Comparing wines should not be thought of as a “competition,” and yet we need some way to differentiate the really good ones from the so-so ones. Around here, we’ve always embraced the 100-point grading scale that we came to know…
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Before You Check the Wine, Check the Wine Glass
It happens in restaurants around the world thousands of times a day. A diner orders a bottle of wine. The server fetches the bottle from the restaurant’s cellar, brings it to the table and shows the guest the label to…
What to Do When You Don’t Finish a Bottle
For any number of reasons, not every bottle of wine gets finished in a single sitting. That means we need an effective way of saving and storing open bottles for finishing later. Here are a few suggestions to make sure…
How to Care for Glassware
Anytime you host a big dinner (reminder: Easter is just around the corner!) or party, one thing is certain: There will be lots of wine glasses to wash. The good news is that cleaning glassware actually is quite easy, because…
