Category: Education
A Wine Lover’s Guide to Sake: History, Types, and Pairing Tips
New Sake Education Pack available on First Bottle Wines. Sake, a Japanese rice wine, is a traditional alcoholic beverage with a rich history and a unique brewing process – and, to say the least, sake is having its moment. ...
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Four Widely Disputed Wine Faults
Common wine flaws you may love
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Everything You Need to Know About Wine Faults
The science behind the most common wine faults
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Non-Alcoholic Spirits are Rising in Popularity, What Does It Mean for the Wine Industry?
The latest alcohol trend is cutting back, more and more people are ditching the buzz in search of...
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Sulfites in Wine: Understanding the Facts and Myths
Sulfites! Sulfites, we say! A hush falls over the crowd. Some are scared. Some begin to feel their...
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The Dried Wines of Italy’s Veneto Region
Throw up your gesture al bacio and repeat: “appassimento, ripasso, amarone!” Dubbed by Vinepair as...
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Are These Wine Nerd Gadgets Worth the Hype? Here’s What We Think
There is no shortage of gadgets and gizmos promising to enhance the wine drinking...
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What Are Cult Wines and How Do I Shop for Them?
Learn about cult wines and how to shop for them. Cult wines are highly prized by collectors and...
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Music Pairings for Wine — Unraveling the Neurosensory Mystique
Could there be a style of music that really pairs best with a specific wine? Consider it the neuroscience of musical theory… sprinkled with connections to the neurosensory receptors that light up the brain’s pleasure centers.
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Make-Over Montage: It’s Véraison Season! Why Grapes Turn from Green to Red
As part of our Year in the Vineyard series, writer Connor Swanson explores one of the more interesting seasons in the viticultural calendar. Read on, if you’ve ever looked at a grapevine and wondered: Why do grapes change color?!
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Grape Spotlight: Gruner Veltliner
First off, I fell in love with Ridge back in my Alaska days – we’re talking 1991 or so. Back then I didn’t know the rich history (first vines planted in 1885!), I just knew when I tasted them (well, DRANK them) I knew immediately I was drinking something special, long before I had honed any serious wine tasting chops.
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Wine Region Spotlight – Crete
First off, I fell in love with Ridge back in my Alaska days – we’re talking 1991 or so. Back then I didn’t know the rich history (first vines planted in 1885!), I just knew when I tasted them (well, DRANK them) I knew immediately I was drinking something special, long before I had honed any serious wine tasting chops.
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