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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Smelling, Swirling, and Training Your Nose

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What’s with smelling the wine? Smelling is an important part of tasting because aromas and flavors are so closely linked.  We’ve all e...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Facebook Page

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Clear Lake Wine Tasting now has its own Facebook page!  We're converting from a personal page to a business page, so hopefully there won...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Tasting for Sweetness: Sweet or Fruity?

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Wine beginners are often confused by the concept of a “sweet” wine versus a “fruity” wine.  Dry wines (meaning non-sweet wines) are fruity...

The Big 6 and Where They're Hiding

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Remember how I said the #1 factor that makes wines taste different from each other is which grape was used to make them?  And remember how ...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Overview of Professional Wine Certifications

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It's amazing how many wine certifications exist in the world.  Here's a listing of the principal ones available in the US, that I kn...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Local Class: Wine Education at Rice

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The Rice Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is offering a class called "Tasting and Enjoying Wine," taught by Houston wine exp...
Friday, September 14, 2012

What Makes One Wine Different from Another?

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In my Wine Tasting and Food Pairing 101 class, I’m often asked this question, and it’s a good one.  It gets to the very heart of what wine ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Why Another Wine Blog?

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There are lots of wine blogs in the world, so why start another one? When I teach Wine Tasting and Food Pairing 101, I find the same quest...
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