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Wine for beginners

Good choices to start with. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel are good choices to start with. For food pairing, if it is a light-bodied red wine, go with grilled vegetables, white meat or chicken. A medium-bodied to full-bodied red wine can get along…

Wine labelling

One of the sources of confusion about different wine types is due to the different labelling of wine from different parts of the world. In America and other parts of the “New World” (for example, Californian wines), wine is typically labelled according to the variety…

Red hot!

With more than a thousand varieties of grapes used to make wine, it’s probably no surprise there are so many different types – at least 31 popular varietals – of red wine. Most popular types of single-varietal red wine Cabernet and Merlot are two of…

The Making of Sake

Continuing from the first article in our series on sake, we look in more detail at the process of making the quintessential Japanese alcohol. he production of sake involves seven steps. The differences in the end products depends on the quality of the rice and…

Sake 101

Navigating the world of sake. What is sake? You will get two different answers to this question, depending on where you ask it. We’ll start with the rest of the world except Japan. In English, “sake” refers to the traditional alcoholic beverage from Japan that…

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