The Wine Box Blog
Your Guide to the Best Wines for Christmas
During this festive season, make your Christmas Dinner an unforgettable experience with the best food and wine pairing ideas. Christmas dinners often include a range of different meats and vegetables, which can make it tricky to know exactly which wines will work with the meal. With this best wines for Christmas guide, you will create the best…
Meet the Winemaker: Natalie Christensen
Natalie Christensen Yealands Wines Yealands Wines Chief Winemaker Natalie Christensen, Master of Science (first-class honors), along with a Graduate Diploma in Oenology from the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawke’s Bay, where she graduated top in her year. Bachelor of Music from Canterbury University. Classically trained double bass player. Named by The Drinks Business as…
Meet the Wine Maker: Charles Bieler [Bio]
Charles Bieler Proprietor, Bieler Wines Bieler Wines Charles Bieler is a winemaker and an innovator, with an eye for creative opportunity, an ability to spot an opening before it materializes, and a knack for taking two or three outrageous propositions and combining them into a winner. Charles’ history gave him an uncanny eye for innovation…
To Decant or Not to Decant… That is the Question.
Fully experiencing all the wonders that wine has to offer, two key components can either make or break your wine experience. The purpose of a decanter and a proper wine glass in your tasting experience should never be underestimated; and here’s why. The Purpose of a Decanter Decanting is essentially pouring wine into a separate…
Is Your Fine Wine Vegan or Vegetarian?
Considering wine is actually just crushed grapes, you would assume that wine is a vegan product, right? Well, not necessarily. Although wine doesn’t have actual animal products added into the wine, there are several animal products used to clarify even fine wines. For those who are strictly vegetarian or vegan, it is imperative to seek…
How to Choose Fine Wine: 10 Steps to a Quality Wine
For many people, choosing a fine wine can be somewhat of a daunting task. It can be overwhelming to consider all the recommended criteria, as well as how time consuming it can seem to wade through the wide variety of options to choose from. Here at TWB Cellar Limited, though, we don’t think it has…
Water into… Amarone?
According to writers like Pliny and Virgil, we have a clue as to what wines were made in the Roman empire. Aminean, Nomentan and Apian were the best grape varieties in descending order. Don’t ask me what the modern-day names of these are. Or, if they still exist in their original form. Romans regarded wine…
BAROSSA – Australia’s Quintessential Wine Region
Barossa is in the south of Australia north-east of Adelaide in the Mount Lofty Ranges aka Adelaide Hills. It is comprised of Barossa Valley and Eden Valley, which are regarded as some of the best for fine wine production. This area was originally settled by Germans. It started with Lutherans escaping religious persecution at home…
VODKA AND CAVIAR- Roe, roe, roe your boat.
Even someone with just a passing fancy in fish roe has heard of Beluga caviar. It’s the eggs of the Beluga Sturgeon, a massive fish from the Caspian Sea. It costs like $7,000 / sh 700,000 a kilo! (that’s IF you can get it.) Not only is the Caspian Sturgeon endangered, but it’s also actually…