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Entries for the ‘Wine Tips’ Category

Does the Cork Affect the Quality of Wine?

Winemakers are split on their views of how to seal wines to keep the quality and freshness intact during shipping and storage. If the sealing process is a success, the wine winds up being a smash at the dinner table. If not, the wine is pronounced undrinkable.
Synthetic corks are becoming popular way to seal wines, [...]

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Is it time to try boxed wine?

Unfortunately, wine drinking tends to carry along some snobbery with it, especially among those who consider themselves to be connoisseurs. This can make it very difficult to know exactly what wine you should buy for your own gatherings. Even though you could buy the finest wine for your party, you might want to consider having boxed [...]

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More About Wine Clubs

If you are unable to join a local wine club, you may find an online wine club suits your schedule and interests.
If there’s a country somewhere with only one citizen, it probably has a wine club with a dozen members. Once the province of the enthusiast or specialist, wine clubs are now as popular [...]

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How to Start A Wine Club

Wine clubs are springing up all over the country – not only because of our fondness for wine, but also because of a basic need to gather and discuss subjects that are dear to us.
Now that medical experts have recognized the health benefits of wine, more people are becoming interested in learning about wine and [...]

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Sparkling Wine or Champagne

In a sense, champagne is not different from sparkling wine, because all champagnes are sparkling wines. However, not all sparkling wines are champagnes. Feeling confused? Hang on.
A sparkling wine is a carbonated wine. It is called ‘carbonated’ because it contains a large amount of dissolved carbon dioxide, which is the same stuff that imparts the [...]

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Wine and Religion: Kosher and Altar Wine

Wine plays an important role in the religious life of both Jews and Christians. Just as Canon Law governs the use of altar or sacramental wine in the Roman Catholic Church, the rules of “halacha” govern the production of Kosher wine. Guest author Shay P explains process of creating a Kosher wine.
Kosher Wines
By Shay [...]

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