Mar
05
2010
It’s a fact that the sugar and acid levels are 2 of the key elements of creating a good batch and so any adjustments to the process are based on those tests. As you are already aware, the sugar level of your wine is incredibly important as the yeast must feed on it to create the alcohol. The amount of sugar you use will determine the amount of alcohol that will be in the final batch but in order to run these tests you will need a hydrometer.
Feb
18
2010
Tour Along w/ Adam The Wine Guy to the 2009 Earth Day Food & Wine Festival in Paso Robles, California. Its Monkey Time for the great wine, delicious food, and interesting people along the way.
Feb
13
2010
Are you someone who likes to drink wine? Folks that love wine are incredibly meticulous about what the drink, how it smells and how it tastes. This is the reason wine aerators have become so popular over the past several years. In fact, one of the best-selling aerators is called the Vinturi wine aerator. So what do these things really do? The larger question is whether or not these little greatly promoted gadgets actually do anything extraordinary. On occasion, marketing is over hyped and the thing doesn’t perform. So does this one?
Dec
10
2009
Making wine is a real art form that can change how you see the world and the people in it. You and your creativity will be contained in every bottle of wine you produce. Making wine from home is a fun hobby, not to mention delicious wines can be produced for just pennies on the dollar. Most people believe wine making is complex, but it’s not as hard as you may think. Wine making dates back centuries and people all over the world still engage in it today. Wine making can be summed up in six steps:
Dec
09
2009
Wine is wildly popular, and there’s an industry behind it all that continues to grow. Many people care about not only their wine, but their glasses. As a result, red wine goblets. continue to grow in popularity.
Dec
02
2009
People around the globe are easily touched when they receive a wine gift, which is a natural present abound Christmas time. Christmas time offers an opportunity for most people to meet and cheer each other with eating and drinking and giving each other presents during these festive days.
Nov
27
2009
We all have raised our wine glasses in a special toast and uttered the words -To Your Health. While we do not throw our wine glasses in the fireplace anymore there is a good deal to be said about the health benefits of wine, both red and white varieties.
Nov
16
2009
Drinking of wine has been long associated with health benefits that can’t be found by any other alcoholic brew. Beer causes all sorts of health problems and is quite simply bad news for your liver and your stomach. Brandy is no better, but wine, wine is the exact opposite. It will truly shield you from several of the ailments that you are predisposed to.
Oct
19
2009
People all over the world are in love with wine. Some might call it an obsession, and rightly so. From wineries to wine of the month clubs, there are so many things to feed the obsession of so many connoisseurs. Even magazines are huge. Due to the tradition of wine goblets, there’s been a great revival of the ancient drinking device in recent years. This is one of the many things that people do when they take their wine drinking seriously.
Oct
14
2009
The terms wine glasses and wine goblets are essentially interchangeable, though the goblet is a more traditional form that was used centuries ago. Unlike today’s typical wine glasses, these were made of other materials.
Sep
18
2009
There are a plethora of varied choices that can be made using wine making. You do not need to be an pro to do wine making as there are resources offered for everybody to do their own winemaking. There are kits that are able to be utilized to make wine as well as a lot of books that offer lots of information on winemaking. Home wine making has been practiced for many years and this is how the big wine companies first got started.
Aug
26
2009
Sugar and acid levels are 2 important parts to making a great batch of wine, so adjustments to the process are based on those tests. As you are already aware, the sugar level is critical as the yeast must feed on it to make the alcohol. The amount of sugar that you start your batch with will ultimately determine the level of alcohol that will be in the final batch but in order to run these tests you’ll have to own a hydrometer.
Jul
25
2009
For most individuals and families it is a major decision deciding you want to make your own wine. There is so much wine now available in speciality and grocery stores that you can decide your own price point and taste almost all standard varieties. For the commoner, understanding how to make wine may not be the overture to actually making ones own wine. The information you garner when learning how to make wine will enable you to make an informed decision on whether you will do a home brew or not. For the prospective wine taster or vineyard owner learning how to make wine is considered the very first step in a long and arduous path to success.
May
31
2009
On the return ferry to San Francisco, from the Tiburon Wine Festival; George teaches a group of ferry passengers some of his moves that ‘got him into all the Beyonce videos’. … SF San Francisco drunken drink ferry tiburon wine festival
May
09
2009
‘Inmate Brewing’ … simple stuff. When I start a new batch I’ll post a video of me actually doing it, just waiting on a batch to finish. I must point out, it can TAKE up to 24 hours for the balloon to first inflate (mine took about 7 hours till I pierced holes in it) [...]
Apr
26
2009
My first try at homemade wine. This shows the two fermenting side by side in large buckets.
Apr
26
2009
www.how-to-make-homemade-wine.com Video on tips for making homemade wine from fruit other than grapes. The site also has
Apr
26
2009
www.how-to-make-homemade-wine.com Video on tips for making homemade wine from fruit other than grapes. The site also has
Apr
20
2009
How to enjoy and get the most out of wine. Does the smell of a cork tell you anything? How many different shapes of wineglass should you buy? And what’s the deal with decanting? In this episode, the sommelier instructors at The Wine School of Philadelphia discuss how to get the most pleasure from a [...]
Apr
20
2009
Matthew and James help their dad battle and cork the wine.
Apr
15
2009
Ever wonder why you decant wine? Here’s the answer. Watch more RealQuestions at realmeals.tv.