Practical Wine Tips
I believe in sharing useful information that people can use immediately at home, restaurants and the wine store. These tips will help you solve day-to-day dilemmas when you buy, drink, store and pair wine with food. Cheers!
- Five ways to keep an opened bottle of wine fresh for three to four days
- How to avoid red wine headaches
- The wine you bought has a screw cap, not a cork. Did you get a bargain basement "plonk" instead of a decent bottle of wine?
- Your wine store is well-lit and all the bottles are standing upright. Why are these two situations a big problem for wine lovers?
- Beer is so refreshing with spicy, salty and smokey foods. What wines go best?
- Is it possible to find high quality red Bordeaux on a menu for $40 to $80 a bottle? What about at the wine store for $20 to $40 a bottle?
- How long you can keep an unopened bottle of wine in the fridge?
- When it's OK to refuse a bottle of wine at a restaurant, and when it's not
- Four ways to remove red wine stains using household products
- What is a fairly-priced bottle of wine at a restaurant?
- Top California Cabernet is so pricey. Are there any values?
- How the cooking method can affect the wine you pick
- The wines you enjoyed on vacation seem "DOA" (dead on arrival) when you buy them back home. Why?
- Why Cabernet goes well with steak but not filet mignon
- Wines that go well with chicken, fish and meat.
- The best wines to order with fried fish/seafood, tempura and egg dishes
- More health benefits to drinking red wine
- How to chill your wine faster than in the fridge.
- Why servers pour glasses too full at a restaurant or a party.
- The best red wines for any Italian dish in a tomato sauce
- Robert Mondavi is not in favor of the oaky, buttery, high alcohol style of Chardonnay most Americans know and love. Why?
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