Label confusion, no more! Our handy guide to reading a Napa Valley wine label will help you feel informed versus stumped when it comes what’s inside.
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Tag Archives: Wine Education
Every year during Napa Valley’s Harvest Season, winemakers pick grapes at their peak ripeness to begin the process of producing great bottles of wine.
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Whether you’re a beginner who’s first getting into wine or an aficionado, learning how to properly taste can help you distinguish a good wine from a great wine and enhance your overall drinking experience.
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With its long tradition and bevy of talented winemakers, Napa Valley produces some of the most expensive bottles of wine in the world, including the current record holder. The prices aren’t just for show — throngs of wine lovers wait for years on lists, scrub the Internet, and travel to auctions for the chance to get a sip of some of these fantastic, and extremely pricey, bottles.
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Check out this list of Napa Valley winemakers who are doing new and exciting things in the world of wine production. These are winemakers with a strong point of view who are eschewing the traditional in favor of their own visions. The results taste incredible.
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Napa Valley is legendary among wine drinkers and connoisseurs of all things luxurious, but the valley’s story is rooted in hard work and hard times.
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We all know that nothing pairs better with a book then a glass of your favorite wine: something that’s doubly true for the hundreds of books that revolve around the topic.
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Wine is one of the oldest beverages known to man, and is enjoyed around the world. However, the whole culture around winemaking, wine tasting, and wine drinking can be a little intimidating for the uninitiated.
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Bottle Shock, released in 2008, has become a favorite film for many wine lovers. It tells the story about how a Chardonnay crafted by a Napa Valley winery beat every French competitor in the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, a feat that was unthinkable at the time.
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In 1976, a selection of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon from California were put up for comparison against their well-established French counterparts. The expectation, of course, was that the French wines would easily win the competition.
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