All Things Wine — singapore wines
New World vs Old World Wines - What's the difference?
You’ve probably heard Old World versus New World wines, what exactly is the difference? New World wines are from countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Chile, South Africa and the USA, less popular regions include India, Japan and China. These wineries usually adopt and implement the traditions of wine making from Old World Wines. Due to warmer climates, New World wines tend to produce a less acidic, more fruity and sweeter grapes which translates to wines with a higher alcohol content. Old World wines are from countries where wine making first originated, France, Italy, Spain, Germany. This list also includes...
Debunking Wine Awards - Do they even mean anything?
Take a memory trip down the wine section of the supermarket and one thing you would be sure to notice is the stunning number of awards donned on each wine bottle. Ranging from international accolades such as “International Wine Challenge” and “Sommelier Wine Awards” to mere recommendations by “WineNZ Magazine”, how are you supposed to tell one Shiraz apart from another? To make matters even more confusing, you have wine critics who came up with their own 100-point scores (ahem, Robert Parker…) which has greater influence than some of the International Awards out there. What does this mean to an...
