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Whether you are new to wine, or a journeyed collector, a bottle can tell you about the wines they carry. Varietals tell you the regions the wine was grown, and vintage year signifies the harvest from which the grapes were collected. Often grapes are blended, and the...
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A personal perspective by Gabrielle O’Connell, Winemaker, O’Connell Family Wines. Pinot Noir grapes are grown around the world to make still red wine, as well as Champagne and Sparkling. But Pinot Noir is a challenge to winemakers, but they take them on lovingly,...
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An emulsion is a viscous mixture of two ‘unfriendly’ liquids that normally cannot be unified, such as vinegar and oil. No matter how hard they are mixed, the vinegar and oil eventually separate. Certain ‘helper’ substances, called emulsifiers, encourage the vinegar...
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An emulsion is a viscous mixture of two ‘unfriendly’ liquids that normally cannot be unified, such as vinegar and oil. No matter how hard they are mixed, the vinegar and oil eventually separate. Certain ‘helper’ substances, called emulsifiers, encourage the vinegar...
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I feel we have been conditioned from childhood to cherish the bath experience. Joyful, splashy, playful early memories are translated into adult joys of pampering with warm, enveloping quiet luxury or perhaps awakening the body with a cold bath or the Kneipp...
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SUSTAINABILITY AND ORGANIC FARMING PRACTICES ARE THE FOUNDATION Organic, sustainable vineyard management practices result in healthy grape vines leading to the purest expression of the grape and ultimately delicious wine in your glass. Sustainability in the vineyard...
