure your alcohol consumption. Doctors and medical researchers agree, and we all know, that drinking too...
Article: Do Wine Aerators Work & Are They Worth the Money?
People like gadgets. I know I do. There’s always the hope for a better mousetrap; some way to make our lives easier, teeth whiter, recorded music sound like a live performance....
Article: 2007: An Excellent Vintage for California Pinot Noir
Many respected wine writers are saying that the 2007 vintage for California Pinot Noir is one of the best in some time. I agree with them. But, aside from the general message that now is a good time to buy a bunch of Pinot, what does “best” really...
Article: Sure, Vinny... And you blend!
Article: NorCal Wine wins the Crushpad Fusebox BlendOff Label Contest!
Article: Creating a New Wine Label
A wine bottle’s front label may be the most important tool a winery has for driving retail sales. Whether the bottle is in a supermarket, wine boutique or wine bar, the label needs to do the same things. It needs to stand out in a crowd and...
Article: Wine Flavors & Aromas
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Article: Wine Education
Article: Blending Zinfandel at Sausal Winery
So, how hard could it be to blend Zinfandel? I mean, don’t you just fill a beaker halfway with Zinfandel and then fill it to the top with......
Article: Tasting Wine
Article: California Wine Facts
California crushes about 3,000 tons of wine grapes per year. The amount of white wine grapes crushed has not changed much in the last 20 years. The amount of red wine grapes crushed is 2.5 times greater now than it was in 1988. ...
Article: Wine Bottle Sizes
Wine bottles that are other than the standard size have specific names. Of course, most everyone knows that a 1.5 liter bottle is a magnum. But the rest of the names are a bit hard to remember. We have trouble with that ourselves. So, for our...
Article: Further Reading on Wine
Books Darlington, David. Zin: The History and Mystery of Zinfandel. New York: De Capo Press, 2001. (Also published in 1991 under the title Angels’ Visits.) A personal and engaging b...
Article: Storing Wine
Wine is not perishable in the same sense as, say, mayonnaise. However, it does need to be cared for properly or it will lose some of its better qualities. And, yes, if really cared for badly, good wine can become completely unpleasant. ...
Article: Shipping Wine
Honestly, shipping wine is a pain. The laws regarding shipment of wine are complex and vary substantially from one state to another. This is due to the fact that, at the end of Prohibition, the federal government left it up to each state to...