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Decanting Red Wine

Twist Open Your Favorite Wine Tonight

December 15, 2009 by Patricia Fioriello

You must be wondering about what is the difference between the screw top wines and the traditional cork wines? With the festive season knocking at your door, you are also looking forward to stocking good quality wine for your guests. Several companies and wine manufacturing merchants have taken a step forward and made available their [...]

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Everything You Need to Know About Wine Bottle Openers

December 10, 2009 by Patricia Fioriello

A perfect day, you have decided to say the golden words to her! You have set the table, brought the food and her favorite red wine to spice up the occasion. But things go out of hand, for your wine opener refuses to give in at the fateful moment! The new age wine ebooks have [...]

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6 Easy Steps to Open Wine Bottle

October 1, 2009 by Patricia Fioriello

Wine bottles are not like the usual bottles which you open. One needs to open them with a lot of care, so that one doesn’t break its seal in a crooked manner. Also, one has to take care that the wine doesn’t spill on the floor while opening. Types of wine openers All wine bottles [...]

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Truth About Screw Top Wine

September 23, 2009 by Patricia Fioriello

From the very start corks have been used to close wine bottles. But now a new trend has started – that of using screw top wine. These days some prefer to use screw top wine as it is more comfortable and useful. Cork can break, leak, crumble that will destroy the taste of wine. How [...]

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What is Decanting the Wine?

August 19, 2009 by Patricia Fioriello

Decanting is a procedure where the bottle of wine is poured into another bottle or container using a decanter. Since ages people have been using the method of decanting to make the wine free of the naturally-occurring sediment, also at that time people used to buy and sell unfiltered wine. One more use of decanting [...]

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Battle Between Cork and Screw Top Wine

August 5, 2009 by Patricia Fioriello

The battle between the wine and screw top wine

People generally idealize the cork wine and believe that screw top wine is cheap wine. This is just a misconception that people have built without knowing the facts. These days more prestigious winemakers are using the screw top wine bottle as the cork in wine bottles can allow oxygen to penetrate the bottle. This oxidation [...]

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Finding the Best Wine Opener

July 30, 2009 by Patricia Fioriello

Wine doesn’t always come with a twist-off bottle cap or a pull tab that allows for easy access, so a wine opener becomes a necessity. There are many different types of openers as there are wines. They fall into a handful of general categories. • Regular Corkscrew: Portable, easily stored, can be a beautiful piece [...]

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