The Demystified Vine

Taking the mystery out of wine exploration!

A Wine Shopper’s Guide: Facts & Quick Tips

June 9, 2015

If you are headed to your local wine store to purchase some vino and you’re feeling a bit intimidated, check out these facts & quick tips.

Obviously this is not an exhaustive list, but it is a good starting point to help you feel more confident with your purchasing power.

Remember to try new things, explore, and be open to picking up that bottle that you have always deemed “must not be good”; you never know if it will surprise you. My personal suggestion: avoid buying big producers all of the time. You can often find a wine of much better quality for only a wee bit more coin.

Cheers!

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All About Bordeaux

May 31, 2015

I am headed to Bordeaux in just over a weeks time to attend one of the largest wine expos in the world. In preparation for all of the blogging and tweeting I am going to be doing, I have been brushing up on my Bordeaux knowledge. I happily created a little graphic with some interesting (and demystifying) facts about Bordeaux. Feel free to share if you learned something new! Enjoy!

 

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