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Wine Tasting Kits


For wine lovers, the best part about having many wineries around is wine tasting. You can enjoy the best variants of wines in one or two visits to these wineries? tasting parties; some even for free. Aside from such wine makers, there are also many hotels and restaurants that hold wine tasting events where you can have a sip of some of the world?s most famous wines. Your wine tasting adventures, however, will be more exciting and fruitful with wine tasting kits.

Basically, wine tasting kits are use by wine tasters to determine and analyze the wine?s quality, taste, aroma, color and flavor. These kits include several things such as wine aroma bottles and blotting strips. Wine tasting manuals and assessment record books are also included in most tasting kits; the former is use as reference while the latter is being used for evaluation entry and analysis.

Wine tasting kits are available in different types and kinds as wine varieties differ in components and structures. Kits also vary in numbers of bottles and strips, accessories and materials. Depending on the wines you?re going to taste, there are corresponding tasting kits for it; red wine tasting kits are different from kits use in white wine.

Personal Wine Tasting Kits

The market offers kits not only for wineries and big tasting even holders; there are many kits available in personal packages. If you?re a true wine enthusiast, you?ll surely have a cellar of your own and you?ll need to stock up the best wines of your choice. Having the right sets of wine tasting kits, along with tasting knowledge, will help you know if you?re buying authentic and quality standard wines.

Personal wine tasting kits are available in smaller or miniature versions, making it convenient for you to store them safely after your wine appreciation ceremony. Depending on the brand, these wine tasting kits vary in materials, styles and designs; packages can also be personalized for your needs. Aroma liquids included in the kits may also vary depending on the manufacturer?s offer as well as your preferences.

Wine Tasting Kits Online

If you want the best wine tasting kits for your tasting events, the Internet is always the most convenient place for you to look for one. There are many wine-dedicated sites online that offer different merchandises like tasting kits. You may contact one or two of them to inquire about their deals and place the order once you?re satisfied with the offers. You can also find valuable information about wine tasting and wine tasting kits among these sites.

Wine Tasting provides detailed information on Wine Tasting, Temecula Wine Tasting, Wine Tasting Tours, Wine Tasting Kits and more. Wine Tasting is affiliated with California Wine Clubs.



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Giving the Gift of Wine


The holidays have a way of bringing change: people become cheerier, houses become more illuminated, and turkeys start carrying around Rosary beads, fervently hoping that no one notices them. From the family get-togethers to the meetings with old friends, the holidays are a time for love, joy, and kinship. Yet, before "Peace on Earth and Goodwill towards men" can really begin to solidify, one thing needs to be finished: holiday shopping.

Holiday shopping can bring stress upon just about anyone. If the packed department stores don't unnerve you, a rabid shopping cart to the back of your heel surely will: there's nothing that increases blood pressure quite like a Wal-Mart in December.

However, there are certain gifts that allow for avoidance of long lines, screaming children, and the "Sold Out" signs sure to plague the Tickle Me Elmo section of local department stores. One of these is the gift of wine, a gift that represents friendship, celebration, and so much health that it runs a close second to giving a kidney. Because there are a variety of ways wine can be given, it is simply one of the easiest gifts to give and an even easier one to receive. When giving wine, there's no need to keep the receipt.

Wine Clubs

Enrolling a friend, a spouse, or a relative in a Wine Club is one of the most unique gifts you can give the wine lover. For the wine novice, a Wine Club provides education on and exposure to the different types of wine, all the while teaching the drinker that wine does not necessarily come in a box. For the connoisseur, a Wine Club allows the drinker to keep their cellar full as bottles show up on their front porch with the regularity of a full moon. A Wine Club also indulges members with inside information, special deals, wine secrets and exposure to rare vintages.

What's more, Wine Clubs are an extremely easy gift to give. The Internet is swimming with a variety of Wine Clubs, clubs that provide quick and easy enrollment. However, when giving the gift of a Wine Club, keep in mind that some are only allowed to ship to certain states. Thus, be sure that you find one able to deliver to the state where the gift recipient resides.

Personalized Wine Labels

Personalized wine labels are one of those rare gifts that combine emotion and practicability: the bottle's label allows for the conveyance of a personal touch while the bottle's contents allow for enjoyment of a different sense. A personalized wine label is something that can be held onto: long after the bottle is emptied, it can be kept the way cards, letters, and photographs are stored, all retained with the purpose of sentiment. From giving newlyweds a wine bottle that reads, "First Christmas" to giving your parents one that reads, "Thirtieth Christmas," a personalized wine label invites a plethora of possibilities.

A personalized wine label is particularly great when coupled with wine that evokes even more sentiment. Giving someone wine from a year that is of particular importance or from a region that they hold as special can make a personalized wine label, and the wine inside, that much more cherished.

Wine Openers and Accessories

Wine is a product that has several accessories: it is the teenage girl of the alcohol industry. Because of this, many wine lovers can always use wine devices to supplement their collection. From something as small as a wine opener to something as large as a wine rack, anything to do with wine makes a great gift for both the accomplished wine connoisseur and the aspiring wine connoisseur.

For those who already have everything from a wine charm to a set of Riedel wine glasses, from a wine journal to a wine partridge in a wine pear tree, bottles of a favorite wine make great gifts. Because people who love wine - people who replaced their ice box with a wine refrigerator, people who wash their wine glasses with silk cloths, people who named their first born son "Corky" - can never have too much, just giving a nice vintage is always suitable.

Miscellaneous Tips

Giving wine as a gift does possess some risks. Not only do you run the risk of purchasing a bottle and "accidentally" drinking it before you can give it to the recipient, but there is also a slight chance that you will get someone a bottle of wine they don't find particularly appealing. In order to minimize this risk, be sure to buy the recipient the type of wine they like, not the type you like. If you are buying for someone who loves white wine, try to stay away from purchasing red, no matter how cute the Merlot looks sitting on its shelf.

For instances where you are unsure of what wine a person may like, try giving them a wine basket with a variety of wines or a gift certificate to a wine store.

Port, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir are increasingly becoming the gold, frankincense and myrrh of the modern day, establishing themselves as gifts of the wise. Because the holidays bring about so much stress - preparing for the arrival of in-laws, cooking a turkey dinner, watching for poop as reindeer fly over head - wine can help the giver give something easy and the receiver drink something soothing. As a gift, it's a win-win situation: when it comes to wine, one size fits all.

Jennifer Jordan is the senior editor at http://www.savoreachglass.com. With a vast knowledge of wine etiquette, she writes articles on everything from how to hold a glass of wine to how to hold your hair back after too many glasses. Ultimately, she writes her articles with the intention that readers will remember wine is fun and each glass of anything fun should always be savored.



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