Red Wine

Tasting a wine is about more than just putting the glass to your mouth. You have to use both your mind and your senses, along with a meditative thoughtfulness.

Does wine have to be kept in a cellar? The answer depends on how you plan to drink your wines. There’s an appropriate solution for every choice.

Discover how to prevent red wine from staining your lips and teeth!

What makes a wine good? It’s such a simple question, yet hard to answer simply... Here are a few thoughts toward a response.

Wine changes with age—that’s why it is often thought of as being alive. But does it always improve with age?

The vintage represents the year the grapes for a particular wine were harvested. But how can you determine the quality of a wine’s production? Here are a few tips for understanding the meaning of vintages.

Oh red wine! How do we love thee? Let us count the ways! Here are our suggestions and explanations to help you see – and enjoy – the best of your red.

Pop the bubbly and discover the perfect pairings for each taste tag!

Describing Aussie winemaking in just a few lines is tricky. The offer down under is more diverse than ever and behind us are the days of the monolithic full-bodied Australian wine. Recent years have ushered in new quality-focussed producers, and lately they’ve been taking a much more balanced approach to the craft.

How can you decant true from false? Take our entertaining quiz!

Increasingly popular screw caps versus traditional cork stoppers—which is the best way to seal wine?

In articles about wine tasting, whether in printed publications or even in SAQ.com, you will come across the suggestion that you should store wine in a decanter for a certain amount of time. But what is the difference between aerating and decanting the wine?