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View this post on Instagram High tannins, low tannins… what does that even mean? Tannins are found primarily in the skins, seeds and stems of the grapes and are essential to winemaking. Basically, you experience tannins when you drink a wine that creates a ‘drying’ sensation in your mouth and winemakers love them because they act as a natural antioxidant that protects the wine and makes it age-worthy. As you might know, antioxidants have great benefits for us humans, so you can thank tannins for that! #Tannins #MyWineCellar #WineStore A post shared by My Wine Cellar (@mywinecellaruk) on Jan 8, 2020 at 3:58am PST
High tannins, low tannins… what does that even mean? Tannins are found primarily in the skins, seeds and stems of the grapes and are essential to winemaking. Basically, you experience tannins when you drink a wine that creates a ‘drying’ sensation in your mouth and winemakers love them because they act as a natural antioxidant that protects the wine and makes it age-worthy. As you might know, antioxidants have great benefits for us humans, so you can thank tannins for that! #Tannins #MyWineCellar #WineStore
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View this post on Instagram What does ‘Grand Cru’ mean? Grand Cru translates to ‘great growth’ meaning that this wine comes for the best vineyards that there are, a step above ‘Premier Cru’. This term is mainly used in France in regions like Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne and a few other places in order to differentiate the good vineyards or producers from the best! Have you ever tasted a Grand Cru? 🍇 #GrandCru #MyWineCellar #WineStore A post shared by My Wine Cellar (@mywinecellaruk) on Dec 23, 2019 at 4:48am PST
What does ‘Grand Cru’ mean? Grand Cru translates to ‘great growth’ meaning that this wine comes for the best vineyards that there are, a step above ‘Premier Cru’. This term is mainly used in France in regions like Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne and a few other places in order to differentiate the good vineyards or producers from the best! Have you ever tasted a Grand Cru? 🍇 #GrandCru #MyWineCellar #WineStore
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View this post on Instagram Do you know what Non-Vintage means? Most wines have a year on the bottle, don’t they? Yes, they do, but in some cases, especially with Champagne, you might not be able to find the year or ‘vintage’ of the wine. Instead, you might find an ‘NV’ sign, meaning Non-Vintage. Non-Vintage wines are made using a mix of wines from different years, which possess distinct characteristics. These are blended in order to create a better, well-balanced wine! It started because the weather was so bad in Champagne they couldn’t reliably make a good wine every year, so they simply mixed it from different years. #NonVintage #MyWineCellar #WineStore A post shared by My Wine Cellar (@mywinecellaruk) on Dec 13, 2019 at 5:11am PST
Do you know what Non-Vintage means? Most wines have a year on the bottle, don’t they? Yes, they do, but in some cases, especially with Champagne, you might not be able to find the year or ‘vintage’ of the wine. Instead, you might find an ‘NV’ sign, meaning Non-Vintage. Non-Vintage wines are made using a mix of wines from different years, which possess distinct characteristics. These are blended in order to create a better, well-balanced wine! It started because the weather was so bad in Champagne they couldn’t reliably make a good wine every year, so they simply mixed it from different years. #NonVintage #MyWineCellar #WineStore
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View this post on Instagram Have you ever heard wine geeks talking about Phylloxera? You might have seen it on the back label of a wine too. Phylloxera is a microscopic insect that eats vine roots and nearly destroyed every single wine grape in the world in the late 1800’s, especially in France, where almost 70% of the vines were dead! Growers in Europe had to rip up and burn some of their plants but some vines survived and they’re produce wine of outstanding quality, sometimes called Pre-Phylloxera vines, like @elvio_cogno’s Barbera Pre-Phylloxera. Available soon on our online store! #MyWineCellar #WineStore #Phylloxera A post shared by My Wine Cellar (@mywinecellaruk) on Dec 4, 2019 at 6:42am PST
Have you ever heard wine geeks talking about Phylloxera? You might have seen it on the back label of a wine too. Phylloxera is a microscopic insect that eats vine roots and nearly destroyed every single wine grape in the world in the late 1800’s, especially in France, where almost 70% of the vines were dead! Growers in Europe had to rip up and burn some of their plants but some vines survived and they’re produce wine of outstanding quality, sometimes called Pre-Phylloxera vines, like @elvio_cogno’s Barbera Pre-Phylloxera. Available soon on our online store! #MyWineCellar #WineStore #Phylloxera
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View this post on Instagram What on earth does ‘Flabby’ mean? We’ve heard that question before so we’ve decided to create a full post about it. Flabby refers to a wine that is out of balance, with little or no structure, kind of dull on the palate when you taste it. It means that the wine is unexciting and has low acidity. By the way, you won’t find any flabby wines on our online store! 😂 #Flabby #Wines #MyWineCellar #FineWine A post shared by My Wine Cellar (@mywinecellaruk) on Nov 19, 2019 at 4:17am PST
What on earth does ‘Flabby’ mean? We’ve heard that question before so we’ve decided to create a full post about it. Flabby refers to a wine that is out of balance, with little or no structure, kind of dull on the palate when you taste it. It means that the wine is unexciting and has low acidity. By the way, you won’t find any flabby wines on our online store! 😂 #Flabby #Wines #MyWineCellar #FineWine
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View this post on Instagram We don’t tend to talk about the acidity of wines a lot on our tasting notes because it can be quite confusing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Acidity is a key component in wine along with sweetness, alcohol and tannin. You can feel the acidity of a wine on the sides and front of your tongue. High acidity wines make your mouth feel wet, like when you bite into an apple. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Essentially, acidity helps wine age longer, as it holds all the components mentioned above together. If a wine is well made, its acidity will be well integrated within the wine, enhance its flavours and as a result, you’ll get a well balanced and beautiful wine! 🥂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Acidity #FineWine #Winemaking #MyWineCellar A post shared by My Wine Cellar (@mywinecellaruk) on Nov 11, 2019 at 8:37am PST
We don’t tend to talk about the acidity of wines a lot on our tasting notes because it can be quite confusing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Acidity is a key component in wine along with sweetness, alcohol and tannin. You can feel the acidity of a wine on the sides and front of your tongue. High acidity wines make your mouth feel wet, like when you bite into an apple. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Essentially, acidity helps wine age longer, as it holds all the components mentioned above together. If a wine is well made, its acidity will be well integrated within the wine, enhance its flavours and as a result, you’ll get a well balanced and beautiful wine! 🥂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Acidity #FineWine #Winemaking #MyWineCellar
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View this post on Instagram What is ‘Mid-palate’? We’ve had lots of people asking about this.In short, this is just a fancy way of saying the middle thing you taste. 😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Initially, with most wines, the first thing you taste is the fruit followed by something caused by the fermentation like butter or toast. Then you get the finish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It just sounds better than ‘the thing you taste after the first thing you taste’! 😉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #MidPalate #WineTasting #MyWineCellar A post shared by My Wine Cellar (@mywinecellaruk) on Nov 4, 2019 at 5:35am PST
What is ‘Mid-palate’? We’ve had lots of people asking about this.In short, this is just a fancy way of saying the middle thing you taste. 😂 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Initially, with most wines, the first thing you taste is the fruit followed by something caused by the fermentation like butter or toast. Then you get the finish. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It just sounds better than ‘the thing you taste after the first thing you taste’! 😉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #MidPalate #WineTasting #MyWineCellar
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View this post on Instagram What does ‘Wild Ferment’ mean? Well, in order to make wine, you have to ferment grape juice, and in order to ferment grape juice you need yeast. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Most wines are fermented with yeast bought from specialist suppliers. Some producers use these cultured yeasts because they are much more predictable when fermenting than wild yeasts. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Wild yeasts are present in the atmosphere of the winery, making the fermentation of the juice occur naturally. Wild yeasts, while unpredictable, give a much more intense and complex flavour to the wine, so when a winemaker uses wild yeasts, they’re taking an extra risk in order to craft the perfect wine! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you heard any lingo you’d like us to feature on our next quote card? Comment below!👇🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WildFerment #WildYeast #NaturalYeast #MyWineCellar A post shared by My Wine Cellar (@mywinecellaruk) on Oct 26, 2019 at 8:34am PDT
What does ‘Wild Ferment’ mean? Well, in order to make wine, you have to ferment grape juice, and in order to ferment grape juice you need yeast. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Most wines are fermented with yeast bought from specialist suppliers. Some producers use these cultured yeasts because they are much more predictable when fermenting than wild yeasts. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Wild yeasts are present in the atmosphere of the winery, making the fermentation of the juice occur naturally. Wild yeasts, while unpredictable, give a much more intense and complex flavour to the wine, so when a winemaker uses wild yeasts, they’re taking an extra risk in order to craft the perfect wine! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Have you heard any lingo you’d like us to feature on our next quote card? Comment below!👇🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #WildFerment #WildYeast #NaturalYeast #MyWineCellar
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