Sparkling wine is frowned upon by many elitists. This is because they tend to look down on it as it as a poor man’s version of Champagne. This is not the case at all a sparkling wine can only be designated as Champagne if it is from the Champagne region in France. Sparkling wine club [...]

Merlot wine is much loved by many wine drinkers due to its rich, soft, berry profile which is richer and subtler than the harsher and more acidic profile of Cabernet Sauvignon with which is often found blended. Merlot wines are drinkable from early on but they can also be matured in the bottle for decades, [...]

Chardonnay is a green skinned grape variety used to make the highly popular Chardonnay white wine. The natural flavor of the Chardonnay grape is like a blank canvas which takes on flavor elements from the soil it is grown in as well as from the vessels that it is stored in. This makes it a [...]

Riesling wine clubs are those selections that when you sign up you know exactly what it is going to deliver. Riesling is made from white grapes and it can be a dry, semi-sweet or sweet wine. Rieslings are never dry in the strictest of sense of the term because of the ever present sweet note. [...]

Dessert wines complement and enhance desserts if chosen with care. Choosing a dessert wine club is different to choosing a wine to accompany other food as dessert wines are sweet. Some thought needs to be put into both the wine and the dessert so that the sweetness is balanced or cut through. A case in [...]