Serving red wine too warm is the most common mistake. Here are the correct temperatures, why the "room temperature" myth is false, and the special case of Blouge. The quick...
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The secret of chilled wines, those red wines to drink cool in summer? It's 36°C, in the middle of a heatwave, you're on a terrace, and the thought of a...
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We forget it because the red takes all the limelight, but Beaujolais has everything it takes to make great whites. The clay-limestone soils of the Pierres Dorées are a first-rate...
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"Young people no longer drink" is a myth: they drink almost as much as others (74% vs. 76%), and it is traditional wine, not spirits, that has lost them. What...
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Making wine without a vineyard is possible. It's even an old model: wine merchants, who made the reputation of Bordeaux and Burgundy long before estates. The principle: the industry relies...
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What is "Blouge"? The wine that's neither white nor red Blouge is a wine that blends red and white. The name comes from "blanc" (white) + "rouge" (red) = blouge....
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