by Nicole MacKay | Oct 12, 2020 | Wine
We’ve all found ourselves in a pinch, needing a chilled bottle of wine for an impromptu gathering or after forgetting to put a bottle in the fridge to have with dinner. Thankfully, there are a lot of hacks on the internet telling you how to chill wine quickly. Some...
by Nicole MacKay | Oct 5, 2020 | Wine
I’ve been posting wine tips, tasting tricks and flagship varieties to my Instagram feed recently and not too long ago I posted about Pinotage. The post resulted in a few direct messages because as it turns out, people don’t know that much about the Pinotage grape! In...
by Nicole MacKay | Sep 23, 2020 | Wine
Being a certified wine lover sounds like one of those dream jobs. Like being professional movie watcher or donut recipe tester! Can you imagine? Even if those jobs do exist, I’m sure they’re taken. Fortunately, the wine industry has a myriad of career...
by Nicole MacKay | Sep 7, 2020 | Wine
Fads, trends or bandwagons. We jump on them, relish in their popularity and post pictures on Instagram to prove that we’re cutting edge. Trends happen in the wine industry all the time. Remember blue wine? Or canned wine? (I think we’re accepting that one might be...
by Nicole MacKay | Aug 31, 2020 | Wine
As you may know, I embarked on my Spanish Wine Scholar accreditation earlier this Spring through the Wine Scholar Guild (you might remember I tackled Albariño in an article not too long ago). SWS students get an entire year to study and pass the exam and I was...
