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The 5 US states with the best wineries, according to a sommelier

Mon, 09/02/2024 - 09:47

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel

vineyard at sunset in the finger lakes region of new york — California isn't the only place to visit wineries in the US.
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Travel, Food, Freelancer, freelancer-le, Wine, sommelier, winery

8 of the best wines to buy at Costco, from a sommelier

Thu, 08/08/2024 - 12:32

Tech Insider

eight bottles of wine in a cart at costco — Don't overlook the wine section at Costco.
Brianne Cohen

Food, Freelancer, freelancer-le, Wine, Costco, costco-diaries, sommelier

Forget Napa Valley and Tuscany. Here are 7 underrated wine regions I love visiting as a sommelier.

Sun, 07/28/2024 - 07:19

Tech Insider : Travel

vineyard in serbia — Most people haven't had the full experience of trying Serbian wine.
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Food, Travel, Freelancer, freelancer-le, Wine, wine-country, vineyards

This Murky Liquid Is the Oldest-Known Wine, With a Horrifying Extra Ingredient

Tue, 06/18/2024 - 12:32

Gizmodo

Raise your glasses—and your eyebrows: A team of archaeologists has found the oldest liquid wine in a Roman mausoleum in Spain. The team determined it was a white wine, reddened by centuries of chemistry, and muddled with the cremated remains of a Roman man. Delicious.

Wine, wine chemistry, ancient rome and wine, white wine, phenolic content in wine, acids in wine, oenology

Why giant oak barrels are key to making some of the world's most expensive wine

Tue, 05/21/2024 - 14:32

Tech Insider

Luxury winemakers producing some of the most expensive wine in the world will pay up to $50,000 for a single barrel to age their wine. But not just any barrel — a foudre. A foudre is a massive wooden vat that impacts and preserves the overall taste of the wine.