Wine Regions
French Wine: Regions, Grapes and How to Read a Label
French wine is named after places, not grapes. Here are the main regions and their grapes, the AOC, IGP and Vin de France tiers, and how to read a French label.
7 min read
Wine guides
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Every Wine Blue Book guide in one place: wine basics, grape varieties, wine regions, food pairings, wine ratings and research-based value picks.
Food Pairings
Frosé: How to Make Frozen Rosé at Home
Frosé is rosé frozen to a slush, usually with strawberries and lemon. Two methods, which rosé to use and where the drink came from.
5 min read
Grape Varieties
Gamay Wine: Taste, Beaujolais Crus and Food Pairing
Gamay is the light, juicy red grape of Beaujolais, also grown in the Loire, Switzerland and Oregon. Here is how it tastes, where it grows and how to serve it.
8 min read
Wine Regions
German Wine: Regions, Grapes and How to Read the Label
Germany has 13 wine regions and grows more Riesling than any other country. Here are the regions, the grapes, and how to read trocken and Kabinett.
9 min read
Wine Regions
Greek Wine: Grapes, Regions, Labels and Retsina
A plain guide to Greek wine: Assyrtiko, Xinomavro, Agiorgitiko and Moschofilero, the regions behind them, how PDO and PGI labels work, and retsina.
8 min read
Grape Varieties
Grüner Veltliner: Taste, Austrian Regions and Food
Grüner Veltliner is Austria's dry, peppery white. Here is how it tastes, where it grows, what Steinfeder, Federspiel and Smaragd mean, and what to pair.
7 min read
Wine Basics
How to Hold a Wine Glass (and Why the Stem Matters)
Hold a stemmed wine glass by the stem or the foot, not the bowl. Here's why, plus how to hold stemless glasses and flutes, swirl, and how full to pour.
6 min read
Wine Basics
How to Make Wine at Home: A Step-by-Step Beginner Guide
How to make wine at home from a kit or fresh fruit: the equipment, sanitizing, fermentation, racking, stabilizing and bottling, plus the federal limits.
8 min read
Wine Basics
How to Read a Wine Label: US Rules and European Terms
What every line on a wine label means: US rules for grape, place, vintage and alcohol, plus how French, Italian, Spanish and German labels work.
8 min read
Wine Basics
How to Remove Red Wine Stains From Fabric and Carpet
Blot, rinse with cool water, then treat. Steps from extension services and the Carpet and Rug Institute for clothes, carpet and upholstery, plus myths to skip.
8 min read
Wine Basics
How to Taste Wine: Look, Swirl, Smell, Taste, Conclude
How to taste wine in five steps: look, swirl, smell, taste and conclude. Plus tasting words, when to spit, winery etiquette and a simple flight to try at home.
8 min read
Wine Basics
Ice Wine: How Icewine and Eiswein Are Made and Served
Ice wine is a sweet wine pressed from grapes frozen on the vine. Here are the Canadian and German rules, the grapes, why it costs so much and how to serve it.
7 min read