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Can you tell if a wine is any good just by tasting it? Impressions from a Craggy Range Tasting

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Have you ever been unimpressed with a wine on first taste, but then fallen in love with it over the course of a meal? Well, according to a very interesting article by Decanter’s Andrew Jefford “digestibility is as much a …

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The Benefits of Decanting Champagne!

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Decant Champagne? Yes, it’s becoming popular! According to Tom Stevenson, the Decanter World Wine Awards Regional Chair for Champagne, Parisian sommeliers  first started decanting demi-sec Champagne in order to enhance its sweetness by reducing the tactile impression of effervescence. Now …

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Screwcap versus Cork? Assessing the Pros and Cons

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Adam Lechmere, editor of decanter.com, recently reported that the cork industry has secured the endorsement of Prince Charles for a new campaign called ‘I Love Natural Cork’, Vine Talk: Campaign promotes wine corks over screwcaps, Reuters, 7 September 2010. The …

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