Top 100 list from winespectator.com chose Lewis Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 from Napa Valley as their #1 pick. This wine is one of my favorites, even though the price tag is high for a new to wine person. It costs about $90 per bottle. What makes this wine great? We can start by saying it has…
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Tasting Tricks – grapes, Cabernet Sauvignon
Now comes the fun part. We need to put to test all that we have learned about tasting. We need to practice. This is tough work, I know!:) In order to start developing our wine palate, we need to start tasting wines and we need to memorize its color and aroma. First of all, we…
Wine term of the Week
Tannins are one of the 5 most important characteristics of wine, remember the others? acid, fruit, body, sweetness. In nature, tannins are plant building blocks that protect, preserve and defend the plant from predators. In general, tannins belong to a group of compounds called phenols. Phenols aka tannins are the reason red wine is an…
How to Taste Wine Like a Pro.
As we have learned, we start by looking at the glass in a 45 degree angle, away from us and over a white surface. COLOR. For white wine: lighter color indicates: younger age, cooler climate, specific grape and darker color indicates: older age, warmer climate, aged in barrel, specific grape. Red wines are the opposite, if…
Educate your Sense of Taste.
The third part of wine tasting takes place in the palate and it evaluates the wine’s structure and flavor. While we swirl the wine in our mouth, we should put our nasopharynges to work. This can be done by aspiring some air inside the mouth before swallowing the wine. New flavors and smells appear, specially if…
Wine tasting aromas…fake news or are they for real?
Being a wine newbie myself, I do appreciate wine aromas but I still do not get that a wine could smell like “sensitive and burnt cotton sugar with a suspicious raw red meat aroma”. Recently reading an article at npr.org I realized I was not the only one confused with all that “wine poetry” and hyperbole. To…
FYWI…For Your Wineformation
La Cava de SerrallesList of the Best Wine Distributors in Puerto Rico Distributor Location Tel # 787 Tinto Wine Shop Aguadilla 890-2303 La Cava de Hugo Aguas Buenas 604-1601 Fine Selections Bayamon 279-3463 Toma! Distribution Co Caguas 661-5522 La Cava de Oscar Caguas 743-9191 Enoteca de Ballester Catano & Ponce 275-6670 The House Condado…
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