Champagne Wine Quotes - Quotations about Wine

Champagne Wine Quotes - Quotations about Wine

Lily Bollinger was asked “When do you drink champagne?”, and replied:
I only drink champagne when I’m happy, and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I am not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I’m thirsty.

Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Dorothy Parker

I am drinking the stars!
Dom Perignon, on his first sip of bubbly Champagne Read more

Wine Label Information

Most labels have the following information:

1. Name of winery

2. Appellation - Name of the wine growing region.

3. Name of the vineyard(s)

4. Varietal name - If there is no varietal name, the wine is probably a blend (cuvee).
To be able to call a US wine by the vine grape variety, it must contain at least 75% of wine from that grape. Traditional wines from France, Italy, and Spain, use the place of origin instead of
the varieties.

5. Vintage - The year the grapes were grown. If there is no vintage, it is probably a mixture of wines made in different years.

Labeling laws and requirements will vary between countries.
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5 Secrets To Ordering A Great Bottle Of Wine Every Time

I have found that most people want to enjoy wine, but that many of them just feel frustrated and confused by all the jargon and pomp and circumstance. I believe learning about wine should be simple, without attitude and above all else, lots of fun! So here are my 5 secrets to ordering a great bottle of wine every time:

• Ask the sommelier or server for suggestions. Most are eager to help and have tasted most (if not all) of the wines on their list. Those of us who have chosen wine as a career enjoy drinking wine every night but don’t necessarily have large budgets. Sommeliers and servers will know the best bargains because that is what we are drinking at home!

• If you are on a budget but don’t want the client to know that, point out a wine in your price range and then for an alternate suggestion. Any good server will recommend something within $10 of the wine you pointed out. Don’t go for the least expensive bottle however; look for the second or third level wines. The lowest priced wines are actually marked up the most sometimes 4 or 5 times cost whereas higher priced wines might only be marked up 2 times cost. Read more

The Step-By-Step Process Of Making French Wine

French wine is made in a special way that other countries just cannot seem to match. There is extra care put into a French wine and this thoughtful consideration adds something special to every single French wine on the market today.

When making French wine the winemakers crush the grapes as soon as they get to the cellar. This allows for the most flavor to be gotten from each grape assuring that the French wine will have loads of flavor to thrill every palate like yours. Once all of the French wine grapes have been crushed the must is sent through the fermentation tanks to ferment, as they should. This is a necessary part of the French wine making in that if this step is not done there can be no alcohol in the wine, it would simply be grape juice.
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Why A Wine Gift Is So Special

A wine gift is the perfect gift for those hard to shop for people in your life. Everyone, and I mean everyone is happy to receive a wine gift during the holidays. A wine gift is classy and it is full of lovely flavors to savor and the best part is that even if you dont spend much on your wine gift it is going to look like you did. There is just no better gift to get for anyone than a wine gift.

If you would like to get something like a wine gift for someone in your life but you are worried about the alcohol factor then you need to look into non-alcoholic wine gifts. There are many of these out there and they are just as fabulous as the old fashioned wine gift only they will not get anyone intoxicated. None of the full flavors will be lost however and this is the main concern for many people when they are looking at a non-alcoholic wine gift.
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