Wine Tasting & Pairing

How to taste #wine properly and pair with practically anything.

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Food and Wine Pairings With Holiday Favorites

When you work in hospitality and service, you pretty much give up the idea of celebrating an official holiday ever again. Instead, you make up time when you can and it becomes liberating to live off-piste: Sundays and Mondays are the weekends, holidays are times when you work hard and make money, and (if you want to have a real holiday tradition) you create your own adventure (off-season).

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4 Super Underrated Fortified Wines

The age of exploration was an era of endless prosperity and treachery for humanity (sound familiar?). Fortified wines became the wine of the day because they were extremely resilient on long sea journeys. What’s interesting about all of this is that production techniques for making fortified wines haven’t really changed since they were perfected in the 1700s.

11 Red Summer Wines You’ve Never Heard Of

The vast majority of imbibers allocate their wine drinking to winter. This statement isn’t just an assumption, it’s true. Over 90% of search traffic around the topic of wine (in the Northern Hemisphere) happens from November to January. So, if you’re researching wine any other time of year, consider yourself in the top 90th percentile of people interested in wine. Now that we’ve confirmed you’re a real wine enthusiast, let’s talk about which red wines are fun to drink during the summer!

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12 Amazing Wine Flight Ideas

Wine flights are an excellent way to quickly master in the art of wine tasting. Tasting wines side-by-side reveals the subtle differences that you might have otherwise missed, which is why the experience is so educationally compelling. In the wine business, we call this style of tasting “comparative tasting,” and organize the practice so that each participant is to bring one bottle based on a specific theme (to share the cost).

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9 Must-Try Wines For Fall

Understandably, we’re in need of comfort. Comfort that goes beyond sweaters, binge-watching YouTube, and Pumpkin Spice Lattes. We need wine. While we’re not quite ready for Cabernet Sauvignon, Sagrantino, or Tannat to carry us through winter, we need something more to get us through shorter days and all this…

The Evolution of Your Wine Palate

Regardless of how you found your way into wine, you’re here now! Thank goodness. Of course, wine drinking is very much a journey itself, and it’s quite likely that your wine palate will change over time. You’ve probably already experienced a “taste revolution” once in your life. For example, remember how you once loved strawberry milk, but now prefer coffee?

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13 Classic Horror Movie Wine Pairings

Because you’re too old for candy anyway. And so are we. Not to mention, there are plenty of wines that will satisfy your sweet tooth. (See: Serious Sweet Wines, and Port Pairings, and Ice Wine, please.) So instead eating sweets, sip along with one of these 13 classic flicks and get your heart pulsing this Halloween. Submitted for your approval: Scary good horror movie wine pairings to consume in-between all your candy dispensing.

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14 Winter Wines You’ll Love

14 wines that are perfect for holiday celebrations, rich cuisine, and evenings in with Netflix. Break out your ugly sweaters, digital Yule logs, and low-hanging Game of Thrones references… winter is coming. Here’s what we’re hot for when the temperature drops.

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Love Beer? Then You’re Gonna Love These Wines

We’re not just wine geeks at Wine Folly, we’re beer geeks, too! Why wouldn’t we love beer? Much like wine, there’s a rich history behind the drink, endless variations and styles, and countless flavor compounds to sift through. Also, most importantly, it just tastes good. Like, really good. If you’re a beer drinker looking to make the jump from the taproom to the tasting room—or a wine drinker looking to do vice versa—this is the read for you.

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New World vs Old World: Cabernet Franc Face-Off | Wine Folly

Cabernet Franc may call France its home, but can we make great wines elsewhere? Let’s dig into the dirt on Cabernet Franc and find out where it grows best.

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Learn where wine flavors come from, how to smell them, and what flavors to expect in Cabernet, Shiraz, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc. Understanding the flavors in wine starts with a seemingly simple question: Where do wine flavors come from?

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Learn to Taste by Taking Better Wine Tasting Notes | Wine Folly

Improve your ability to write wine tasting notes with a simple process. Taking better notes improves your ability to read wine ratings and reviews. Ultimately, you can use this knowledge to buy (and drink) better wine.

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4 Good Red Wines For Beginners (Crowd Pleasers) | Wine Folly

It’s no secret that interest in wine is growing. Maybe you like wine for the implied health benefits (i.e. keto friendly, antioxidants, etc). Or, perhaps you just love rosé! Whatever the reason, one issue many newcomers struggle with is consistently choosing wines they love. This is particularly true with red wines because, stylistically speaking, they’re very diverse. So, here are four good red wines that aim to please.

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Defining "Classic Wines" (and the Trick to Blind Tasting) | Wine Folly

Most of us aren’t even aware that there is a slowly-evolving list of “Classic Wines.” Knowing these wines will greatly improve blind tasting skills. Classic Wines are used to learn about wine. So, if you’re looking to improve your knowledge quickly, this is a great place to start!

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How Finding Wine Flavors Changes Your Brain For The Better | Wine Folly

Finding wine flavors actually isn’t that easy. Sure, it’s simple to swallow wine, but that isn’t exactly the point! Wine is unique because it requires high dexterity in your sense of smell and taste. What’s interesting is that smell and taste are two of our least valued observational skills.

Wine Tasting & Pairing

How to taste #wine properly and pair with practically anything.

90 Pins

·2y

Create Your Own Adventure

Food and Wine Pairings With Holiday Favorites

4 Super Underrated Fortified Wines

11 Red Summer Wines You’ve Never Heard Of

12 Amazing Wine Flight Ideas

Essen

Wine Tasting Food Pairings

9 Must-Try Wines For Fall

The Evolution of Your Wine Palate

Lambrusco Wine

Orange Wine

Best Horror Movies

Classic Horror Movies

13 Classic Horror Movie Wine Pairings

Brunello Di Montalcino

14 Winter Wines You’ll Love

Love Beer? Then You’re Gonna Love These Wines

New World vs Old World: Cabernet Franc Face-Off | Wine Folly

Cabernet Franc may call France its home, but can we make great wines elsewhere? Let’s dig into the dirt on Cabernet Franc and find out where it grows best.