What’s Orange Wine

Do you have a bottle of orange wine in front of you? If so, I hope you’ll savor every sip, because these are special bottles.  Orange wines are made from white grapes that ferment on the skins. This turns the wine an amber (orange) color. It also gives the wine more body and tannin than […]

Is Rose Wine Sweet?

Rose Wine Sweetness Chart Ah! A lazy summer afternoon picnic and a bottle of chilled rosé wine. Maybe a little chevre cheese and a baguette. What more could you ask for? Before you head to the local wine shop, it’s helpful to know the style of rosé you’re getting. Is your rosé wine sweet or […]

19 Gluten Free Wine Brands in 2023

As a garagiste winemaker, wine educator, wine blogger, and someone living with Celiac, the topic of gluten free wine holds special interest for me. Wine is naturally gluten free, but the information available on gluten in wine is confusing. Here’s a list of 19 popular US wine brands that market their wines as gluten free. […]

What Are Natural Wines? 

Hang around the wine crowd long enough, and you’re likely to stumble across the term ‘natural wine’. Natural wines are a recent movement among winemakers for no-intervention winemaking. These wines will go through wild fermentations and do not use any additives. The term isn’t controlled or regulated, meaning that the wine may or may not […]