Wines With Attitude Blog
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Online wine merchant for amazingly tasty wines, passionate about good quality wine. Sharing my passion for wine via my blog & through hosting wine tastings.
Wines With Attitude Blog
3w ago
In recognition of International Women's Day on 8 March and as a follow up to my previous musings about women and wine , I’m celebrating female winemakers in this blogpost. Wine production has traditionally been very male-dominated and that situation has been slow to change however in the last 30 years or so there has been a quiet evolution with more women than ever involved ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
2M ago
A light-hearted look at the alternatives to abstaining from alcohol completely
It’s the start of a new year, a time when many people make commitments New Year’s resolutions; I’m not generally a fan mainly because I’m not sure I have ever stuck to one, as weak-willed as I am. But, after the traditional season of goodwill and over-indulgence, even a humble wine merchant can see ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
3M ago
At the time of writing Christmas is almost upon us, a time when we like to lay on a feast. Have you given any thought to which wine you will drink with pudding? Find out why drinking a wine that’s sweet with desserts makes sense and what the key characteristic is that sweet wines need in order to complement desserts. Also included is a comparison ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
5M ago
A guide to the Merlot grape and where it is grown, the characteristics of Merlot wine and what it tastes like plus what to eat with Merlot. Often in the shadow of Cabernet Sauvignon, with which it is frequently blended, most famously in Bordeaux, Merlot has somehow acquired a reputation for being inferior, its reputation not helped by the 2004 film Sideways in which Merlot ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
5M ago
You will have seen numerous wine bottles on supermarket or wine shop shelves with shiny stickers indicating that the wines have won a medal or award in one of the many wine competitions. The question is, should you buy a wine based on a wine competition medal or ignore the wine award winners placed in prime eye-line position especially given the criticism of even the ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
7M ago
Wine provenance: clues to look for on the label
You may not pay too much attention to the specific origin of your wine but many consumers are increasingly concerned about the provenance of their wine just as much as they are about their food. So, you would think that a wine label would tell you exactly where your bottle of wine is from, wouldn't you ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
8M ago
It is probably no surprise that Sauvignon Blanc features in the top 10 most planted wine grapes in the world. * Check out any list of the most popular wines in the UK and Sauvignon Blanc will be close to, if not at, the top. We Brits have fallen big time for the whole Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc brand and whilst there are many great examples ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
8M ago
Wine faults can be divided into three categories. This blogpost looks at the minor flaws in wine, faults which are not actually faults at all. These lesser evils such as bubbles in a non-sparkling wine or wine that is cloudy can leave you wondering if your wine is in good condition or slightly ‘off’. To help you avoid pouring away perfectly good wine, let’s look ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
9M ago
When the weather turns warmer, many wine drinkers turn to white or rosé wines but what about those who prefer to stick to red wine whatever the weather? Which red wines are better suited to summer? As you might imagine, most heavily oaked big-bodied red wines can seem just a little too oppressive in hot summer weather so below are the features you should look ..read more
Wines With Attitude Blog
1y ago
In an ideal wine world we would all live in houses with cellars because cool cellars are the ideal environment for storing unopened bottles of wine. But in this slightly less than ideal wine world, where most of us aren't lucky enough to have a cellar, how and where should we store our wine assuming we are not going to drink it straightaway? And what ..read more