Syrah vs Shiraz By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. You say Shiraz, I say Syrah? Same grape or not? What do you think about syrah vs shiraz? If you said yes you are correct? What’s [...]

Malbec Wine By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. Malbec wine is probably a wine that you may have heard of, but probably never tried. But you know what, it’s time you did, because its really [...]

Riesling Ice Wine? By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. I have always enjoyed dealing with our neighbors from the great white north. One of the reasons is that I think the Canadians make one of [...]

How to Make Sangria By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. Sangria.  Just saying the word sounds fun doesn’t it?  Before we learn how to make sangria, let’s learn a little about it first. Spain claims [...]

Chianti Wine By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. Italians have contributed many things to humanity, but Chianti wine has to be at or near the top. This grape is native to the Chianti region which [...]

White Wine Types By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. There are many white wine types, but  as you travel down the wine road, most people will like whites before they like reds. Some will never [...]

Cheese and Wine Pairings By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. Let’s match some cheese and wine pairings. Who doesn’t like wine and cheese? Life if good, huh! Well here’s something for remembering how to match [...]

Red Wine Basics By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. Lets go over some red wine basics.  Remember, for most people it takes a while to develop your taste for red wine and most people like [...]

Types of Port Wine By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. There are many types of Port Wine. Port, no, not the left side of the boat…Port is actually the name of a grape from Portugal. [...]

Types of Dessert Wine By Mark Adams Mark is a professional winemaker, former winery owner, author and frequent speaker on wine.  He currently teaches wine classes throughout the United States. As a kid who didn’t want to skip the brussel sprouts and go right to dessert? Well, now that you’re an adult, you don’t have [...]