All About Wine Guide

Wine and Wine Accessories

Welcome to AllAboutWineGuide

March 28th, 2009 by admin No comments »

champagne-toast Welcome to AllAboutWineGuide – your complete guide to wine and all things wine. The wine experience goes beyond the flavor of the grape. The ambience created by the wine decanter, the shape of the wine stopper, the wine tote and even the wine label on the bottle can influence the wine experience. For instance, if you serve a nice rose wine or pinot noir wine in a plain bottle with no fanfare or celebratory flair the perception of the wine is lessened than if it had been served in a nice set of stemless wine glasses from one of many crystal decanter sets. Even something as simple as the wine stopper can add a small amount of flair to the occasion.

AllAboutWineGuide is tailored to helping you discover the information you need about the proper purchase and care of wine. From the correct wine temperature setting for your wine refrigerator to picking out a wine gift set for your next occasion, AllAboutWineGuide can be your personal wine assistant. We research the wine industry, from manufacturing to wholesale to retail, and bring you helpful news and information. From how to find bargains at the wine shop, to breathing wine, cellaring wine, popping the cork, champagne, crystals in your wine, growing grapes, juice pressing, ferminting and bottling. Is saving labels your thing? Maybe you’re thinking about making wine at home or looking for bottles with those dents in the bottom called punts to bottle your wine. Those hard to find – or hard to define items are to be found at AllAboutWineGuide.

At AllAboutWineGuide antique wine accessories and advertising-themed collectables are hot. A corkscrew recently brought $21K at auction. Champagne cutters, wine labels, antique bottles, wine decanters, and coolers are much in demand. Find that wine bottle stopper that is the bottle stopper of all wine stoppers. Discover wine corks, the occasional wine bottle holder, pourers and coasters as popular collectors items, as well as the highly regarded crystal decanter wine decanter.

Choosing a wine glass to go with your wine? Riedel Decanter makes wine glasses that are wine specific as well as the perfect decanter set to showcase your grapes wine or to give as a wine gift set.

Whatever you wish to find, evaluate or requisition for your wine pleasure, AllAboutWineGuide is your first stop.

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Why is Wine Red?

June 24th, 2009 by admin No comments »

Why is wine red? Some grapes are reddish in color but some are purple – some deep purple and some are even blue.

The short answer is that the skin of the grapes gives the wine its color. When a grape is pressed the juice itself is clear or white. This is true of nearly every variety of grape. The pigments, or the substance present in plants (and animals) that gives it color, of grapes are in their skins. As the juice ferments the skins of the grapes shed pigments and give the wine its red color. The red colors vary from light red to ruby to maroon, garnet, almost black and nearly every shade in between.

If you press grapes and ferment the juice without the skins you end up with a white wine, even from red grapes. A white wine made from red grapes is called a blanc de noir. If you leave the skins in contact with the juice for a brief period of time the wine is only slightly colored and called a blush or rose’ (a term that has fallen out of use of late.)

Most red wines are of the varieties, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Merlot, Shiraz, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Petite Sirah, Shiraz, Sangiovese, Malbec, Grenache, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Sauvignon.