Wine Blog & Wine Reviews by The WineGuy
A place to keep tasteful wine reviews of my favorite wines. I started posting wine news to my wine blog for you and everyone else, sometimes it there is humor involved because I drank the whole bottle before I posted....hiccupppp!. But Seriously, It has been a few years now and I have had a lot of friends ask me to recommend different wines from Chile or Spain or Italy or California...and then they want to run out and buy them. So I started keeping track of the wines I like and don't like along with some fun wine facts, wine articles and ratings and wine maps. One day I may even offer wine merchandise here at WineGuys.info. I hope I can help you enjoy the art of wine as much as I do.
But please remember to drink responsibly...cause otherwise you'll find yourself with no wine!
Wine Goblets
Posted on February 22, 2009 - Filed Under Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
where: Christmas gift
comments: For years I’ve used small glasses, which I call Ginni Glasses. Small 3 inch glasses that are small handy and manly. But Christmas introduced me to a wonderful new glass…I call the weeble wobble. Check it out. Perfect for kids…so it doesn’t tip as easily…and let’s your wine breathe…if you let it sit long enough, which as you can see I don’t. I had to restrain myself just to take the shot!
Cork Eiffel Tower?
Posted on February 22, 2009 - Filed Under Wine Articles | Leave a Comment
So my son had a project for school where he needed to use 100 of the same objects to make something and than write something about it. This is a first grade project and we used his collection of corks to create the “Eiffel Tower”
Honestly it could have been much better, but the pieces had to stay whole and we chose to keep it simple.
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………..
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