by DJ Spiess | Aug 19, 2008 | Lifestyle
We’ve all read the health benefits from drinking red wine. One joke that commonly gets tossed around for any ailment is, “You have x? Red wine cures that!” Distinguishing between myth and science can be very difficult. Everyone has heard that red...
by Petra Spiess | Aug 8, 2008 | Winemaking
Pour someone a glass of fine looking wine, then right before they are about to take a sip, tell them you made it—invariably there will a hesitation (the length of which depends on the default courtesy of the guest)—followed by questions. People are leery of homemade...
by DJ Spiess | Jun 16, 2008 | Wine
The most difficult part of winemaking may be waiting for the wine to age. When you make a wine, it can be years before it is ready to drink. Just like death, man has come up with different (and weird) methods to cheat the waiting process. Deep Six Your Wine Here is...
by DJ Spiess | Apr 14, 2008 | Wine
This is the exact problem facing a Swiss town. The town of Champagne, Switzerland, was told to phase out their name by 2004. In what might possibly be the only known surrender to France in modern history, the Swiss government ceded the name to the French in 1999. ...
by DJ Spiess | Mar 19, 2008 | Wine
Ilja Gort’s nose is worth $7.9 million dollars (5 Euros), at least according to his insurance policy. Jonathan Thomas, the lead underwriter for the policy, stated that the nose could distinguish millions of different smells. This ability was important to guarantee...
