Wine care

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Opening a bottle of wine is second nature to us all, however the methods of opening a bottle are in fact varied. Whilst some are quite simple and...

Many regular wine drinkers find that just part of a bottle of wine is pleasing for a lunch or dinner occasion. Naturally, you want to keep the wine...

Most of us consume the wine we buy pretty soon after we have purchased it. But, wine collecting, both to enjoy more at a latter date having been 'laid down' for a while or as 'investment' that is hoped will yield a handsome return at some point in the future, is becoming increasingly popular in the UK.

As a general rule, reds keep longer than whites. The flavours will become softened and will change with time due to the chemical reaction taking place within the bottle. This sometimes is caused or helped by seepage through the cork allowing fractional amounts of oxygen to get into the wine. The greater the air space between the cork and the top of the wine, know as the ullage, chemical reaction will change, if only slightly, the wine's...