Learning about wine

Have you heard of Gamay before? Or perhaps you might know it better by its other popular name – Beaujolais. If you haven’t heard of this grape variety before, have …

There are plenty of wine terms out there that everyone, including me, uses when they drink wine, but don’t really know the meaning of. Or maybe we think we know …

Have you ever heard a wine described as hot? It makes me think immediately of temperature (i.e. ‘hmm this soup is too hot’). But you’d be a little concerned if …

If you enjoy wine from Italy or want to get stuck into it, you may have come across wines labelled Chianti. The labels don’t normally have that much information on …

In Wine Terms Explained, we look at some of the really odd wine terms out there and explore what they actually mean. There are so many ways to describe wine …

Grenache. You may know it better as part of the popular blend GSM. But Grenache is far more important than just an addition to a blend. It might surprise you …

There are a lot of weird wine terms out there to explain flavours in a wine. But a lot of them frankly don’t make sense and make it harder to …

Looking for something different in your white wine? Sick of Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Grigio? Well, why not try something different? Fiano is an Italian grape variety that is taking …

As we know by now, there are some weird wine terms out there. The other day I found another and I had to share it. Stemmy. What is a stemmy …

Now that Spring is about to have sprung here in Australia, it’s time to turn our eyes to my warmer weather beverage of choice: Rosé. If I could Rosé all …