Many questions arise about the need to decant a wine. It is often affiliated with aeration, which is a different subject (see Wine Knows aeration). The two however are often performed together and with good […]
There are two schools of thought on aeration. The first applies to old wines where aeration allows the wine to come out of what we call an anaerobic funk from all the oxygen being used […]
The process of recorking is pulling out the old corks and placing in a new one. This should be done every 15 to 25 years in wines that you are aging for a long time. […]
The process of wine aging is similar to watching people age. While youth give us energy age gives us wisdom. I believe wisdom makes a person more interesting. Sometimes I want energy and sometimes I […]
The rumor that good wines only come with corks is slowly being dispelled. The purpose of a cork is to allow the wine to breath, meaning slowly receive oxygen for the aging process. If a […]
You know the smell of salad dressing, right? Though vinegar is acetic acid, acetic acid doesn’t have much smell but the compound on the way from alcohol does and that is acetaldehyde. The process comes […]
Abe Lincoln not only freed the slaves in the 1860s but he saved a glass of wine 150 years later. If you ever want to know what that stink is in your glass of wine […]
At low levels it smells like wet cement. At higher levels it smells like mold. The responsible compound is known as TCA, trichloroanisol, and it comes from wood products breaking down in the presence of […]
