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Infographic: Guide to Pairing Wine & Food

This guest post was written by Adam Stevens of Corr Chilled exclusively for Social Vignerons. Properly pairing wine with food can truly transform a meal. A simple sea bass paired…

Top 60 Most Expensive Languedoc Wines

The Southern French wine region of Languedoc, the biggest wine-producing area in the world, has known over the last couple of decades a total renaissance. From a region more known…

How Good is Dom Pérignon Champagne?

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1995 Champagne Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires Brut : Nearing Perfection !

Score : 97+/100 Score 97/100 This Prestige Cuvée Champagne was awarded GOLD at Social Vignerons Prestige Cuvée Champagne AWARDS. Tasting Notes This vintage prestige cuvée Champagne comes in a very bright and shiny…

2010 E. Guigal Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone, France

Score: 93/100 Score 93/100 The Domaine E. Guigal is primarily a producer of wines from the Northern Rhone where the winery is located (in Ampuis). But they do also…

5 Wines to have, and 5 Wines to Avoid for Valentine’s Day

The 14th of February is a very special day, especially for us wine lovers. More than any other day, it’s an opportunity to share our love for wine with our Valentine: a…

Infographic: French Wine & Cheese Pairing

In a fruitful collaboration with Andrew at HisandHerwine.com, Social Vignerons is giving you examples of how the incredible variety of French cheese can marry and sublime some of the most popular…

Infographic: Wine Bottle Anatomy

As opposed to wine bottles themselves, the anatomy of a wine bottle holds no secret and is fairly straight forward. Still, there is some specific vocabulary any wine lover, wine…

Infographics & Guide to Syrah Wine Grape Variety

Syrah, also globally known as Shiraz, is certainly one of the most famous red grape varieties in the world, giving birth to some of the finest and most expensive wines around the globe, from France to…

How Good is Mouton Cadet Bordeaux wine?

Reviewing 2014 Mouton Cadet Bordeaux AC, France Score: 85/100 Score 85/100 As I highlighted recently in an article on Vivino about the Most Popular French Wines, wines coming under…

07Dec

1995 Champagne Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires Brut : Nearing Perfection !

22Nov

New 2015 Label for Château Mouton-Rothschild by Gerhard Richter

Since 1945, a famous artist designs the label of Bordeaux first growth Château Mouton Rothschild. The collection of labels and their original artwork can now be seen if you visit the Mouton Rothschild winery and its museum in Pauillac. I was there no sooner than…

17Mar

Q&A with a wine influencer: Jancis Robinson talks about social media

Jancis Robinson is a busy women. Her #2 position in our Top 20 Worlwide wine influencers on social media hasn’t come by chance. Between many major wine publications, Jancis is the editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine (3d ed. 2006), co-author with Hugh Johnson of…

25Mar

Q&A with Wine Influencers: The Wine Wankers & Social Media

Sydney -based bloggers The Wine Wankers started their WordPress site thewinewankers.com.au no sooner than July 2013, but have become since a firm favorite in the worldwide online wine landscape, and on social media in particular. In February 2015, they made it among the very first positions of our February…

17Oct

Top 20+ Best Instagram Wine Accounts

Who are the Best Wine Instagramers to follow on Social Media? Instagram is one of the hottest, if not THE hottest social media platform for people to share not only photos, but stories, videos, direct messages and much more. Many wine lovers have invested the…

27Aug

Stopping by at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Napa & Reviewing the Wines

On a quick road trip in Napa Valley earlier in August for the Wine Bloggers Conference #WBC16, I felt I had to stop by and see with my own eyes one of the most iconic Californian wineries. What is this wine whose 1973 vintage beat the…

03Oct

The Malbecs of Argentina

Did you know that Argentina is the only country that have original Malbec vines of true French heritage? A Long Tradition & History In 1853, Michel A. Pouget – a French agronomist, who was hired to create and run the Quinta Normal of Mendoza, arrived…

01Oct

How To Decant Wine: The Beginner’s Guide

This guest post was written by Kate Elizabeth of katelizabethphotography.co.uk exclusively for Social Vignerons. Why Do We Decant Wine? We decant wine for two main reasons: to remove any sediment that has collected at the bottom of the bottle to aerate the wine so that the…

07Apr

Q&A with a Wine Influencer: Tim Atkin MW & Social Media

Tim Atkin is — if these words can ever be put together — NOT ONLY a Master of Wine. He has also become one of the most prominent wine personalities and critic in the world. Like a few in our Top 20 Worldwide Wine Influencers he accepted to…

27Feb

Top 60 Most Expensive Languedoc Wines

The Southern French wine region of Languedoc, the biggest wine-producing area in the world, has known over the last couple of decades a total renaissance. From a region more known for supplying large volumes of affordable wines, it has turned into a rich source of…