by Anne | Jul 28, 2023 | Beginners' wine tips, Wine Terminology
This is a question I get all the time. You may already know what ‘full-bodied’ means, or you may ‘sort of’ know what it means from having seen it a lot on wine back labels….or you may have no clue at all! In which case, let me enlighten...
by Anne | Jul 28, 2023 | Beginners' wine tips, Wine Terminology
Wine writers use the word ‘balance’ a lot. ‘A beautifully balanced example of a Pinot Noir, with silky tannins and a fragrant finish’…or ‘this Chardonnay, wearing its oak lightly, has the most exquisite balance’. The...
by Anne | Jul 28, 2023 | Beginners' wine tips, Wine Terminology
Today we’re talking about skin. Grape skin, to be precise. And more specifically, something IN the grape skin – tannin. It’s another one of those wine terms you hear bandied around all the time. ‘Oh, this Cabernet is so tannic’, or...
by Anne | Jul 28, 2023 | Beginners' wine tips, Wine Basics, Wine Terminology
Ever heard a wine expert talk about the acidity in a wine? Acidity is present in all wines. If you can remember back to your school chemistry classes, you might have a memory (distant or otherwise!) of the concept of pH, a scale used to indicate how acidic or alkaline...
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