Wine Blog & Wine Reviews by The WineGuy
A place to keep reviews of my favorite wines. I also started posting wine news to my wine blog for yours and my fascination. It has been a few years now and I have had a lot of friends ask me to recommend or buy them wines that have great taste, so I started keeping track of wines I liked, wine reviews, wine articles and wine tastings and merchandise here at WineGuys.info. I hope I can help you enjoy the art of wine as much as myself.
But please remember to drink responsibly.
More Time = Better Wine
Posted on November 6, 2008 - Filed Under Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
So, how many times have you brought a bottle of wine home and couldn’t wait to open it?
Well, let’s not pull any punches…probably weekly if you are reading this article…. And, How many times were you…hmm… NOT pleasantly surprised by it’s lack of taste and body?
Probably a few times, if again, you are reading my blog….since I’m consistently trying to leverage the $9-$15 dollar bottle of wine.
Well, here’s some good advice…if you taste the wine and it seems a little sub par…put the cork back in it and wait until tomorrow before you drink the rest. It will give it a lot more flavor and really taste like a different wine. If you really want to drink it that day…you will need to decant it….or if you don’t have one…put it in a big bowl for a 1/2 hour! You wont’ be disappointed.
Also, found a great article on how to tell if a wine will age well. This touches on the more time premise above.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2008354929_wineqanda05.html
Wine Making - #1 and #2
Posted on November 5, 2008 - Filed Under Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
Well, I have finally decided to start making my own wine. So I started researching wine kits and I found a local store to purchase it from: http://www.robshomebrew.com/
So I picked up the kit, brought it home and unpacked it.
- Do it in 65+ degree weather
- Read everything first
- Clean everything second
- Find and Locate all packages and parts
Your probably thinking why are you telling me this … it’s in the book right? Well…yes, but you get very excited about making the wine and want to move on through it….so I’m trying to emphasis the small stuff.
As you walk through the steps, separate everything with each step and read each step all the way through. Again to reiterate, this is where making wine is tricky….it’s the preparation involved in each step…if you are not ready, your wine suffers. You become frustrated, quick and messy. This makes your wife very angry….
I have completed the first fermentation phase and waited 14 days to complete the transfer into the Carboy… for the second fermentation phase. This was a nice and easy phase, however, I once again got ahead of myself and didn’t come up with a plan, hence the reiteration of the patience.
So wait to see part #3
The most important piece of information I can share with you it would be….Patience.
Red Wine vs. Red Meat
Posted on July 1, 2008 - Filed Under Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
Well, this was a great article by Huliq.com
But the premise is that there are anti-oxidants found in red wine that help prevent the body from taking in the harmful molecules that get made while digesting fat.
So…if you are enjoying your steak and having a glass of red wine with it, not only are you enjoying a great meal, but you are also potentially saving yourself from some future health risks.
Read the full article here:
http://www.huliq.com/63117/tummy039s-taste-red-wine-red-meat
No Wonder Cavemen didn’t live that long - No Red Wine! Nuff said………..
Important Info on Italian Wine
Posted on April 7, 2008 - Filed Under Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
http://www.wein-plus.com
This is an article describing how hydrochloric acid and pesticides are being mixed into wine.
This is Not cool….just a friendly reminder to watch what you eat!
Chianti - greatness of the sangiovese grape
Posted on February 22, 2008 - Filed Under Chianti, Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
A humble lesson in Chianti. So, I claim to love wine, but, lets’ be serious, I am not your eloquent professional. I’m just an avid drinker of the ripe stuff….Vino. However, I do like to read about it and I plan to add some character to my blog by posting links to some great educational and worldly knowledge….
Here’s one now…I found this great article which illustrates the art of creating Chianti:
http://www.nytimes.com/Chianti-Article
One of the simplest rules that I will quote below is:
The rules have changed frequently in the last 30 years. Since 2006, Chianti Classico has had to be at least 80 percent sangiovese. The remainder can be made up of indigenous grapes like canaiolo and colorino, or international varieties like cabernet, syrah or merlot.
That’s is something to know..it helps for those vineyards that walked away from classifying thier wines as Chianti because of the lack of structure to that wine in the industry.
Another great piece to read about are the wines they tasted on page two…here’s a run down of the wines they tasted…they have pricing, descriptions and ratings on thes site:
Fontodi Chianti Classico 2004
Querciabella Chianti Classico 2005
Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico 2005
BEST VALUE: Coltibuono Selezione RS Chianti Classico 2005
Monte Bernardi Chianti Classico 2005
Fattoria Viticcio Chianti Classico 2005
Geografico Chianti Classico 2005
Montesecondo Chianti Classico 2004
San Giusto a Rentennano Chianti Classico 2005
Fattoria di Felsina Chianti Classico 2005
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