Here’s an interesting wine-related ad: the European government is sponsoring a pro-cork campaign. According to them, 89.3% of the French still prefer cork.
Wine journalist Herve Lalau posted an analysis (or is it a critique?) of this number and of the interest groups behind the campaign on his blog.  His main point is that unlike North American wine drinkers, French people aren’t really given that choice. According to the supermarket group E. Leclerc, only 0.5% of all bottles present on the French market are be screwcap bottles. Is that really called …

Like Jay-Z, Mario Lemieux and Grover Cleveland, we here at Tag: Wine decided to take a little break.  But just like Hova, Super Mario and… ummm… the President with the same name as the blue monster on Sesame Street, we’re back!  And what better time to get back in the game than when summer is in full swing and everyone’s attention is focused on tasty roses, crisp whites and anything else to stay cool as the mercury soars?

Here in the New York City area, it’s been hovering around 95 degrees …

Perhaps no other beverage “brand” has ingrained itself as permanently and thoroughly into our culture as Champagne.  But this blessing has also been its curse.  For the vast majority of people not in the food or wine business, Champagne has become synonymous with any wine closed with the help of a six-and-a-half turn metal cage and opens with a POP before kicking off a celebration.  However, a short visit to some of the grower-producers around Reims, Verzenay and Epernay reveals the less glamorous, more down to Earth and unique side …