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Amazing White Rioja Wines The Rioja region has been a wine making region for thousands of years but the modern style we know as Rioja today came about with French influence–and perhaps directly from Bordeaux. The Rioja region is located along the Camino de Santiago which is an ancient religious...

Wine and chocolate have a lot of similarities to each other. For one, they’re both considered aphrodisiacs and they both contain flavanols (antioxidants). Despite these striking similarities, it’s somewhat challenging to pair wine and chocolate together. Chocolate and Wine? For example, if you taste a delicious glass of dry red wine alongside...

Digestif or Digestivo A digestif is an alcoholic beverage served after a meal, to aid digestion. When served after a coffee course, it may be called pousse-café. Digestifs are usually taken straight. Common kinds of digestif include: Brandy (Cognac, Armagnac, alembic-made) Eaux de vie (fruit brandies, Schnapps, Calvados) Pomace brandy...

What the heck is “Mezcal?” Remember that REAL tequila is made from BLUE agave and only in very specific regions? Well, when those guidelines are not followed, what you have is Mezcal (Mess-Call). Made from the more common Maguey plant (a cousin to the blue agave), Mezcal has a smoky...