Wine Articles

Wine Racks - A Guide To Home Wine Storage - Home wine racks are specially designed for storing bottles of wines in a horizontal position, to help preserve the quality of the wine.

Ruster Ausbruch: the Specialty Dessert Wine from Austria - Ruster Ausbruch is an exquisite and rare dessert wine which can only be made in Austria. It is comparable to Ice Wine, Sauternes, and other styles of sweet dessert wine, and yet adheres to very strict production methods that make it stand above and apart.

Sherry - Spanish Sunshine in a Bottle! (part 1 - Introduction & Regions) - Spanish Sunshine - Bottled. That is Sherry, Spain's famous fortified wine. This is the first part of a series on this delightful drink. Learn where it is made and how the grapes are crushed. Are the grape crushers feet bare, or is it just a myth from a movie? Find out in this series!

Wine - A Special Drink For Special Occasions - Wine is not a simple alcoholic drink: it is an art!

Tartaric Crystals in Wine: the "Wine Diamonds" of Quality - Tartaric Crystals, also known as Wine Diamonds or Wine Stones, are those white flakes you sometimes find floating in a fine bottle of wine. So what are they? Do they mean the wine is flawed? In fact, the opposite is true!

Sherry - Spanish Sunshine in a Bottle! (part 2 - Vineyards, Grapes & Vintage) - Sherry, the wine of sunny southern Spain. Read about the vineyards, the kinds of grapes and about the Vintage month. Be an expert on this lovely wine!

What is True Ice Wine? - The history and production method of true ice wine: a dessert wine crafted from grapes which have frozen on the vine.

The Health Benefits of Wine / Resveratrol - Wine contains the plyphenol trans-Resveratrol that has plenty of health benefits. Read more about it.

How to Transform Your Yucky Basement Into a Beautiful Home Wine Room Using this Formula - Basements are the perfect place to store wine because of their dampness. Take advantage of the basement temperature and create a home wine room. Can you imagine yourself relaxing after a hard day sipping your favorite wine?

Sherry - Spanish Sunshine in a Bottle! (part 3 Terms and Types) - Sherry has a language all its own to describe how it is made and the several types of sherry produced. This article introduces the different types of sherry and how they are made.