Recent content by david77daniel

Sorry I wasn't paying attention !! :) . There are lines that go from cheese to red wines , I missed that from the first try !!

Nothing cuts the heavy taste of tannin like cheese . If you have a cup of black tea , the tannin from that tea is balanced with a drop of milk . Tannin loves protein . And cheese goes very well with the heavy taste of tannin . If you have a Cabernet that you opened before it matured ... before...

There are 2 ways of making Oak barrels - the french way (aka European way) , and the American way . The French did not make barrels out of their oaks until the wood did not stay for about 3 years outside so the sun and the rain would change it, so most of the tannin would wash away . After that...

Hi ! From what I know ... when it comes to Oak .... you should always ask yourself how much tannin do you really want . For example a soft wine like Pinot Noir doesn't really enjoy Oak that much . Pinot Noir is wine that is well produced in Germany where the temperature is really low ...

Hello !! I am very passionate about wine... more about theory than practice . I use to work as I waiter in the past , and from the information that people who I worked with taught me ... you can really pair anything with anything or cook with any wine... but the main rule is you should really...