by Anand Kanhai | Aug 5, 2020 | Crazy Stories
What happened? That delicious bottle of Pinot Noir you opened last night is still half full. You know too much oxygen will kill the taste. Fortunately, there’s a handy new gadget to preserve your precious leftover: the wine condom. Simply unroll this piece of rubber...
by Anand Kanhai | Aug 11, 2016 | Inside Wine
Urban legends and half-truths. There’s a lot of nonsense going around about wine. Share A Bottle closely examined five health statements. Are they true or false? 1# White wine, rosé and champagne contain more calories than red. A myth, the amount of calories doesn’t...
by Helen Albada | Jul 8, 2016 | Crazy Stories
It’s only a two hours drive from London. There, in an old limestone mine below the hills of Wiltshire, thirty-five meters underground, you’ll find a true wine lovers paradise. Octavian’s Corsham Cellars, also known as the Fort Knox of the wine, houses the world’s most...
by Helen Albada | Jul 5, 2016 | Crazy Stories
Nothing is more French than the Tour de France, right? Well, that’s exactly why French winemakers are completely infuriated. Not their beloved Burgundy or world famous Sancerre, but the little known Chilean wine brand Cono Sur Bicicleta is the official Tour wine. The...
by Eleanor Crick | May 18, 2016 | Crazy Stories
Vineyards often have a story, but the story of Casal Santa Maria is a special one. This vinyard exists because an ill man of 95, from the Baltic Livonia, wanted to experience a new adventure. Now he is 105 and is still walking around on this particular property. Baron...