Tipsy Tuesday
What each grape actually tastes like, what to serve it at, and how long it wants in the cellar before you open it.
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Champagne bottles are fatter than the rack catalog assumes, and that is the whole problem. Measure the broadest bottles you actually own and the path they take coming out, then set the spacing from those rather than repeating one…
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The reading that makes a collection more fun to own: grapes, regions, labels, glassware and serving temperatures, explained the way Mike explains them across the counter.
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Short, practical answers to the questions we get across the counter every week, from serving temperature to what to do with a cork that broke.
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Start here if the wine is new. Tasting, serving, storing and buying, without a single word you have to look up afterwards.
From the shop
Wine Hardware stocks these in our Walnut Creek showroom and sizes them for real rooms. Prices are current; freight on the heavy items is quoted with the order.
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Wondering what the room could hold? Call Mike at (925) 944-1084 with a rough bottle count and the dimensions. He will help you compare layouts and cooling before you buy anything.