You will find plenty of cleanskin wines in Australia these days, but what does that mean? This article pretty much tells you what you need to know. But the gist is this: A real cleanskin is just a wine from a commercial winery that for any number of reasons does not want to sell itContinueContinue reading “What is a cleanskin wine?”
Category Archives: Producing Wine
Question 1 from Mike: If a wine is made from grapes, why are there hints of _______________?
Chemistry, oak and aging. Grapes taste like, well, grapes when they come out of the vineyard. The ones used for wine are different in structure to those in the supermarket. If you ever get the chance to taste nice ripe vineyard grapes, you’ll note that the seeds are bigger, the grapes smaller and the tasteContinueContinue reading “Question 1 from Mike: If a wine is made from grapes, why are there hints of _______________?”
Where to buy wine in Berlin?
Wine is available everywhere in Germany. Every supermarket, chemist, corner store sells the stuff. Heck, even the driving school in Friedrichshain doubled as a fine wine shop. But there is certainly a lot of bulk rubbish that is generally the source of non-wine people saying they don’t like the taste of it. For some consistentContinueContinue reading “Where to buy wine in Berlin?”