When Do You Decant a Wine?

When Do You Decant a Wine?

We’ve all seen a sommelier gently pouring a bottle of older wine into an elegant decanter and service from this fancy glassware, not the bottle.  But why do they do this?  And when is it appropriate? There is one main reason to decant a wine and a secondary...
How Does the Wine Distribution System Work?

How Does the Wine Distribution System Work?

The three-tier distribution system (Maker – Distributor – Retailer) goes back to the repeal of Prohibition in the United States in 1933.  The states were put in charge of the laws around distribution of alcohol, but the states and the federal governmentwere...