Dispelling the Vintage Wine Myth
A number of non-wine drinkers have been thrown by a common misconception about Vintage Wine. Many think that labeling it Vintage automatically means ‘old’ and high quality, however this does not always ring true. A Vintage wine is a wine that has been produced using grapes grown and harvested in one particular year.
The confusion may have originated from producers of Port, which is made using grapes from only a single year, which is later analyzed to see which years were particularly good. These are then labeled as ‘Vintage Ports’ and denote which were particularly good years for harvest and quality.
Vintage wines share some similarities, however it does translate [...]
