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Tips in Setting Up a Bourbon Tasting Party in Your Backyard

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Here’s a backyard party idea you would want to try soon: bourbon tasting party. Many people are a fan of bourbons and for those who are not, they might actually find a bourbon they will like from the various ones you have set on the table. So, are you ready to host your very first bourbon tasting backyard party? Here are the things you should do: 1. Pick your bourbon. Ideally, you would want your tasting table to have a variety of options. Choose a bourbon from each type such as high-rye bourbon, wheated bourbon and small batch bourbon. Also make sure you have single barrel bourbon.  2. Set the table. Choose a big table that will accommodate all the bourbons you will display plus your other paraphernalia such as glasses, garnishes and decanters. Cover the table with a tablecloth if it doesn’t look presentable enough.  3. Glassware should be delegated to one side of the table. Set it to one side o the table. Ideally, you would want to display Glencairn

Natural Wines – What Is It and What Makes It Different?

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It’s not everyday we hear a wine being labelled as “natural”. How else have we been drinking wine before, right? Are all those wines we’ve been getting from the Wine Store in Vancouver not natural then? “Natural” is increasingly becoming a hot topic in the wine industry. And this does mean that what you been getting from your local wine store in Vancouver is riddled with chemicals, it just means that the natural wines that are growing in popularity these days follow a different ideology. Wine makers taking the “natural” route dispense with the need for fertilizers and chemicals to prolong the life of wines. That said, these wine makers take on a more old school approach to making wine, which is not using any kind of additive. What they use though are yeasts from indigenous materials to mimic the fermentation process. This is different from the usual wine-making process where the wine is inoculated using yeasts that have been cultured. Because of the lack of consiste