Wine Knowledge

Wine Trivia fans are likely to know the various wine bottle sizes, quiz participants are advised to look out for …

We’ve overcome our prejudice against screw top closures, now it seems, the same is true of wine in a box. …

A record amount of Gin was sold in 2016 Gin sales rose by 16% in 2016 to around forty million …

Every November enterprising restaurants and bars cash in on Beaujolais Nouveau Day, the third Thursday in November. Such has been …

Here is a grape or is it the name with an identity crisis: Several grapes from around the world have …

Few wine drinkers are familiar with Barbera, yet it is Italy’s third most cultivated grape and one that dates back …

The Merlot grape produces a red wine with medium to full body and herbaceous flavours. It’s typically softer in taste …

Three countries, three names: In Alsace, France; Pinot Gris can be a crisp flavourful honey colour dry wine or a …

Gewurztraminer is a grape to cause confusion. It sounds German, but is famous in Alsace, France which admittedly, is close to …

Lighter than Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc is best known for its grassy, herbal flavours, as well as gooseberry, apple, pear and …