Every cloud has a silver lining….When life give you lemons, make lemonade. Well, a few positives to come out of the pandemic for me included on-line wine events, tastings and education. I capitalized on an online education opportunity offered by Symington’s School of Port and completed “The Essentials” course online. It’s a self-paced 16-episode video…
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Wine Words Demystified: Fortified
What does Edgar Allan Poe’s dark classic – “The Cask of Amontillado” have to do with fortified wines?
How Port Is Made
From the “A picture (or moving pictures) is worth a thousand words” file, is this short that is the final installment in my dessert wine series. The video explains how Port wine is made. This video is a one of the finalists in the Wine Spectator 2011 Video Contest. Click here to check out the…
Dessert Wine Primer; Part I – Fortified Dessert Wines
Dessert wines are sweet wines served with, or instead of dessert. Dessert wines are also known as “stickies” because picking the grapes makes the workers hands sticky. The term originated in Australia, but has become ubiquitously synonymous with dessert wines around the world. There are essentially two types of dessert wines, fortified and late harvest. In…
How To Choose Dessert Wines To Pair With Treats
Now that you’ve been introduced to Fortified stickies (Part 1 ), and Late Harvest stickies (Part 2) via my Dessert Wine Primer series, here’s a short video from Howcast on how pair dessert wines. Go forth and indulge thy self! If you have a favorite dessert wine, or a favorite dessert and dessert wine pairing, leave a…