For the Wine and Spirits enthusiast, there are a variety of Wine tasting Classes that are taught both locally and on the internet. We found these classes to be at all levels and all varieties. There are several classes for people new to wine.
Filed under Cooking, Getting Started With Wine, Wine Classes, Wine History, Wine Storage, Wine Tasting by on May 18th, 2009. Comment. 
After mentioning the fact that I have a slight allergy to the sulfites in red wine and that it has affected our wine choices and our participation as wine enthusiasts to a certain degree. This post is an attempt to help people understand what sulfites are and how they may be able to either substitute or seek out alternatives to their wine drinking so that they are not discouraged. I simply decided that a slight allergy would not hold me back from learning about something that was both intriguing and interesting.
Filed under Getting Started With Wine, Wine History, Wine Storage by on Aug 28th, 2007. Comment.
At it's most basic – wine is either red or white. Wine is one of the most popular drinks since – well, no one has determined an exact date yet, however, certain historical information does exist. Seeds and residue of wild grapes have been found and dated back as far as 350,000 years ago (at Terra Amata, modern day Nice in France). Earlier finds also include Franchthi Cave in Greece, dated to ca. 12,000 years ago, Grotta del ‘Uzzo, Sicily, mid-eight millennium B.C., and in various places in the eastern Mediterranean and near east that range between the 11th and seventh centuries B.C. These finds were among human settlement remains. It is presumed that the grapes were used for food and (perhaps) also for wine.
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