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White wines are most often drunk cold. Why is this? Why are white wines drunk cold and red wines are drunk at room temperature? Perhaps the best way to test it is by doing your own taste test. Drink the same bottle of white wine both chilled and room ...

Are there specific glasses that enhance wine tasting? : Wine Tasting
Traditionally wine glasses with larger, broader bowls are used for bold red wines with bigger bouquets, and narrower wine glasses are used to concentrate the more delicate aromas of lighter white wines. An excellent reference page can be found... (Submitted by drublic)

Chicken Red Wine Recipes
Chicken red wine recipes may sound like a contradiction. Aren't you supposed to drink white wine with chicken? Not necessarily, and the key to being a successful chef is not saying "No" to anything. Thinking outside the box is important for cooking. B...

Late Harvest Wine
Late harvest wine has its own appeal. The fruit has been given ample time to mature on the vine, increasing the complexity and value of the grape. Many wine styles find value in being late harvest wine. From ripe red wine to cool white wine, this is a ...

Fruity Red Wines
Fruity red wines should be served at the coolest temperature of all the red wines. White wine can seem kind of cloying if drunk at room temperature. The same thing goes for fruity red wines. While chilled doesn't mean ice-cold, it should mean cellar-co...

Buy Italian Wine
Many people have heard of at least a couple of the wines Italy is famous for, such as Chianti and Asti Spumante. There are actually three basic types of Italian wine you can buy. These are white wine, red wine, and grappa. Buy an Italian Win...

Cheap wine
THE glut of wine grapes may be weighing heavily on grape growers and winemakers but it is good news for consumers and especially mid-range red wine drinkers who spend between $15 and $30 on a bottle.

2000 Curto "Fontanelle" Nero d'Avola Riserva, Sicily
Old cobblestone streets, waves crashing at the base of limestone cliffs, old women in black shawls sipping espresso in the morning. Ah yes. Sicily. This month's virtual wine tasting event, Wine Blogging Wednesday is all about Sicilian red wine. The Curto family is judged by some to be newcomers in the winemaking trade in Sicily. It's easy to understand why. After all, they've only been making wine since 1670, quite a few hundred years less than some of their neighbors. Just around the time that the town of Charleston (in what would be South Carolina about 100 years later) was...

California Reds Bubble to Top of Us Grocery Wine Sales
For the first time since the 1970s, sales of red wine from California last year overtook the state's white wines in US grocery stores, the California Association of Wine Grape Growers reported.

Match the Catch
White wine with fish, red wine with meat: Although that old maxim might apply when a simple steak is on the menu, the bottle you choose to serve with your venison loin or pan-fried trout requires more ...

Red wine prices may have bottomed
Sunday Times South Africa Jun 9 2005 5:01AM GMT

Red wine consumption proven to have numerous health benefits
According to new research, moderate red wine consumption may have more health benefits than previously thought. Resveratrol, a polyphenol in grape skins, inhibits blood platelet aggregation. Red wine is fermented with the skins, allowing the wine to absorb the resveratrol, whereas white wine is fermented...

WBW#10 Roundup: White Pinot
This month's virtual, world-wide wine tasting event has wrapped up and Alice over at My Adventures In The Breadbox has posted a roundup of all the wine reviews of white Pinots. 25 reviews of Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris (and Grigio) later, it's clear that there are a lot of decent wines out there at pretty good price points. Check out the goods!...

White Wine Reviews
White wine reviews are different than red wine reviews. What are the subtleties that separate red and white wine? To start, one needs be served with fish and the other with meat. First, though, you need to become an expert wine taster. It's not about ...

Wine tasting dinner (Reg Req'd)
The Bridgeton Area Chamber of Commerce will host a special wine-tasting dinner at Running Deer Golf Club, 1111 Parvins Mill Road, on Thursday, April 7. The event, which gets under way at 6:30 p.m., will feature ...

Oh, goody. I'm so glad...

Drink a Day May Keep Older Women Sharp. Not only red wine but also white wine, beer and hard liquor appear to protect against mental decline in older women, two new studies have found. By By NICHOLAS BAKALAR. [NYT > Health]

Oh, goody. I'm so glad...

Drink a Day May Keep Older Women Sharp. Not only red wine but also white wine, beer and hard liquor appear to protect against mental decline in older women, two new studies have found. By By NICHOLAS BAKALAR. [NYT > Health]

State's red wines are in the pink (Reg Req'd)
For the first time since the 1970s, sales of red wine from California overtook the state's white wines in U.S. grocery stores last year, the California Association of Wine Grape Growers reported.

Fine time for red wine
For the first time since the 1970s, sales of red wine from California last year overtook the state's white wines in U.S. grocery stores, the California Association of Wine Grape Growers reported.

Wine Reviews
Reading wine reviews is very important if you are a beginner to wines or even if you are advanced. For the beginner it can be very hard to separate Bordeaux from Merlot from Cabernet from ... you get the picture. Additionally there's white vs. red wine ...

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Red wine 'protects from colds'. Another health benefit has been attributed to red wine - fighting off the common cold. According to scientists in Spain, drinking wine, especially red, stops people from developing colds. [DailyTipple Wine News]