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Written on September 7th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Sparkling Wine, Wine Price and Sales, Wine Trends
Tags: asti spumante wine, calories in wine, Champagne, Champagne bubbles, dessert wine, italian sparkling wine, low-alcohol wine, moscato cocktails, moscato d'asti, moscato wine, Piedmont, sweet wine, wine sales
What is Moscato? Sweet wine for sugar daddies if rapper Drake is to be believed. In Do It Now he raps: "Lobster and shrimp and a glass of moscato, for the girl who's a student and her friend whose a model." Hey! Serving alcohol to minors is illegal people even if it's a relatively low-alcohol wine (i.e. 5% vs. a typical 12% alcohol by volume wine).
What is Moscato? Cont'd
Tagsasti spumante wine, calories in wine, Champagne, Champagne bubbles, dessert wine, italian sparkling wine, low-alcohol wine, moscato cocktails, moscato d'asti, moscato wine, Piedmont, sweet wine, wine sales
Posted in Sparkling Wine, Wine Price and Sales, Wine Trends
Written on June 16th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Robert Parker, Wine Trends
Tags: Anthony Weiner, Congressman Weiner, Constellation Brands, Fat Bastard, Ginger Lee, New York City, Robert Parker, Savanna Samson, Simply Naked, wine labels
Whether it's personal or business marketing, it appears you need to get naked to get any attention these days. Sexting, sexy wine labels and sexy names all point to the growing need to bare it all to close the deal no matter what your selling.
Sex sells, even in (or especially in) the wine industry. Just ask porn star Savanna Samson whose outrageously successful red wine
Sogno Uno scored a 91 from Robert Parker and features a side view of her wearing only a see-through gown and high heels. Maybe porn star Ginger Lee can parlay her experience with Congressman Weiner into a wine label of her own.
Stupid Bastard maybe (there's a
Fat Bastard already afterall), wait that's not sexy. How about
No Penetration, there's already a
Penetration Cabernet Sauvignon by (you guessed it) Naked Winery.
Weiner and Naked Wine
TagsAnthony Weiner, Congressman Weiner, Constellation Brands, Fat Bastard, Ginger Lee, New York City, Robert Parker, Savanna Samson, Simply Naked, wine labels
Posted in Robert Parker, Wine Trends
Written on May 8th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Wine Gifts, Wine News
Tags: Chile wine, chilean wine, food and wine pairings, France, kate middleton, king edward vii, liqueurs, loire valley france, marnier lapostolle, orange liqueur, prince of wales, prince william, sauvignon blanc, terroir, Wine, winemaking
Mom may be a commoner, but she can at least drink like a princess for Mother's Day without it costing Dad and family a king's ransom. The night before her wedding to Prince William, Kate Middleton (now the Duchess of Cambridge) dined with close friends and family at the Goring Hotel in London’s Belgravia district. According to
US Weekly, she chose the rather unpretentious Casa Lapostolle Sauvignon Blanc 2009 (costs about $50) to pair with her salmon blini starter, and entrée of steak Chateaubriand.
Kate Middleton's Sauvignon Blanc Cont'd
TagsChile wine, chilean wine, food and wine pairings, France, kate middleton, king edward vii, liqueurs, loire valley france, marnier lapostolle, orange liqueur, prince of wales, prince william, sauvignon blanc, terroir, Wine, winemaking
Posted in Wine Gifts, Wine News
Modern Wine Cellar has a new
Wine Refrigerator Reviews section. There will be indepth wine cooler reviews of individual models organized by brand, size, price and type. Wine refrigerators will be rated on things like "price per bottle", "wine protection", and "reliability." The first review is on the
Haier HVW18BSS, check it out.
Posted in Wine News
Written on December 28th, 2010 by admin
Categories: Sparkling Wine, Wine Trends
Tags: asti spumante wine, Champagne, cheap champagne, France, french champagne, italian sparkling wine, Italian wine, Italy, mionetto, Prosecco, prosecco frizzante, Rich Prosecco, sparkling wine, veneto region
A new word for the New Year, just don't call it cheap Champagne. But, whether you know what Prosecco is or not, chances are very good you'll have some New Year's Eve.
Prosecco is generally a dry Italian sparkling wine made from the grape variety Glera which is grown in the Veneto region of Italy. Up until the 1960s, Prosecco sparkling wine was basically rather sweet and barely distinguishable from the Asti Spumante wine produced in Piedmont. Since then, production techniques have improved, leading to the higher quality dry wines produced today.
Prosecco and Italian Sparkling Wine Cont'd
Tagsasti spumante wine, Champagne, cheap champagne, France, french champagne, italian sparkling wine, Italian wine, Italy, mionetto, Prosecco, prosecco frizzante, Rich Prosecco, sparkling wine, veneto region
Posted in Sparkling Wine, Wine Trends
Written on November 25th, 2010 by admin
Categories: Wine Trends
Tags: aeration, America's Test Kitchen, Bordeaux, Cook's Illustrated, corkscrew, decanting wine, electric wine bottle opener, Italian wine, Italy, Joseph Bastianich, Lidia Bastianich, Mario Batali, Oprah, Oster, wine aerator, wine pourer, wine stopper, Wine Tasting
1) The Vinturi Essential Wine Aerator:
Tired of decanting wine and waiting for an hour for your wine to be
just right? Well, the
Vinturi Wine Aerator is quickly supplanting the old decanter and wine funnel routine. Not only does it take less time to "open up" your wines, now you can decant as needed or by the glass. Vinturi makes aerators for both red and white wines. Traditionalists might be in an uproar, but if you're dealing with a crabby oenophile, just let them do a taste test. The Vinturi Wine Aerator outperforms in wine tasting after wine tasting, its effect is unmistakable. However, this wine tool is used to best effect on wines that need aeration (see this link for an
explanation of the practice of wine aeration). For one-hand operation get the optional Vinturi Tower. It should also be noted that the wine aerator has a tendancy to overflow if you're not paying attention and to drip when not in use, another reason to get the Tower or the Deluxe Gift Set.
Price: Under $40.
Top Five Wine Gifts for 2010 Cont'd
Tagsaeration, America's Test Kitchen, Bordeaux, Cook's Illustrated, corkscrew, decanting wine, electric wine bottle opener, Italian wine, Italy, Joseph Bastianich, Lidia Bastianich, Mario Batali, Oprah, Oster, wine aerator, wine pourer, wine stopper, Wine Tasting
Posted in Wine Trends
Written on November 16th, 2010 by admin
Categories: Wine Price and Sales
Tags: Ancellotta, bual, fortified wine, George Washington, Indicazione Geografica Tipica, Italy, Lambrusco, Madeira wine, malmsey, Malvasia, Napoleon, Portugal, thanksgiving celebrations, Tinta Negra Mole, verdelho
A bottle of Madeira was probably poured at some of the earliest Thanksgiving celebrations. Madeira is produced on a beautiful volcanic island of the same name which is 360 miles west of Morocco and 700 miles south of Portugal, which governs it. The history of Madeira’s wine is nearly as old as that of the island. The island was first settled by Europeans (led by the Portuguese explorer Zarco) in 1419. By 1455 a visitor from Venice wrote that Madeira’s vineyards were the world's most beautiful. Within a century, the wine from these vineyards was well established in markets throughout Europe and by the 1600’s it had become the most popular wine in Britain’s North American colonies.
Thanksgiving with Madeira and Lambrusco Wine Cont'd
TagsAncellotta, bual, fortified wine, George Washington, Indicazione Geografica Tipica, Italy, Lambrusco, Madeira wine, malmsey, Malvasia, Napoleon, Portugal, thanksgiving celebrations, Tinta Negra Mole, verdelho
Posted in Wine Price and Sales
Written on September 24th, 2010 by admin
Categories: Wine Trends
Tags: Argentina Wine, Arizona Wine, Blood Into Wine, Bodega del Fin del Mundo, Bodega Noemia, irrigation, local economy, Malbec, Maynard James Keenan, Patagonia, Pinot Noir, sustainability, terroir, winemaking
We all know the Bible story of Jesus turning water into wine, but in the desert, water is the one thing you don't have and must pay an arm and a leg to get if you ever hope to produce wine. Winemaking in the desert may very well require turning "Blood Into Wine" ( as suggested by the title of
Tool and
A Perfect Circle front-man Maynard James Keenan's documentary), and the results may be just as ghastly. So, why would anybody want to grow wine in the desert when there are so many other well-established wine-producing areas?
First, young wine drinkers and sommeliers want the new and obscure. For example, Lagrein red wine grapes from the Italian region of Alto Adige which borders Austria is rare to the point of obscurity and growing in popularity. Patagonia in Argentina however, is both a new wine producing region and obscure. After all, Patagonia is synonymous with Mandalay or Timbuktu, a metaphor for the ultimate or the ends of the Earth. Who doesn't want a souvenir from the edge of the known world?
Wine in the Desert Cont'd
TagsArgentina Wine, Arizona Wine, Blood Into Wine, Bodega del Fin del Mundo, Bodega Noemia, irrigation, local economy, Malbec, Maynard James Keenan, Patagonia, Pinot Noir, sustainability, terroir, winemaking
Posted in Wine Trends
