Red wine isn’t supposed to be cold, right? Wrong… sometimes. The wine world is warming up (ha!) to the idea of chilling certain red wines for summer drinking.
As summer and Father’s Day approach, attention tends to turn toward grilling. Over the last handful of years, the number of grill-focused tools, blogs, recipe books and TV shows seem to have multiplied by a factor of 10. At this point, you can grill pretty much anything—meat, vegetables, pizza, fruit, and even desserts. But what constitutes a good “grilling wine?” “Grilling wines” need three things: acidity, flavor, and body.
Within the wine world there are groups of wines whose names are similar but couldn’t be more different. One such grouping are wines that start with “musc” or “mosc”. What’s the difference between Moscato, Moscatel, Muscat, Muscadet, Muscadelle and Muscadine? Let’s take a look.
Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer. The long holiday weekend is often filled with a variety of outdoor activities. No matter where your holiday weekend adventures take you, we have a wine that will pair fantastically!
National Chardonnay Day (#ChardDay) is May 25, the Thursday before Memorial Day! Chardonnay seems be a grape people either love or hate. I used to be a Chardonnay hater, until I learned how versatile this grape can be and how many diverse styles exist.
