Wine for Newbies is a one-man-show run by Andre Costa. I was born in Brazil and in 2001 I moved to New York City, where I still live.
I do not have a wine background, but I am working on creating one and Wine for Newbies was one of my first steps in reaching that goal. I decided to start Wine for Newbies as a tool to enrich my own knowledge about wine and, so far, it's working. It is a slow process, but a very rewarding one. I do intend to work with wine in the future as a main career, but I have not yet figured out which path I will take, as it seems the options are many. My next step is to take a serious wine class and add another layer to my knowledge.
Feel free to drop me a note. I am always looking for new like-minded friends, business partners, guest writers, etc.
What is “finish”?
— Wine Smarts Game
A - The lingering sensation after you taste a wine
B - The final winemaking step before bottling
C - The last bottle of a vintage
D - The last sip of a wine
Answer: The lingering sensation after you taste a wine
Once you’ve tasted your wine and swallowed it, what’s left? Is there nothing there, or do you have a taste left in your mouth? That’s the finish.
Hello everyone! Welcome to Wine For Newbies 1st Online Tasting ever!!
As promised, today we are going to taste the 2005 Annabella Merlot wine from Napa Valley.
I chose this wine because I want all of us to build our knowledge from the ground up. This means starting with a basic, known grape and then we’ll add [...]
Our first ever online tasting is just around the corner (which reminds me to look for a countdown widget to add to the blog! Note to self!).
I struggled with the idea of posting an article about food and wine festivals - primarily because I do not want to divert from my main topic, which is the basics of wine. But after some pondering, I decided to write something about three festivals after all (details for the festivals can be found on [...]
I’ve been thinking on ways to better display events on the blog and I thought a good way would be by keeping all events in one single page, instead of writing a new entry each time I find a new event.
Thus, I decided to create a static page called “Events,” which you can find on [...]
Good evening everybody.
I’ve received some nice feedback about the “Tasting Together” exercise and I am getting really excited about it. Today I bought my wine from Wine Library (Annabella Merlot 2005 from Napa Valley) - it should arrive in 3 or 4 days. But I will give you a little time to get yours.
In the [...]
If you just got here and have no idea what our Tasting Wine Together is all about, you need to read this article.
I’ve been thinking how to go about this exercise and decided to start it with a very known grape, Merlot, from one of our own regions, California, and wines that cost less than [...]
…we need to figure out what we tasted!Once you finally swallow your wine (after all that swirling, airing, mouth-washing) you are ready to tell the world what you think about it.
So, this is my proposal: Let’s taste wines together! Well, not really together, together, but at approximately over the same period.
Let me explain. I am going to look for a wine that is widely available and affordable. I will write whatever comments I can find online about the wine and we, during a pre-determined period [...]
