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19/02/2020

Choosing a High-Quality Wine by E. Wetmore, Vintage LLC

If you’re not familiar with the various winemakers, it is unlikely you really have an idea how to choose a high-quality wine. Making a good choice means you have to know the winemaking process of the manufacturer you choose. If you are unable to research a winemaker, you can certainly take the time to ask different friends, relatives and associates for their preferences in wine. Whether you’re serving wine for a family dinner or a dinner party, you want to make sure you serve a high-quality variety.

Seriously, over 50% of the price of a bottle of wine is usually shipping, packaging, and marketing-things that do NOTHING to affect the actual quality of your wine!

One thing to keep in mind when buying wine is that “cheap” wine can often make a person drinking it ill. That doesn’t mean cheap in price but rather a cheap quality product. One cannot judge a wine by price alone—you can have a highly-priced wine that is cheaply made, so it’s important to become familiar with different brands and varieties so you will know where to find the high-quality wine. Remember each manufacturer may have a different processing method, so the same type of wine will taste different when it is made by different winemakers. That is why you will find some people tell you to buy one brand while others will specify a different one yet they are the same type of wine.

Although you may want to obtain advice from other people, you want to make the final decision based on information you have obtained and your own taste test. You want to take the time to make sure you can form your own opinion so that the next time you buy a wine you will know what the signs of quality are. You don’t want to choose just any wine nor do you want to make a decision based solely on information from others. The best you can do for yourself as a newbie

to wine buying is to seek guidance from others, obtain some recommendations but do your own quality testing and make a decision based on that.

You are looking for high quality at the lowest price but you are not looking for “cheap” wine that is both low in price and quality. Become familiar with the names of winemakers so that you know those that speak of quality without looking. When you learn the famous winemakers, it will be easier to choose a quality wine.

One tip that may catch your attention: by finding a vineyard where wine that is made from grapes “grown across the street” (from a similar big-name winery), you will be astounded how ofter the quality is every bit as good as a name brand wine!

Choosing a High Quality Wine By E. Wetmore, VinTage LLCIf you’re not familiar with the various winemakers, it is unlikel...
27/01/2020

Choosing a High Quality Wine By E. Wetmore, VinTage LLC

If you’re not familiar with the various winemakers, it is unlikely you really have an idea how to choose a high-quality wine.

Making a good choice means you have to know the winemaking process of the manufacturer you choose. If you are unable to research a vintner, you can certainly take the time to ask different friends, relatives, and associates for their preferences in wine.

Whether a serving wine for a family dinner or a dinner party, you want to make sure you serve a high quality (or more specifically, appropriate) variety.

One thing to keep in mind when buying wine is that “cheap” wine can often make a person drinking it ill. That doesn’t mean cheap in price but rather a cheap quality product.

One cannot judge wine by price alone—you can have a highly-priced wine that is cheaply made, so it’s important to become familiar with different brands and varieties so you will know where to find the high-quality wine.

each manufacturer may have a different processing method, so the same type of wine will taste different when it is made by different winemakers. That is why you will find some people tell you to buy one brand while others will specify a different one yet they are the same type of wine.

Although you may want to obtain advice from other people, you want to make the final decision based on the information you have obtained and your own taste test.

You want to take the time to make sure you can form your own opinion so that the next time you buy a wine you will know what the signs of quality are. You don’t want to choose just any wine nor do you want to make a decision based solely on information from others. The best you can do for yourself as a newbie to wine buying is to seek guidance from others, obtain some recommendations but do your own quality testing and make a decision based on that.

You are looking for high quality at the lowest price but you are not looking for “cheap” wine that is both low in price and quality.

Become familiar with the names of winemakers so that you know those that speak of quality without looking.

When you learn the famous winemakers, it will be easier to choose a quality wine-although one would do well to remember that the "most popular" brands-frequently-reflect the wine company with the largest advertising budget.

There are a number of ways to improve wine quality, experience, and perceived value AFTER one has made the purchase-keep tuned!

Until we reveal these fantastic secrets to improve your wine, increase your gas mileage, freshen your breath, and lower your mortgage payment-VINE ON!!

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27/01/2020
Choosing a Dessert Wine by E. Wetmore, VinTage LLCMost people know you should choose a white wine with white meat and re...
24/01/2020

Choosing a Dessert Wine by E. Wetmore, VinTage LLC

Most people know you should choose a white wine with white meat and red wine with red meat, but what about dessert wine? Is there a protocol for choosing a dessert wine?

One of the most important things to remember is to not serve desserts that are so sweet that they give the wine an overpowering taste. You want to choose a wine that will complement your dessert and add to an already elegant taste.

If you do anything less you are not doing a service to your dessert, wine or guests.

One of the dessert wines is that of port and comes in tawny, ruby, and vintage varieties. These wines are usually very sweet and are a good pairing for fruit desserts including pumpkin pie and cobblers. The tawny ports have a nutty flavor and are a good pairing for anything in the milk chocolate variety while vintage ports work well with dark chocolate.

Some of the French wines that have a very high fruity taste are recommended with cheeses, creamy desserts and fruity creamy desserts.

Ice wines are a good pairing with grapes, light-flesh fruits, tropical fruits and hazelnuts. They are also a very good complement to nutty or desserts containing Carmel.

There are other varieties of dessert wines as well that you may wish to pair with different desserts you may be serving. You may want to take the time to try the wine on your guests by having them over for a tasting party before you actually serve any of the dessert wines.

Choose one or two that you feel would be good matches and get the opinions of some people you normally invite to your dinner parties'

Getting some opinions before you pair any dessert wine with a dessert will allow you time to make another selection if your first selection is not well received. You may even want to have a few different dessert choices in order to discover which ones your guests feel may go the best with the wine you plan to serve.

Keep in mind that dessert wines are not like ordinary wines—they are much sweeter and as such will have a much stronger flavor if you serve a dessert that is too sweet.

You are much better off staying with fruity desserts and choose a dessert wine that will complement your dessert rather than overpower it.

17/01/2020
Becoming Familiar with Wine by E. WetmoreMany of us are not even vaguely familiar with the different varieties of wine t...
17/01/2020

Becoming Familiar with Wine by E. Wetmore

Many of us are not even vaguely familiar with the different varieties of wine that are available for purchase. In fact, some of us probably thought red wine and white wine were the only ones in existence. Most of us don’t have any idea of the number of varieties of wine that are in existence. We have dinner wines, dessert wines, red wines, white wines, dry red wine, dry white wine, sweet red wine, sweet white wine and much more. Before you serve your first dinner that includes wine, make sure to understand something about wines. Know what is proper to serve with different meals.

A general rule of thumb is white wine with white meat and red wine with red meat, but there may sometimes be variations to that. For instance, although chicken is a white meat, red wine is the customary wine of choice because it complements a chicken meal better than white wine.
Another variation is turkey which has both white meat and dark meat. Because of both white and dark meat on turkey, one can choose to serve either white or red wine while some may actually serve both—red to the guests who choose dark meat and white to those who choose white meat.

Another thing that is important to understand is the relationship between red wine and fish. Customarily you would serve white wine with fish but in the event you choose to serve red wine, it’s important to choose one that does not contain any tannins since the presence of tannins in wine you serve with fish may give the wine a metallic taste. Though the taste itself is not going to cause any harm, one drinks wine for the flavor thus having a metallic taste takes away from that. To avoid this possibility either serve white wine with fish or make sure the red wine you serve is free of tannins.

Before you have your first party or even serve your first wine with dinner make sure you know exactly what you should serve with the meal you have chosen. Taking the time to research and learn about how wines complement food, you will be able to make a better selection of wine to go with the dinner you are serving. The more dinners you serve the more educated, you will become about the proper wine to serve.

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