Choose Wine Smartly with Approach Guides AG Wine for iPhone & iPad Approach Guides Wine is the first app to take a content-driven approach — providing detailed, country-specific profiles of regions, appellations, grape varieties and vintages — that empowers users to make informed wine choices. This unique approach has made AG Wine the most respected wine app on the market, used by professionals and consumers around the world, from New York City to Hong...

Wine Club Guide is your guide to finding the best wine clubs online, whether you are looking to expand your wine collection or are sending your friend a wine club gift. We believe there is no better way to experience the world of wine than with a wisely chosen wine club. We have Wine Club Reviews and Ratings for over 30 wine clubs. Start by checking out the wine club categories below and on the sidebar under Find Wine Club. If you’re in a hurry and need simply...

WineTasteTV is the leading wine television channel on the web today, featuring a vast library of on-demand, broadcast-quality video programs. We also offer a comprehensive set of wine related features including blogs, news, tasting notes, social tools, and a glossary with pronunciation guide and definitions. Our entertaining and informative programs provide wine lovers – from the first-time buyer to the experienced collector – with a complete wine...

The Irish believe that fairies are extremely fond of good wine. The proof of the assertion is that in the olden days royalty would leave a keg of wine out for them at night. Sure enough, it was always gone in the morning. – Irish Folklore Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914), “The Devil’s Dictionary”, 1911: CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else. An old wine-bibber having been smashed in a...

Characteristics of Wine The following categories have to do with taste, wine reveals itself according to where it is detected on the tongue, we have over 10,000 taste buds with defined areas on the tongue and checks responsible for sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. Sweetness As soon as wine touches the tip of your tongue you will either notice sweetness or a lack there of International Definitions of Wine...

Welcome to our “Locate Wineries near you” page. Simply pick a city from the drop down menu below and click “Find Location”. We are always adding new locations so check back frequently. Address  --Search By City-- Bainbridge Island, WA Bow, WA Everett, WA Marysville, WA Port Townsend, WA Sequim, WA Snohomish, WA Radius 1 mi 5 mi 10 mi 25 mi 50 mi 100 mi 200 mi 500 mi LotsOfLocales™ by Viadat Enter

Wine tasting is the sensory examination and evaluation of wine. While the practice of wine tasting is as ancient as its production, a more formalized methodology has slowly become established from the 14th century onwards. Modern, professional wine tasters (such as sommeliers or buyers for retailers) use a constantly evolving formal terminology which is used to describe the range of perceived flavors, aromas and general characteristics of a wine. More informal,...

It’s one of the more common questions we receive in a tasting room, and it’s certainly one of the most debated questions in the modern wine industry; French Oak vs. American Oak, what’s the story? Recently, we received an e-mail from a gentleman who works in the fine wine retail business, and who is an extraordinarily knowledgable wine connoisseur. He was seeking some clarification from Eric Baugher, our winemaker here at Monte Bello, about pore size in...