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The Significance of Fruit In Red Wines
We've been over fruit, minerality and spice in white wines, and now it's time to look at fruit, earth and spice in red wines. Earth represents the same thing as minerality, but it's just more common to refer to those qualities as earthiness when discus... read more
Written By: Nick Gorevic on Thu, Nov 6th 2008
The Importance of Oaking in White Wine
In this column, I'm going to discuss spice in white wines. White wine, with a few exceptions, develops spicy aromas and flavors as a result with it's aging in oak barrels. Oak barrels are a fascinating subject and understanding them is crucial to under... read more
Written By: Nick Gorevic on Fri, Oct 31st 2008
Know Your Palate: Earth and Minerality
In last week's column I talked about the importance of distinguishing fruit, earth and spice in wines, to discover what combination of those elements best suits your taste. I delved a bit into the fruity aspects of white wines, and now I'm going to tal... read more
Written By: Nick Gorevic on Mon, Sep 15th 2008
Tips for Developing Your Wine Tasting...
Buying a bottle of wine can be an intimidating and mystifying process for many people. Everyone has had the unfortunate experience of buying a bottle in a shop, filled with hope about what pleasures would await inside it, only to return home and discov... read more
Written By: Nick Gorevic on Tue, Sep 2nd 2008
