WineOpedia - Information On Wine From Its History To Your Glass
"In ancient Greece it was believed that the God Dionysus "The God Of Wine"bestowed all his worshiper
 By Sharon Stajda   From its ancient history, to the growth of the grapes, to our wine glasses, and everything in-between. Lets explore wine... A long running fable tells of a certain ancient Persian king that valued his wine so much that he kept it in a bottle labeled poison... It was said one dark evening one of the kings harem drank from the bottle labeled poison, with the very intentions of doing away with herself. Instead of fading into eternal sleep, she became drunk and amorous. The fo...

Wine - Problems That Have Plagued Wine
By Sharon Stajda It wasn't always wine and roses... In the year of 1863 an unidentifiable disease hit the grape vines in Frances Rhone Valley. This disease was caused by an unknown louse, that was so small it was hard to see with the naked eye. This louse was destroying the very root of the vines, and wiping out vineyard after vineyard. The disease spread quickly through the country side, until all of Francess vineyards were infected, and quickly becoming destroyed. How did this disease get i...

All About Wine - Under One Pergola
By Sharon Stajda,   From its ancient history, to the growth of the grapes, to our wine glasses, and everything in-between. Lets explore wine... Thanks for stopping in... I love wine, and have had so much fun writing, and building several  Squidoo lenses on the very subject. I wanted to make it easy, and convienent for my wine loving readers to have a look see at all my wine related sites, under one pergola - so to speak.  If you have stumbled into this page, and love wine?  I have put togethe...

Wine Tasting 101--- Learn To Taste Wine Like A pro
Ever Have A Wine Tasting Party ! Step by step---Wine tasting tutorial, Free Wine scoring sheet, and
By Sharon Stajda, Do you dread it when a waiter approaches with the wine, and is expecting you to perform a tasting, before its served? I have provided some tips below, to get you through it like a pro.... HOW TO TASTE WINE PROPERLY Learning how to taste wines is a straight forward adventure. If done right it will come to deepen your appreciation of good wine. What are we looking for--- Look, smell and taste? Its as simple as that. You will be using your basic sense's. After some practice you...