LENGTH & FINISH: Length is a tasting term to describe how long the taste stays on your palate after taking a sip of wine. It is measured in seconds and it can be short/medium or long. A long finish means that the flavor of the wine lingered for at least 8 seconds. If it was elegant…
Category: Wine Theory
CAFA FORMATIONS Ecole Internationale de Sommellerie
CHOOSE PREFERED LANGUAGE AT BOTTOM OF HOME PAGE. In February of last year I decided to enter CAFA Formations classes in order to become a certified sommelier. I have worked in the Food Industry all my life and it seemed like a good way to learn about a new category in the Industry. Still, what was I thinking? First…
How do you know that a wine is good?
I have been asked this question many times. Answering in a non snobby way, I can say that you will know that a wine is good the same way you know that a book is good, by reading many, many books. The more you read, the more you appreciate and learn to differentiate a good…
From Dirt to Greatness
Wine flavor is mostly influenced by climate and the terrain where the vine is grown. A vine is a grape plant. The vine that produces grapes for wine is called Vitis vinifera. It is a strong plant with long roots that go very deep into the ground. They could go as deep as 9 feet…
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