Three wine show trophies
Here are three wine trophies, and a brief story of the person behind each one.
Three of a Kind
Three American sandwiches
When Americans make a sandwich, they make it big. There’s none of the British delicacy of a few slices of cucumber between buttered white bread.
Three favourite items of wine paraphernalia
These are my three favourite items of wine paraphernalia.
Three gorgeous grappas
Grappa is a word that spikes fear into the hearts of many drinkers. Why does grappa have such a bad reputation? At its best, it is one of the world’s great spirits.
Three closure tales
I had a chance to compare the effectiveness of three different wine closures after a container of German riesling was affected by heat in transit to New Zealand.
Three sous-voile wines
“Sous voile” means “under a veil”, in this case, the veil is the flor yeast that forms a film over the surface of the wine in the barrel.
Three New Zealand wine shows
My list of New Zealand’s top three wine competitions is, as they say on Dancing With the Stars “in no particular order.”
Three extraordinary wine-tasting feats
There are many stories told of seemingly super-human feats where experts identify blind-tasted wines.
Three vegan meals
It’s weird how not long after the surge in American barbecue’s popularity came the next massive food trend of veganism.
Three oak alternatives
Oak barrel benefits may be successfully mimicked with the use of oak chips, barrel inserts or inner staves together with micro-oxygenation.