FAQ Topic: Wine
Corks, decanting, glasses and other wine questions.
- Does white wine need to breathe?
- How do you open a wine bottle with a broken cork?
- What are tannins in wine? Tannins are the compounds in grape skins, seeds and oak that make wine feel dry and puckery. Reds have far more than whites.
- What is a corked wine? Corked wines smell and taste like a musty old basement. Other people say it’s more like wet cardboard or wet dog. Let me tell you what it really is.
- What is wine decanting?
- What kind of wine glass to use?