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Food and Wine Pairing Basics (Start Here!)

Learn the basics to food and wine pairing. This guide offers simple steps on what to look for in your recipe to match with the perfect wine.

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Italian Wine Course Introduction | Wine Folly

Italy contains 20 major wine growing regions and over 500 indigenous grapes! This course quickly breaks down the major regions and wines to know. Join Master of Wine, Christine Marsiglio, and Madeline Puckette on the adventure into Italy's top wines.

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Six Rare Red Wine Grapes You Deserve to Know About

If you tasted a new wine variety each week, it would take you 40 years to try them all. Here are 6 rare red wine grapes that you deserve to know about.

Nero d’Avola

Sicily’s most important red wine variety is often likened to Cabernet Sauvignon due to its full-bodied style and flavors of black cherry and tobacco.

Why You Might Prefer Low Tannin Red Wines

Here are a two valid reasons why some people might want to avoid tannin in wine along with 16 red wines that are typically low in tannin.

Roman Food and Wine Pairings

The next time you find yourself wrapped up in a bed sheet with a wreath atop your head (Toga party?) here are some Roman foods and wines to explore to make your party more legit.

Italian Wine Map and Exploration Guide

This article serves as a guide to outline the types of wines from each of Italy 20 wine regions. See which regions have the most vineyard plantings and learn what their wines taste like.

6 Fascinating Oldest Wineries in the World

Discover 6 of the Oldest Wineries in the world. From Château de Goulaine in the Loire valley to Casa Madero, a surprisingly old bodega found in Mexico.

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