Filed under: Wine , On the Blogs The more you spend on a bottle of wine, the higher your expectations are for it. After all, if you are going to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a bottle, the wine should really give you an experience that is worth the cost. If it doesn't, you may as well stick with the $10 and under bottles. The biggest risk with an old bottle of wine is not just...

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You've probably noticed on some bottles of wine the term "Old Vines" and wondered what this means. Old vines means exactly what it says, the vines are old. If a portion of a vineyard has old vines, meaning the vines could be upward of 125 years old, the vines yeild much lower crops than young ... world like "VQA" because a winery could call vines which are 20 years old "Old Vines." If you see...

Can you tell the difference? One of these vines was planted in 1984 (Zinfandel) and the other was planted in 1997 (Sangiovese). During this time of year - they kind of all look alike...

Watch this Episode! Wines tasted in this episode: 2001 Albino Rocca Barbaresco Vigneto Brich Ronchi 1998 Ugo Lequio Barbaresco Gallina 1998 Cantina Vignaioli Elvio Pertinace Barbaresco Castellizzano 2000 Carretta Barbaresco Cascina Bordino Watch today as Gary responds to his viewers and tastes and reviews four Barbarescos from Italy. Arguably, not ...

Researchers in Germany are searching for old grape varieties and ungrafted vines, courtesy of a study commissioned by the federal department for nutrition, agriculture and consumer protection...

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Some old vines trained in gobelet style after winter pruning. Domaine Sainte-Anne in Saint-Gervais (Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages) was created in the 1960s. They make wines with good structure (wine-speak for well made) that sometimes need quite a bit of bottle age. Both Syrah and Mourvèdre are successful here and give much more concentrated wines than is usual in southern...