Archive for the 'Serving Wine' Category

Feb 03 2010

Wine Serving Tips

Published by Paul under Serving Wine

Here are some practical wine serving tips which every wine drinker should know. These tips will prevent you from looking like a “dummy” in front of other experienced wine drinkers. In front of non-experienced wine drinkers, you’ll look like an expert.
After you buy a bottle of wine, whether you get it from a store or [...]

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Dec 30 2009

How to Serve Champagne

If you are serving champagne at a high class event, you should remove the cork quietly. If you are serving it at a loud party on New Years Eve, let that cork fly across the room!
Wine is best served in long-stemmed glasses or tulip shaped glasses. This special shape helps enhance the bubbles and wine [...]

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Dec 18 2009

What Wine Goes with Lasagna

Published by Paul under Serving Wine, Wine and Food

When trying to pair Lasagna with wine, you need to stick with a red wine.
With lasagna and pasta, the wine is typically matched up with the sauce. With any kind of red sauces and meat sauces, which lasagna is paired with, you should stick to a hearty red.  
Also,  any Italian wine will work with lasagna. You [...]

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Dec 13 2009

What Wine Goes with Pizza

Published by Paul under Red Wine, Serving Wine, Wine and Food

With pizza being one of the most popular foods in the United States, you are going to want to know what wine goes with pizza.
With tomato sauce being quite heavy, it is best to match it with a heavy red wine.
Some of the most popular wines to pair with pizza are:
* Cabernet Sauvignon
* Cabernet Franc
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Dec 13 2009

What Wine Goes with Steak

Published by Paul under Red Wine, Serving Wine, Wine and Food

When looking to pick a wine to go with steak, you have a few options. The type of wine is dependant on how you cook the steak, although there are a few common steak wines.
If you are simply serving a plain piece of steak, the most common wine would be either a Cabernet or a Bordeaux [...]

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Dec 11 2009

Will 2 Glasses of Wine a Night Make You Fat

Wine does not contain fat! But it does contain calories which may cause you to put on some weight. Will 2 glasses a night make you fat??
Probably not…but if you do not get much exercise and have typically been the type of person who puts on weight easily, you might gain weight.
If you get some [...]

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Dec 09 2009

When Does Wine Expire

Published by Paul under Serving Wine, Storing Wine

Wine expires quickly if opened, although there are ways to prevent it from expiring for a little while. The serious wine drinkers claim that wine expires after a day and a bottle should be finished the same day that it is opened. But for most of us, we don’t want to drink an entire bottle in one [...]

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Dec 09 2009

Why Wine Causes Headaches

Published by Paul under Red Wine, Serving Wine, Wine and Food

Many people experience headaches the next morning only after drinking a little bit of wine the night before. So why does wine cause these headaches?
Many people believe that winemakers are using to many sulphites in the wine and that leads to headaches.
What exactly are sulphites? Sulphites are added to wine to protect the wine from oxidation and prevent [...]

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Dec 08 2009

When Does Wine Spoil

Wine spoils quickly, although there are ways to keep it fresh for a little while. The serious wine drinkers like to finish the bottle the same day the wine is opened because it will start to taste different even only after 1 day of being opened.
After wine is exposed to the air, it will start [...]

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Nov 24 2009

Does Wine Go Bad After Opening

Published by Paul under Serving Wine

If wine is left out too long, it can go bad. There are ways to preserve wine for few days or longer after opening.
Most people can not tell if a wine was left out too long anyway, so recorking the wine and putting it in the fridge really isn’t a bad idea.
After you open a [...]

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