Some winemaker started a great discussion on the Wine Butler Facebook Page on whether or not to chill red wine. If this small group is any indication, Wine Butler craft winemakers definitely prefer their red wine chilled. Red wine at room temperature was a definite NO, and some even suggested, if necessary they were even prepared to … Continue reading When is red wine perfectly chilled?
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Storing Wine – In Your Home or Apartment
Making your own wine from a wine kit is fun, rewarding and cost saving. Properly storing your wine will help it age and increase the flavour, to say nothing of having a few bottles on hand for unexpected occasions. Building your own wine cellar doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated. If you own your home, the ideal … Continue reading Storing Wine – In Your Home or Apartment
Let Your Wine Breathe – It Enhances The Flavour
Are you guilty of opening up a bottle of wine without waiting for it to breathe? Whether you’ve made the wine from a kit, or bought it from a store – allowing an extra few minutes to aerate a wine will enhance its taste. Breathing or decanting a wine allows the tannins to oxidize – taking the … Continue reading Let Your Wine Breathe – It Enhances The Flavour
How to handle a broken cork
It’s happened to all of us, regardless of what kind of sommelier you are. When opening up a bottle of wine, the cork breaks in half. Most of us try to jerry-rig the cork out with either the corkscrew, or worse, a pair of pliers. However, the end result is always the same – the cork shatters … Continue reading How to handle a broken cork
Wine & Cheese: The dynamic duo
Wine and cheese are two of life’s great culinary pleasures, and finding the perfect match can be a delicious endeavor. As with any wine and food pairing, there are a number of considerations, such as texture, acidity, fat and tannin. Rather than complicating the topic with exotic matches like Garrotxa and Meursault, we have broken … Continue reading Wine & Cheese: The dynamic duo
Building A Personal Wine Cellar
To experience a variety of wines at a reasonable cost, we recommend building your own wine cellar that will be the envy of all your neighbours. All you need to do is calculate how much wine you’ll need, what kinds of wine you would like to brew and set yourself a schedule. Begin by determining … Continue reading Building A Personal Wine Cellar
Storing Wine with Screw Tops
The great debate continues – how to properly store wine. This time however, there’s a twist at the top, as The Toronto Star’s Wine Critic Gord Stimmell uncovers in his post Lying down or standing up? How to store screw cap wines. As craft winemakers, we recommend storing wine with cork stoppers, on their side. … Continue reading Storing Wine with Screw Tops
How to Host a Wine Tasting Party
A wine tasting party is a creative way to gather friends and family together to learn about wine and experiment with new or unusual varietals. Begin by deciding what type of wine tasting you would like to host. Suggestions include: wine and cheese pairings, price point tastings, vertical wine tastings (the same wine from the … Continue reading How to Host a Wine Tasting Party
Wine Tasting: Only YOUR tastebuds know for sure
A recent study has revealed what we have often suspected; the most important wine taster is you the wine consumer. “A wine critic may describe the balance between, let’s say, sweetness and acidity, or sourness and astringency, or fruit and wood,” said Gary Pickering, a professor of wine science at Brock University and co-author of … Continue reading Wine Tasting: Only YOUR tastebuds know for sure
Does the wine glass really affect the taste of the wine?
In our mind, this discussion never ends. And while we would agree that having a variety of wine glasses particularly red and wine is a good idea extending it burgundy glasses, cabarnet, shiraz or even a pinot glass – well we aren’t so sure. But it appears that we might be overruled on this question. … Continue reading Does the wine glass really affect the taste of the wine?