Wine Tips And Knowledge - Pierre Hourlier Wines

We all love a glass of our favourite wine after a tough week of work. Appreciating and tasting wine properly is more than simply opening a bottle to drink with your takeaway pizza. Real appreciation does not happen over night, when perfected, can take your experiences to a whole new level. First and foremost, you need to start with a great tasting tipple. Our...

From Chardonnay to Sauvignon Blanc, if you’re a big wine fan, then chances are high that you ensure not a single drop goes to waste. That said, have you ever put much thought into how you could reduce the other waste that is produced when you’ve finished your bottle?  The UK produces about 200,000 tonnes of waste in the form of glass every year....

Crémant de Bordeaux is the most significant and popular sparkling wine production for the white and rose wines of Bordeaux in the southern western France. It has been producing wines for over 100 years and is the regional appellation for white and rosé sparkling wines. Bordeaux is a large geographical area covered under wine production with several varieties of grapes that are grown in the...

Aeration of wine can completely transform the flavours and notes from each wine. Having well designed glassware will help you get the most out of your wine.

I'd like to tell you about the best way to get the most out of your wine, and how to truly enjoy your wine-drinking! One of the best ways to enhance the flavour of your wines is to decant them beforehand - and to prove it, I'd like you to undertake a simple experiment, for which you will require three bottles of the same wine.

Firstly, the ideal temperature for enjoying white wines is personal to your taste - though contrary to many opinions, most white wines should NOT be drunk below 10ºC - i.e. not from an ice bucket or straight from your fridge - that's because the colder you drink a white wine, the more you hinder the bouquet and the flavours of your wine. Please note: Not...

Alsace is a wine region which is split into only three appellations - Alsace AOC, Alsace Grand Cru AOC and Crémant d'Alsace. This is rare, as most wine regions are split into more Appellations, for example, Languedoc-Roussillon has over 30. This area gained official recognition for Alsace AOC for white, rose and red wines, which now covers approximately 80% of wine from this region.

Pinot Noir is a very popular grape variety, which is grown globally, but well known for its growth in Burgundy. This grape is ranked at being one of the oldest grape varieties in the world! The style is normally raspberries, cherries and strawberries, with some notes of violets and truffles. There is thought to be over 1000 different mutations of the Pinot Noir grape, including...