Learning about wine

Since starting the blog I’ve learnt a lot about wine and loved doing it. There is so much to discover, but it can also be hard to know where to …

Have you ever heard a wine being explained as grassy? It seems like a weird thing to find in your wine glass, and not something that would be particularly pleasant. …

Ah, wine. It is so delicious but it is also surrounded by an industry filled with snobby terms. Many of us just want to enjoy wine, but it can be …

Have you ever heard a wine described as meaty? It seems like a weird thing to find in your wine glass. But what is a meaty wine, and is it …

Have you ever wondered why some Champagne and Sparkling Wine labels have a year on them and some do not? Why is it that with wine you normally have the …

Viognier is a white wine known for its full body that originated in Southern France. If you love bolder white wines like Chardonnay, Viognier is going to be your new …

Have you ever tasted chalk in wine? It seems like something that shouldn’t be in your wine glass. I mean do you really want to taste something like this in …

Have you heard of malolactic fermentation before? It sounds like something out of a science class rather than something you’d find in your wine, right? But you might have heard …

Do you love Italian wine? Honestly – same. What’s not to love? Italy has a wider selection of wines than anywhere else in the world, using 589 unique grapes to …

Have you ever tasted a glass of wine and thought, hmm that tastes like coconut? It isn’t as weird as you might think! In this Wine Terms Explained, we dive …