Old World Wines- France

Wine Laws of France First established in early 1900s – modified a number of times.Appellation Controllé (controlled naming) laws – the name of a wine...

Liqueurs, Broad Categories of Liqueurs)

LIQUEUR DEFINITION An alcoholic beverage produced by combining spirits with fruits, herbs and other flavouring elements and containing more than 2.5% by weight of sugar. ORIGIN Latin word- LIQUIFACERE-...

Old World Wines- Italy

Italian wine is one of the most difficult regions to get to know. At the moment, there are about 350 official Italian wine varieties. Italy...

Food Wine Combination

The Food and Wine combinations that most of us grew up with were the “Red wine with beef” and “White wine with fish or...

Aperitif

APERITIF INTRODUCTION – The word aperitifs originated from the Latin word “Aperitivers” which means to open up. In our context, it is to open up...

Old World Wines- Germany

Amongst all the architecture, the history, the art and its literature, Germany holds a great winemaking production. This fascinating country has history with some...

Manufacturing of Wines

Manufacturing Process of Wines Fermentation Grapes crushed → must + yeastFermentation begins → alcohol + carbon dioxide10% to 12% alcohol is standard – in case of...

Scales for Measuring Alcohol Strength

Scales for Measuring Alcohol Strength There are three scales of measuring proof namely: Gay Lussac or GL system: In this system, the proof is equal to...

Classification of Wines

Classification of Wines or Types of wines Still Wines This is the largest category in the Classification of Wines. The alcoholic strength may be between 9%...

New World Wines- Australia

Wine Regions Australia’s viticulture began with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. Since then, wine making has expanded with more than 100 different...