Ever wonder where the idea for the wine cork came from? Up until the mid-17th century, wine bottles were sealed with clay, fabric, wax, and leather. Glass became more commonly used, but would often fracture and break into the bottle, as those closures were often difficult to remove. At that time, ea...

European immigrants brought the first vines to Chile in the mid-1500s. Until the late 1990s, most of Chile's wine was consumed by its residents. As the winemakers started planting more vines and exporting more wine, the world began to see how wonderful these wi...

South Africa has been producing wine since the first vines were planted in the mid-1600s, brought by the Dutch governors of Cape Colony. At one time, the sweet wine of the Constantia wine region was the most prized in the world. The most important South African wine regions are around the two cities...

Before I started studying about wine I could generally just go on the advice of a friend when wanting a Bordeaux. French wine in a store frightened me. I took French in high school albeit, my teacher hated me because I couldn’t stop talking (for those that know me, this is still no surprise. ;). I d...

General Wine Knowledge & Random Fun Facts!

There are approximately 6.5 million gallons of wine consumed worldwide every year (An Olympic-sized swimming pool only holds 660,430 gallons of water....so the equivalent of almost 10 of these swimming pools).

A champagne cork can fly 50 miles per hour

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