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If you are a complete beginner or stanger to the world of wine but you are eager to start learning and educating yourself, well, you have come to the right place. My first advice to you will be to stay away from the fully theoretical courses that do not offer Read more…

By @oray_wine, 3 years28 November 2022 ago
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VDQS, the ancestor of the current French Appellation System: a leap into the past to fix the present

If you have ever paid attention to any French wine at all, you should have seen many different acronyms on their respective labels. The AOP, AOC, IGP, and VdF are probably the most common. However, they are very controversial nowadays given that many extremely talented winemakers have decided either to Read more…

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Wine 101: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Wine

Do you feel like wine is a very interesting world but you just do not understand anything at all? Do you feel that it is probably too complex for you? Do you feel like a complete stranger when wine connoisseurs tell you about all those fancy aromas (blueberry, blackcurrant, leather, Read more…

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