Tag: Wine
Wine and Food Pairing: Five Things Actually Worth Knowing
Wine and food pairing has accumulated a reputation for being complicated, rule-bound, and slightly intimidating — which is unfortunate, because the actual principles behind it…
What Yeast Actually Does: The Invisible Ingredient in Every Glass
Without yeast, grapes are just juice and barley is just soup. Every flavor compound that makes wine taste like wine and beer taste like beer…
Page Springs Cellars: The Arizona Winery Built by an Ecologist Who Found His Medium
Eric Glomski did not set out to become a winemaker. He set out to become an ecologist. He graduated from Prescott College with a degree…
San Diego’s Highland Valley Wine Trail Catching the Rhythm of the Valley
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Travel · 7 min read Thirty minutes north of downtown San Diego, tucked into the hills above San Pasqual Valley, Highland…
Building Your Own Wine Collection
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 6 min read Starting a wine collection doesn’t require a fortune or a sommelier’s credentials — it requires a…
Acidity, Tannins, Finish, Terroir: The 14 Wine Words Every Drinker Should Know
Wine tasting has its own language — and unlike most specialized vocabularies, this one is genuinely useful. Knowing the difference between acidity and tannins, understanding…
The Great Debate – Oak Wine Barrels or Stainless Steel Wine Drums?
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 8 min read Ask any winemaker whether they prefer oak barrels or stainless steel and you will get a…
San Diego’s Oldest Vineyard and Winery
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 7 min read Nestled 25 miles north of downtown San Diego in Rancho Bernardo, Bernardo Winery is Southern California’s…
Eco-Friendly Wines: Defining the Terms
CrushBrew Editorial · Wine Knowledge · 7 min read Eco-friendly wine labels — natural, organic, sustainable, biodynamic — sound similar but mean very different things,…