Coravin FAQ: 25+ Answers to Your Most Popular Questions
We recently had a chance to chat with Coravin founder Greg Lambrecht about his innovative wine preservation system. It got our staff thinking of all the many questions we’ve heard ...
Stemmed Wine Glasses—and Why Height Matters
Jump to: Why Do Glasses Have Stems? | Standard Height in Inches | Short vs. Long-Stemmed Glasses When shopping for stemware, there is no shortage of options. But while shape ...
How to Use an Electric Corkscrew
By far the easiest, quickest, and most convenient way to open a bottle, electric corkscrews are among the most user-friendly kitchen gadgets. The design is sleek, and user interface is ...
Three Simple Ways To Remove the Foil Capsule Covering the Wine Bottle
Wine bottles with cork closures typically have a protective foil wrapping around the top of the bottle’s neck. Among wine drinkers, this foil is called the “capsule”. Although capsules can ...
Featured Product: Vintage Oak Wine Barrel Bistro Table & Stool Set
As companies go, we’ve been around a long time (since 1979!)—and in that time, our team has enjoyed front row seats to various fads and trends within the wine industry. ...
How to Use Decanter Cleaning Beads
Wine aficionados are no stranger to the struggle of hand-cleaning delicate glassware and odd-shaped drink accessories. But wine and whiskey decanters—often both fragile and intricately designed—inspire a whole new level ...
Which is the Easiest Wine Opener to Use?
As long as the cork comes out of the bottle and the wine flows, the corkscrew did its job. Right? Actually, that is the bare minimum that you should expect ...
Corkscrew Showdown: Waiter’s vs. Electric Style Wine Openers
Ask any wine connoisseur, and they’ll gladly tell you which is the best style wine opener and why. From no-fuss gas cork extractors to simple-yet-labor-intensive twist and pull corkscrews, everybody ...
A Beginner’s Guide to Basement Wine Cellars
Wine cellars and storage units are often high-tech, sophisticated machines. But that hasn’t always been the case—7,000 years ago, Neolithic peoples in Iran stored wine in pottery jugs, buried under ...
COVID-19 Q&A with Wine Enthusiast’s Consultants: Drinking from Home & What We’re Working
Editor’s Note: Working from Home & What We’re Drink… You know what we mean. These unprecedented times have brought equally unprecedented changes to most of our day-to-day lives. At Wine ...