wine

WineRatings+: Wine Info For The Oenophile And Wine Idiot Alike

I know people who buy wine based on the label design — because they know nothing about wine. And by people I mean myself, which is what makes Wine Spectator’s Wine Ratings+ app incredibly handy.


This Little Robot Has One Mission: Make Better Wine

This little chap, known as Wall-Ye V.I.N., might look adorable, but he means business. With four wheels, two arms, six cameras, and on-board GPS, he’s capable of pruning 600 vines a day in order to help make the wine you swill every evening.


Five-Zone Wine-Cooling Fridge Packs Months Of Liquid Dinners

Imagine having a miniature supermarket in your kitchen. That’s seemingly what Liebheer is promising with its new 48-inch wide SBS 246 side-by-side fridge. It has five separate cooling zones for keeping all your food at the perfect temperature, and even a wine cooler that can hold up to 34 bottles. The only thing missing is dedicated staff to keep it perpetually stocked.


How To Develop Film With Red Wine

There’s already a large community of old-school photographers who develop their shots using a mix of coffee and vitamin C instead of the usual chemicals found in a darkroom. But over at the Caffenol blog, they’ve started experimenting with a red wine-based developing solution as well.


The Strangest, Most Expensive Wine Bottle In The World Is Australian

It may look like a nuclear warhead or part of an exotic anti-matter weapon, but it’s actually a bottle of wine — a glass and metal cone containing 750mL of the most expensive wine in the world sold directly from a winery.


The 49 Bits Of Booze Jargon Every Drinker Needs To Know

Jargon is technology. Language was created for communication, and sharing a set of slang makes it all the more efficient. Ordering a drink from a bartender needs to be particularly quick and clear. If not, you’re going to look like a novice, and you’re not going to get the drink you want. And the booze snobs will rub it in your face.


Life-Size, Hand-Made Transformers-Like Wine Rack Could Be Yours

Usually browsing Craiglist’s ‘for sale’ section is like wandering through a junkyard, but every once in a while you come across a diamond in the rough. Like finding a Picasso at a yard sale, someone actually wants to sell this breathtaking Transformers-like wine rack sculpture.


Sex Expert Introduces Libido-Friendly Wine Line

Much to the delight of indiscriminate lightweights everywhere, 84-year-old “sex expert” Dr Ruth Westheimer is coming out with her own label of wine, Vin D’Amour, specially formulated to have an alcohol content of only 6 per cent by volume, as opposed to the typical 13 per cent ABV.


It’s Friday! How To Drink Wine Like You Know What The Hell You’re Doing

I have a confession to make: I’ve only just recently begun to understand and appreciate wine in terms more nuanced than white or red. What helps is knowing how best to drink a given varietal, and why.


Wine-Chilling Carafe Classes Up Your Picnic Basket

It’s a sunny day, you’re relaxing in the park, noshing on treats from your fully stocked basket, maybe tossing the frisbee around. But none of it means anything without booze.


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