Articles tagged:sommelier

Posted: Sat Jun 26 10:23 a.m. by Eric Arsenault AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Real men drink pink wine: a closer look at Rosé, a great summer wine

I’m usually very patient with novice wine drinkers when they simply don’t get something. I’m fully aware that it takes time, that there is an endless sea of information to take in.  I’m also aware that sometimes with wine a person needs to try something several times before they begin ...

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Posted: Fri Apr 16 6 a.m. by Eric Arsenault AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
Joel Gott wines- Where value meets quality

My last blog went into considerable length (i.e. potentially too long for anyone other than wine geeks) about the relationship between price and quality in wine. My intention at the start of that blog was to tell you a bit about Joel Gott, a California wine producer who has bucked ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 8 9 a.m. by Eric Arsenault AnnArbor.com Community Contributor
The relationship between price and quality of wine

In the wine business, buyers are inundated with claims of wines that over deliver, offering exceptional quality in comparison to other wines at the same price. Especially in today’s economic climate, finding wines of this kind is increasingly important. The average wine consumer is constantly looking for the next step ...

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Posted: Sun Sep 27 9:32 p.m. by Eric Arsenault AnnArbor.com Community Contributor

There are hundreds of terms commonly used to describe the tastes of wine. But did you know that most of these descriptors are not tastes in the way we think of taste? In fact, most of the descriptors used to describe a wine are not processed in the mouth, but ...

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