The rooibos tea latte at Starbucks is my jam on days I am too hyped up for caffeine, so when I heard about a South African company using rooibos chips as a wine preservative, my ears perked up. Audacia Winery has patented the technique, which reduced traditional preservatives like sulfur dioxide by using the natural…
Category: Merlot
Merlot, Non-California, South America
This Chilean Wine has a Chinese Label
by wineforthewin •
Let me tell you a story from my annual Oscar Party (I know, I know, the Oscars were weeks ago! Forgive me.): My friend brought over two reds from Chile, but the labels were in Chinese! Well, maybe Chinese, maybe Korean, but for sure Asian characters, and my money’s on Chinese. She bought the wine,…