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Ah, lovely warm and spicy mulled wine!  Who doesn’t love that during the autumn and winter months?  To me it has all the smells I associate with Christmas.  My mum used to make mulled wine all the time.  She would start her first batch on December the 1st and made countless other batches of the stuff throughout December and even into January if we had guests staying for New Year.  To the uninitiated, mulled wine is red wine that has been enhanced and infused with various spices and raisins.

In my mind you can’t beat good old fashioned British mulled wine, however over the years I have tried many variations on the mulled wine from different countries across the world. [Read more...]

This is the second page of interesting and fun facts all about wine that I have collected over the years.  Enjoy!

Wine Swirling – Why Do Wine Tasters Do It?

The scientific reason that wine tasters swirl the wine in the glass is that it oxygenates it and helps to release the aroma.  This is why they don’t fill their glasses any more than about a third, so as to allow the aromas to collect and to avoid spilling the wine when they swirl.  The majority of wine glasses have a slightly curved rim so that they contain as much of the aromas in the glass as possible.  It is generally understood that the thinner the glass and finer the run, the better.  The flaring and trumpet shaped glasses actually dissipate aromas, rather than encouraging them. [Read more...]

Over the years I have become something of a wine geek and I am always interested to learn new facts about my favourite tipple.  The following couples of pages may not be to everyone’s taste, but if you have a similar interest in facts, figures and everything connected to that beautiful liquid, which starts its life as humble grapes, then read on!

The Difference Between Aroma & Bouquet

Aroma refers to the smell of a young wine, while bouquet is attributed to a mature wine with a more subtle scent.

Drinking To Health

This is a phrase that refers to a custom of ancient Greece.  The host would take the first sip of any wine served to reassure their guests that it was not poisoned. [Read more...]