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For people who simply love wine. Pairing, glasses, tools and the softer side. Made with AI, shaped by a sommelier. Formerly part of sommdigiblog.com.
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Wine & lifestyle
How much wine does it take to get drunk?
Honest answers from a sommelier, with the numbers from official health sources: what is in a glass and a bottle, why wine hits people differently, and how to enjoy it without overdoing it.
4 min read
Wine & lifestyle
Wine Connoisseur vs Sommelier: what's the difference?
A wine connoisseur knows and loves wine. A sommelier serves it for a living. What each word means, where it comes from, and how to become either.
3 min read
Glasses, tools & cellar
The best wine glasses: a sommelier's picks
You don't need a cupboard of shapes. One good universal glass handles almost every wine. My picks by budget and by how you live: the glass to dream about, the one for every day, and the one that survives anything.
3 min read
Glasses, tools & cellar
Zalto glasses: Universal, Bordeaux, Burgundy or Balance?
What makes Zalto different, the four shapes worth knowing, Bordeaux against Burgundy, and which one to buy first, from an Advanced Sommelier.
3 min read
Glasses, tools & cellar
The Sauternes glass: the best glass for dessert wine
Sweet wines need a smaller glass than you think. What makes a good Sauternes glass, my picks, and how to serve dessert wine like a sommelier.
2 min read
Glasses, tools & cellar
Chef & Sommelier wine glasses: which ones to buy
You have probably drunk from one in a restaurant. What makes Chef & Sommelier glasses different, which range to pick, and how they compare with handblown glasses.
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Soft Side
35- 40 funny wine memes only true wine lovers will understand
- 5 wines for a Lana Del Rey playlist
- Bacchus: the original winefluencer
- Carbonic maceration is basically a pop song
- Champagne vs Prosecco (told by your overconfident date)
- Chenin Blanc is the friend who always gets you
- Do you drink wine every day?
- Hospitality is brutal. You don't have to be.
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- How many calories are in this glass of wine?
- How to describe wine without sounding like a weirdo
- Is it still worth it to stay a sommelier?
- Is wine vegan? What vegan wine really means
- Just registered for WSET Level 3? Where to focus, and how AI can help
- Malolactic fermentation is basically a hug
- Pet-nat is still the coolest kid in the room
- Pliny the Elder was basically the first wine blogger
- Some bottles aren't meant to be shared
- Still not certified. Still showing up.
- The best wine glass? The one that's actually clean
- The monks who mapped Burgundy by foot
- The Sangiovese effect: inner nonna, outer chaos
- What even is NoLo wine? (And why it's everywhere)
- What I drank the night I realised I'm allowed to change
- What if dining alone was your greatest love story?
- What the vineyard teaches us about becoming
- What to drink when you're tired of being strong
- What to pour when you miss who you were
- When you pour without needing a reason
- Why does my wine smell like strawberry?
- Why glass bottles might be holding wine back
- Why Pinot Noir is a diva (but we still love her)
- Why Sancerre tastes like rainy mornings
- Why white and red grapes need therapy (apparently)
- Wine started in clay pots, not crystal glass
- Wines that feel like you're getting your power back (quietly)
Glasses, tools & cellar
19- Are wine tumblers worth it? A sommelier's honest answer
- Buying a wine rack on Amazon: the ABCs of choosing well
- Chef & Sommelier wine glasses: which ones to buy
- Coravin Sparkling review: does it keep Champagne fizzy?
- Decorative wine glasses: how to choose pretty glasses that still taste good
- Hennessy X.O and the right cognac glass
- How many glasses of wine are in a bottle?
- How to build a wine cellar at home: a step-by-step guide
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- How to hold a wine glass (and why the stem is there)
- How to store wine at home: keep it in perfect condition, with or without a cellar
- Ice wine glasses: the right glass for icewine
- Metal wine racks: how to choose one your bottles will love
- Port wine glasses: how to choose, and the ones I'd buy
- The Ah-So wine opener: how to use it, and when you need one
- The best wine fridge to buy: what to look for, and seven reasons to own one
- The best wine glasses: a sommelier's picks
- The history of the wine opener, from steel worm to wine key
- The Sauternes glass: the best glass for dessert wine
- Zalto glasses: Universal, Bordeaux, Burgundy or Balance?
Wine & lifestyle
19- 19 Crimes wine: the story, the talking labels, and why it sells
- 7 habits of true wine connoisseurs, from a sommelier
- Blue wine: what it is, where the colour comes from, and how it tastes
- Can wine go bad? Vinegar, corked wine and the other faults, explained
- How much alcohol is in wine? The facts, style by style
- How much wine does it take to get drunk?
- How to become a water sommelier: the courses, the skills and the job
- How to pronounce sommelier, in English, French and other languages
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- Magnum Champagne: the size, the glasses and why it tastes better
- Oenophile: meaning, pronunciation and how to become one
- Sip like a pro: ten habits for a modern wine life
- Sulfite-free wine: what it really means, and who it's for
- The best wines for beginners: where to start, by taste
- The best wines for people who don't like wine
- What is a Michelin star, and why does it matter?
- Wine Connoisseur vs Sommelier: what's the difference?
- Wine cork crafts: five easy projects for your old corks
- Wine emojis: every one there is, what they mean, and how to make your own with AI
- Wine quotes: funny, for friends, classic and short
Wine history
9- Bacchus in art: the wine god from Pompeii to Caravaggio
- Bacchus in sculpture: the god of wine in marble and stone
- Mesopotamia and wine: beer for the people, wine from the mountains
- Pliny the Elder on wine: what a Roman encyclopedia still teaches us
- Six questions about Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, answered
- The Cistercian monks and wine: how an order of farmers shaped Burgundy and the Rhine
- The Etruscans and wine: banquets, trade and a god called Fufluns
- Urla, Türkiye: an ancient Aegean wine coast, reborn