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Wine' s quality does not only depend on its productive process and bottling, but on the use of it by us. We might not know it, but we all make interventions that affect the final wine score. Well, let's take a look at some common mistakes that we m..

Πόσα πράγματα γνωρίζετε για κάθε μπουκάλι κρασιού που ανοίγετε; Είστε κολλημένοι με τα οινικά στερεότυπα και τους χαρακτηρισμούς γύρω από ορισμένα κρασιά; Καιρός να αλλάξετε νοοτροπία. Στην περίπτωση των κρασιών, ορισμένοι όροι που τα χαρακτηρίζουν..

Grape, automn's fruit, is called “nature's happy creation”. What is its nutritional value and beneficial properties towards health?Grape is the vines fruit. The vineyard is otherwise call vine (Vitis Vinifera), is a clinging plant and its product..

The dinner is wonderful, the atmosphere is magical, but the wine... undrinkable. How can we make if a wine is damaged or it just has a bad taste?It has happened to many people to order a wine and while everything else in the meal “ties up” wonde..

Red or White Wine? Wine' s beneficial effect – without excesses in consumption – in health is now scientifically indisputable. However, there are many that wonder which wine is more preferable to consume: “Red or White”?Red Wine:It provides hig..

The clinking glasses custom has its roots in the Middle Ages. It first appeared in formal meals, usually the ones, the Kings or the Aristocrats used to hold. The ritual didn't simply demand the clinking of the glasses so that the sound was just hea..

The culinary creations of sugar with flowers such as rose, lavender or jasmine, though they seem unusual, have their roots in tradition. The flowers are used in Asian and Oriental cuisine, and in the middle ages, flower and herbs maintenance using ..

Is the wine a very complex issue or is represented like one? Truth is this wine is quite versatile, depending on how is one treating it... If we examine some of the most known myths dominating wine' s world, we will discover that some of them w..

We oftenly find halffull wine botles in our fridge, which we end up throwing away after a while. There is no reason for that to happen, since we can use them in various ways. Making vinegar from the old wine, is one idea. We pour some vineg..