How to taste wine and develop your palate

How to taste wine and develop your palate

Having a refined palate and being able to recall wines takes time and certainly lots of practice. The most important elements to remember when tasting wine are: the look (color), the smell (red/black fruits, citrus…), the taste (texture and length), and then to think...
Essential accessories every wine lover needs

Essential accessories every wine lover needs

Below Planet Provence has listed 5 accessories that every wine lover should own, whether you are a budding connoisseur or just someone who enjoys an occasional glass of wine every now and then. A good wine app Cork screw Ice bucket Wine preserver Champagne stopper...
Myths and facts about Rosé wine

Myths and facts about Rosé wine

Everyone has something to say about Rosé wine whether it is positive or negative! Rosé or as the Anglophones like to say: Pink-wine; comes is various shades of pink from clear rose petal to deep salmon and can come from all corners of the world: France, California and...
Matching food and wine : Cheese

Matching food and wine : Cheese

A cheese slate and a bottle of wine, what more could you want after a busy week at work… But should you choose the wine first or the cheese? In reality, it doesn’t really matter, just as long as you pair one with the other. The complexity of the task is often due to...
What is Coravin ?

What is Coravin ?

Basically this system lets you pour your wine without even opening the bottle and is essentially a wine preservation system. So what’s important to remember here is that the cork stays in the bottle and will never come out. But how do you extract the wine? The Coravin...