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Complete Six-Piece set starring the famous Rabbit Corkscrew in elegant velvet finish, includes everything you need for opening, serving and preserving wine.

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Aerate wine in seconds for better taste. The Vinturi Wine Aerator is clearly on the cutting edge of wine aerating. Mixing just the right amount of air with your wine at the precise moments, this see-through aerator allows your reds or whites to breathe instantly. The Vinturi Wine Aerator results are a better bouquet, enhanced flavor, and a smoother finish. Perfect aeration in the time it takes to pour a glass. Couldn’t be easier. Comes with a no-drip stand and a travel pouch. Acrylic. Aerator and stand are dishwasher safe. Travel pouch is machine washable. 5% of the proceeds go to Living Beyond Breast Cancer when you purchase the Pink Vinturi Special Edition. On Sale Now – SAVE OVER 10%! Size: 6″H x 2″ Dia. Note: During manufacturing, material folds around rods and wraps back resulting in two slight “fold lines”. these lines extend up from each air hole and are normal.

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The Online liquor store is a faster and convenient way to reach up to your favourite brands. Gone are the days when you had to be totally dependent upon your local wine dealer for the availability of your favourite brands. The Internet revolution has paved the way for wine lovers to gulp down their favourite wine without moving out of the comfort of their house.

The procedure for ordering alcohol online is pretty simple. The first step to buy wine online is to search for a reliable website which can offer you the genuine quality wines. Before even thinking of buying wine, give a glance to the shipping restrictions which are imposed by some of the online stores. The restrictions are based on parameters such as the place where the wine is delivered from and the distance the wine has to cover before reaching your doorsteps. The second step will be to look out for discounts offered on your favourite brands by the websites in order to get the best deal out of them. There are some websites which offer substantial discounts thanks to the stiff competition among these stores. Few companies also offer web coupons to the clients which can be availed by them easily.

The best thing that happens when you order alcohol online is that you get to chose from a large variety of liquor. Moreover, the brand will be delivered to your doorsteps thus; not forcing you to leave the luxuries of your home or office. You can also refer to recommendations from certified organizations that are there to grade and rate the online stores. You can look out for the latest scores provided by these organizations to various brands. Along with the scores and the grades, there are reviews of customers available on websites which provides you with the correct knowledge about the brands available. But then, is it all good for the customers. Sadly no!

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By: Pooja Rai

Pliny (23-79 A.D.) wrote about gold and silver drinking vessels being abandoned in favor of glass, and they were frequently priced as high as the precious metal versions. Bonifacio Veronese’s sixteenth-century ‘Last Supper’ includes modern style wine glasses with a stem and foot.

The oldest surviving European wine glasses with a stem and foot are fifteenth-century enameled goblets (a goblet is a glass holding more than four ounces of liquid).

Near the end of the sixteenth-century in Germany sophisticated engraved decoration was applied to covered wine glasses.

The earliest surviving English wine glasses are diamond-engraved glasses that were produced near the end of the sixteenth-century by Verzelini. Plain straight stems gained popularity around 1740, with air twist stems being introduced about the same time. Ten years later a twist incised on the exterior of the stem became popular.

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Cordial glasses in the eighteenth-century had bowls of the same shapes that were typical for wine glasses, but they were much smaller, holding about one ounce.

Toast masters glasses were made with a thicker bottom and walls so that they would hold less. A toast master had to drain every glass and still be able to remain standing till all toasts were completed.

Wine glasses during the nineteenth-century were often produced in sets – with a dozen each of port and sherry, burgundy and claret, champagne glasses and liqueur glasses.

More recently, in the 1950s, Riedel Crystal and other stemware manufacturers have refined wine glass design to the point of having a unique size and shape for almost every wine variation.

Wine glasses are made for drinking wine, of course, but people are creative and have found other uses ranging from combining several wine glasses to construct a glass harp to using stemware in a similar manner to provide sound education.

Choosing Wine Glasses

There really is no right or wrong glass for wine tasting – or for drinking wine for that matter. However, there are some glasses that are better than others for evaluating wines. First of all, we like to suggest using glasses that you are comfortable using. Aesthetics aside, there are really only two things to remember when considering a wine tasting glass: the size of the glass and the overall shape of the glass.

The more universally used tasting glass is called a chimney shape. Broader on the bottom of the bowl, it tapers upward to a smaller opening. The broader bottom will enable you to hold enough wine and give you plenty of room to swirl the wine, while the smaller opening at the top will help to trap and focus the aromas, allowing you enough of a scent to assess the wine.

Size Doesn’t Matter

For the most part, if your glass is of this shape, the actual size of the glass is not important other than it needs to be big enough and have a big enough opening for you to be able to get your nose inside to really smell the wine. Some people swear by large “Burgundy” style glasses that allow as much of the wine to come in contact with the air as possible, therefore releasing as many of the aromas and flavors as possible. Others like the convenience and ease of use of a smaller glass. Other considerations that will enhance your tasting experience include glassware that is clear (no colors) and free of cuts or engravings within the glass.

Many glass manufacturers have designed specific glasses for specific wine types or varietals, taking in to account different aspects of the individual wine type. While this is wonderful, it is not a necessary purchase for a complete wine tasting. The top producer of these specialized wine glasses is an Austrian crystal company named Riedel (pronounced REE-dle). They are exquisite and expensive.

Cleaning Wine Glasses

When it comes time to clean your glassware, try to avoid using soap. Instead use hot water and rinse thoroughly. Soap can become trapped within the glass release soapy odors the next time you use it. Although you may become quite proficient at identifying various brands of dish soap, this ability and the soapy glasses that taught you will not add to the enjoyment of a good glass of wine.

To summarize, it’s important that you find good glassware for your wine tasting experiences, but “good” does not necessarily mean “expensive.” Find glassware that you are comfortable with and adequately serves its purpose: presenting wine for your evaluation and enjoyment.

Tips For Serving Wine

You’ve probably heard many conflicting and complicated instructions throughout the years on the proper way to get wine from the store to your glass. It doesn’t have to be that hard. Here are the basics of serving wine, which are all you really need.

Many customs have accompanied wine drinking through the years. None of them are meant to be intimidating or stuffy. They are just practices intended to enhance the enjoyment of wine.

- “White wine with fish and red wine with meat” is more customary than culinary.

- Red wines are served at room temperature, while white wines, roses, and champagnes are served chilled.

- The stronger the food, the stronger the wine. The lighter the food, the lighter the wine.

- Wine loves air, which revives its sleeping flavors. It is recommended to open the bottle about an hour before consumption and let the wine “breathe”. This ages it a year or so, and allows its flavors to mellow.

- A bottle of wine has to be handled carefully, with the minimum movement possible. Remember, wine likes to sleep, only to awaken in your mouth.

- Red wine bottles do not need to be cleaned or dusted before opening. They are opened on a hard surface. White wines, rose, and Champagne bottles are opened in ice buckets.

- Red wines corks are sniffed to make sure the wine has not spoiled, which gives the cork an unpleasant smell. It is not necessary to smell white and rose wine corks since the wine was refrigerated and the cork will not smell.

Ideal Serving Temperatures For Serving Wine

On the subject of temperature – you may have heard that red wine should be served at room temperature and that white wine should be slightly chilled before serving. These recommendations originated at a time when “room temperature” was lower than is typical today.

Full-bodied and tannic red wines are best enjoyed at not more than 64°F (18°C) and clarets, Pinot Noirs (including burgundies), and then the modern reds – soft, light, fruity and relatively tannin-free for drinking young, at progressively cooler temperatures – down to about 54°F (12°C).

White wines are ideally served between 43°F (6°C) to 52°F (11°C). Red wine or white wine, err on the cool side as they will warm quickly on the table and in the glass.

By: Vino Vixen

Most people would define wine as an alcoholic beverage made from fermented grape juice. It is a popular definition because grapes are the usual base fruit or juice used in making wines, but according to some wine connoisseurs , Wines are basically any alcoholic drink produced from any non-toxic fruit juice (Strawberry wine, Pear Wine, Apple Wine, etc.)

Wine making consists of very simple steps that any person with the right equipment could do. As long as you have the basic wine making kit, you could produce wine whenever you desire.

Making homemade wines if, done properly, could produce good quality wines that may taste just as good as any commercially available wines. And since you are the one making your own drink, you could experiment on the acid levels, alcohol levels and the sweetness of the beverage that would suit your taste.

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If you’re planning to produce your own homemade wine, you will need a few equipment necessary for the fermentation of the juice. The list of equipments consists of the following:

1.A primary (primary fermentation vessel) which most of the time comes in the form of a plastic bucket or pail. This is where you will mix your concoction together with your ingredients.
2.A sieve or a mesh bag or a nylon straining bag where you will put your chopped, crushed or sliced fruits during flavor and aroma extraction.
3.Sterile cloth that will cover your bucket during the primary. This will prevent contaminants and bacteria from getting in to your concoction and at the same time, it will allow the unwanted vapors from your mixture to escape.
4.A siphon hose which you will use when you are going to transfer the wine from the primary to the secondary fermentation vessel. You will also use this when you are going to rack your wine.
5.A secondary fermentation vessel, most of time, Carboys are used as secondaries because it is easy to airlock and it is more resistant to scratching.
6.Air locks which is vital for the anaerobic fermentation process that the mixture must go through to produce wine.
7.Bottles which will be used for aging the wine.
8.Corks to secure the wine inside the bottles.
9.Hydrometer, which is one of the most important equipments you will need because this will measure the specific gravity of the wine.

The listed items is actually the basic wine making kit. Some of the tools you will need that were included on the list could be replaced by or substituted by common household items. Just remember that the substitutes you will use are sanitized and sterile.

Using tools that haven’t been properly sanitized may cause spoilage in the wine you are making.

Of course, there are other tools and equipments as well that you could use to ferment your own homemade wine. But some of those are already for advanced wine makers. As a beginner, the list should suffice until you have become a true fanatic of homemade wine making.

There are additional ingredients or additives as well that you will require when making your homemade wine. These ingredients may not be bought from regular convenient stores and may be difficult to find. If there is a Wine Maker store near your place, then you are in luck, otherwise, these essential ingredients will be difficult to obtain.

These additives required in wine making are:

1.Sulfites, the most common sulfite used is the Campden Tablet
2.Acid Blend or Citric Acid
3.Tannin
4.Pectic Enzyme
5.Potassium Sorbate
6.Yeast Nutrient
7.Sugar
8.Yeast
9.Wine Finings

All of these ingredients are essential to wine making. If one of these is absent or missing during your wine making process, it is likely that the fermentation will produce a bad batch of wine or the fermentation will not be successful at all.

Be sure that before you start making your wine, you have the complete ingredients along with your complete tools.

Now that we have listed the complete basic wine making kit you will need to ferment your alcoholic beverage, we are going to give you a simple step by step instruction on how to turn your fruit juice into wine.

1.Fruit preparation – from the moment you pick out and choose the fruit you will be using as your base fruit, it is already part of the wine making process. This also entails the chopping, slicing and crushing of the fruit which will be put in the straining bag or sieve in the primary.
2.Pour water in the primary where the bag is. Whether to use cold or hot water will depend on the specific instructions of that specific recipe you are making.
3.Adding the Ingredients – All additives that were listed, except the wine yeast and the yeast nutrients will be added in the concoction. These should be mixed until all the ingredients have dissolved.
4.Cover the primary with the sterile cloth and leave for at least 24 hours depending on recommended specific gravity required as specified in the recipe.
5.Transferring to the secondary – When you have reached the recommended specific gravity, you will now have to transfer the must into the secondary, add the yeast and yeast nutrients, stir then cover with air lock.
6.Racking – When the wine have reached a specific gravity as indicated in the wine making recipe you have, you will need to transfer the wine to another secondary vessel. You are to leave the lees or the sediments found at the bottom of the Carboy. These lees are dead yeast cells. Prolonged exposure to it may cause the wine to taste bad.
7.Rack again – After a recommended period, you may check your wine’s clarity. If the wine is already clear and has no more sediments at the bottom of the vessel, you may proceed to the next step. Otherwise, you will have to rack again and again until the wine becomes clear and free of lees.
8.Bottling – once the wine is already clear, this is will indicate that the fermentation process is over. You may now transfer the wine in smaller bottles.
9.Aging – this step will require a really long time. It may take six months to a year before the wine is aged enough to have that good taste. The recipe or wine book you are following should have a recommended period of time for the aging process. Once it has aged long enough, you may now taste your wine to see if it still needs to age longer.
10.Enjoying – At this point, your wine have already aged long enough and already tastes like expensive wine. It is now time to enjoy your home made wine.

The listed steps are the general steps in fermenting homemade wine using wine making kits. If you will notice, it was mentioned repeatedly that some procedures will depend on the recipe you are following. This is because the amount of time, additive or ingredients required may vary from one fruit to another or from one variety of fruit to another.

Each fruit and each variety of fruit will have its own characteristics and its own level of acidity, sweetness and the like which may affect the variation of needed additives.

Now, if you find these steps complicated, you may want to start with fermenting fruit juices i wine kits. There are Wine kits available now that sells concentrated juice together with pre-measured ingredients to add and an easy to follow recipe or instructions to homemade wine making.

These wine kits are expensive and don’t come with the wine making equipment but if you really want to learn, this may be the simplest and easiest way to learn since everything is already laid out for you. Just so you’d get the feel of fermenting wine.
But if you really want to experience first hand what it’s like to make wine from choosing the fruit to enjoying the beverage, then you better start looking for fully ripe fruits now.

If you are wondering what kind of fruits you could ferment and turn into wine, and what flavors wine kits offer, we suggest that you visit the blog site, Wine Making Kits. It has additional information of the process of making homemade wine and some information on the available kits in the market.

By: bloggingman

The first of the more important wine accessories is a bottle opener or corkscrew. There are many kinds of wine bottle openers on the market today. The most common corkscrews that people know about are either the winged style or waiter’s friends (sometimes called a wine key). A winged style looks exactly like the name states; it has a lever on each side that will rise when the center screw is inserted into the cork of a bottle. To remove the cork, the wings are lowered causing the screw and attached cork to rise with it and be removed from the bottle. A wine key is smaller and uses a single lever positioned onto the side of the bottle to provide leverage to remove the cork from the bottle. Both types of corkscrews are rather easy to find and usually start out selling for around $5.00. These openers in most cases can cause a cork to break in half if not pulled out correctly, or if the screw is not centered though the cork.

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Wine is a wonderful thing. It’s great for entertaining guest, relaxing, complimenting a meal, or simply unwinding after a long day at work. No true wine enthusiast however would be caught dead without a wine rack. If you’re in the process of buying a wine rack for your home, here’s some information to help you with your decision.

There are several types of wine bottle racks available. They can be made of both metal or wood and some are vertical racks, while others are horizontal.

1. Vertical Racks – Vertical wine bottle racks aren’t usually the best choice. Vertical wine racks aren’t recommended because the cork will dry out eventually and shrink up after a certain period of time. When this happens, it causes the wine to be exposed to air and it is eventually ruined. Vertical racks are really only useful for short term wine storage.
2. Horizontal Racks – A horizontal wine bottle rack is a much better choice. Horizontal racks store the wine in a manner where the wine bottle cork will remain moist and swelled. This keeps your wine from going bad over time.

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Horizontal racks are also very flexible and cost effective as you can always increase wine storage space by stacking additional racks.

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Winsome 9 Bottle Wine Cart w Stemware Rack Drawer 34333 US $61.00 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 10:51:46 PDT Add to watch list

Honey BAMBOO Floor Standing WINE Vino RACK Holder Wood US $99.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 10:53:30 PDT Add to watch list

WINE BARREL WINE CABINET WINE GLASS RACK W/ LIGHT NAPA US $225.00 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 10:59:54 PDT Add to watch list

Vintage View Wine Racks US $25.00 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 11:01:19 PDT Add to watch list

Vinotemp VT-DIAMONDBIN Wood Wine Rack Cube, 24-Bottle US $75.86 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 11:01:31 PDT Add to watch list

Seville Classics SHE05120 20-Bottle Chrome Wine Rack US $48.95 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 11:01:38 PDT Add to watch list

Oenophilia Alexander 40-Bottle Cellar Wine Rack US $69.51 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 11:01:54 PDT Add to watch list

REALLY DIFFERENT BOTTLE SHAPED 6 BOTTLE WINE RACK, EXC US $24.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 11:07:36 PDT Add to watch list

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The Wine Rack, Small US $69.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 11:17:46 PDT Add to watch list

METAL GRAPEVINE THEME BISTRO WALL WINE BOTTLE RACK-NEW US $6.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 11:35:22 PDT Add to watch list

Winsome Regalia Foldable / Stackable Wine Rack US $79.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 11:49:03 PDT Add to watch list

1 Chrome Plated Wine Glass Hangers Holders Rack 10" New US $2.74 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:07:47 PDT Add to watch list

TUSCAN ROSE DESIGN WALL WINE RACK SCROLL LEAF & ROSE US $34.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:07:59 PDT Add to watch list

Wine Bottle Refrigerator Rack....NEW IN BOX US $2.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:10:53 PDT Add to watch list

Wrought Iron Wooden Wine Rack Cabinet Buffet Bar Table US $399.95 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:18:22 PDT Add to watch list

3 Chrome Plated Wine Glass hanger Rack Hangers 16" NEW US $8.90 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:20:59 PDT Add to watch list

Mustang Spirit Wine Rack US $13.30 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:33:18 PDT Add to watch list

2 NEW Chrome Plated Wine Glass Hanger Hangers Rack 24" US $10.97 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:33:48 PDT Add to watch list

MWR - Wine Rack US $59.36 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:58:59 PDT Add to watch list

MWR - Wine Rack US $145.28 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 12:58:59 PDT Add to watch list

WS3 Series 9 Bottle Wall Mount Wine Rack Brushed Nickel US $84.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 13:01:12 PDT Add to watch list

WS3 Series 27 Bottle Wall Mounted Wine Rack Green US $79.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 13:01:15 PDT Add to watch list

Wine Master Cellars 9 Bottle Wall Mounted Wine Rack US $85.00 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 13:01:17 PDT Add to watch list

Wine Master Cellars 27 Bottle Wall Mounted Wine Rack US $79.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 13:01:19 PDT Add to watch list

MAG Series 9 Bottle Wall Mounted Magnum Wine Rack Black US $74.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 13:01:21 PDT Add to watch list

Freestanding 3 Ft Island Display Endcap Wine Rack Black US $134.99 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 13:01:24 PDT Add to watch list

Four Foot Island Extension Platinum Series Wine Rack US $659.00 End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 13:01:26 PDT Add to watch list

METAL WINE RACK US $12.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Friday Jul-30-2010 13:01:51 PDT Add to watch list