Out of the six modules of WSET Diploma, none is more daunting than the D3 exam featuring still wines of the world. Part of this is because of volume- the module has a ~600-page book with dozens upon dozens of wine-growing regions, hundreds of grapes, and an untold number of facts and figures to remember. … Read more
When it comes to planning a wine trip, we’ll be the first to admit that there is a lot to think about. From determining where you want to go, where you want to stay, how to find wineries to visit, buying wine, and doing other non-wine activities, the amount of information you may have to … Read more
When it comes to celebrating Valentine’s Day, we love nothing more than staying in, cooking a good meal, and opening up a great bottle of wine. So if you’re like us, you may wonder what type of wine to pair with your meal. Whether you’re cooking up some fancy seafood or steaks, something vegetarian, or … Read more
When it comes to learning about wine, sometimes it is hard to beat a good book. Over the years, we have collected many of the best wine books and read through resource after resource to improve our knowledge. So in this one, we thought we’d share five of our favorite books about wine to help … Read more
Our quest here at The Grape Pursuit is to try every commercially available wine variety in the world, and you can imagine that we do whatever we can in order to taste new grapes. This includes ordering them online at places like Wine.com, browsing obscure stores and the “other international” shelves larger wine stores, and … Read more
When we normally think of Semillon, we often think of the botrytized wine it produces in regions like Sauternes in France. But this grape is also known to make some pretty stellar conventional dry white wines, especially from regions like Hunter Valley in Australia. Naturally, we had to pick up a bottle of Silkman’s blackberry … Read more
As far as wine preservation systems are concerned, none are more intriguing to us than the Coravin. This unit uses a simple process to displace wine with inert gas all without removing the cork from the bottle outright! We were fortunate enough to pick up one of these for use at home, and while we … Read more
