Posts Tagged ‘rose wines’
Online Wines for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is about two weeks away, on Sunday May 8, and that doesn’t leave much time to get her something special. Tired of getting her jewelery every year? Well I bet mom’s not sick of getting it, but if you want an alternative idea or just something nice to go along with it, how [...]
Tis the Season for Rose Wines
It’s been a very long winter that spilled well into spring, but I can finally take off my winter coat and enjoy the comfort of short sleeve shirts. And I know that as the temperature continues to rise, the greater my thirst for rose wines. Yes, the often forgotten about style of wine is what [...]
Canadians Sure Do Love Their Wine
A new study reports that Canadians are guzzling down red wines, white wines, and rose wines faster than most of the entire world. Their wine consumption is growing at a rate six times faster than the world average. Researchers looked at worldwide wine trends from 2005 to 2014. Between 2005 and 2009, Canada’s total wine [...]
Learning About Fortified Wines
A fortified wine has a distinct distillation process which gives the wine higher alcohol content, usually 14% or more, than your typical red wines or white wines. Additional alcohol is added during the fermentation process. Fortified wines can either be sweet or dry, depending on when the extra alcohol is added to the fermentation. If [...]
Chanuka Promotion
OnlineKisherWine.com, the site for all your Kosher wine needs, will be running a Chanuka promotion starting TODAY through the 3rd of December. This will include: Free Shipping, up to $18, for ANY order over $175 or more. Simply use the coupon code “Chanuka” when you checkout. Enter the code into the box provided and click [...]
Tannins and Red Wines
Red wines pair well with hearty winter foods. They work especially well with stews, soups, beef, venison and other non white meats. Part of this is because red wines aren’t served as cold as white wines. Another part is because red wines have more tannins. Tannins often dry the mouth and can leave a bitter [...]
Different Red Wines: Malbec
The other night my girlfriend and I had a hankering for red wines. It was getting dark early, and the day was blustery and cold. Red wines will be perfect for our souls, we thought. And so even though it was tempting to stay inside and go to sleep early, we knew what we needed [...]
Famous Red Wines: Port
Let’s learn about one of the red wines you often hear about, but probably don’t know how to distinguish from its friends: port. This sweet fortified wine is usually paired with deserts and although usually seen as red wines, can be made into white wines as well. While many countries produce these red wines, only [...]
A Quick History of Red Wines
The first evidence of grape harvesting and fermentation dates back to 6000 B.C. in Mesopotamia. Egyptian pharaohs were buried with bottles of red wines to enjoy in the afterlife. In Ancient Greece red wines became the drink of the elite. In Rome, however, red wines received major exposure. Wine bars existed and the exportation of [...]
Grape-stomping: The Best and Worst Of
In the old days — and even still now, at smaller-scale or traditionally-minded businesses — grapes were stomped by foot in order to make red wines and white wines. Over the weekend, for the first time in North America, they were stomped by elephantine foot. The Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon and a local winery [...]
