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Cost is mostly determined by where you are so we have decided to use a very general pricing system. Exact costs in your area can be found on individual wine pages:
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Members of the-wine-guide can vote on the overall quality of a wine and a wine's rating is an average of the votes. You should view this as a rule of thumb. Like a movie review, you may love one film for certain qualities but someone else watching the exact same film may loth it for the same reasons. If a three star wine has a flavor profile that appeals to you, you should give it a shot. But you may want to give one star wines with many votes a miss.

flavor

Flavor profile of a wine. These are determined by votes, users of the-wine-guide chose what flavors they think are in the wine, the top 5 voted flavors will come out on top

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The place where a wine is grown. The place of origin is important because like coffee, a grape varietal will pick up distinct set of flavor characteristics based on the soil or climate of the region it is grown in. In Europe this is called terroir, and it is considered so important it is the foundation of their entire naming system.

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A varietal is the type of grape used to make the wine. Each varietal of grape has its own climate that it likes to grow in and a distinct flavor. The type of grape used to make a wine is largely responsible for how a wine will taste. So a bottle of Cabernet from California will have similar characteristics to a Cab from South Africa.

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The type of wine. A wine can be red, white, rose, dessert (includes ports and other fortified wines, late harvest, ice wine, and anything else sweet), sparkling (includes Champagne), sparkling rose, sparkling red

body

The 'mouth-feel' of a wine. Can range from light, medium to full-bodied. A full bodied wine would be very rich, heavy and dense in character like a dark earl grey tea or a steak dinner. A light bodied wine would be refreshing like chrysanthemum tea or a salad.

The Great Wine Escape

(wine tours)

by Carol

Wine tasting trips are so last year. Go in, drink wine, chat with the bar tender for 5 minutes buy a bottle (or 12) and take off. But what if there was another way? What if, instead of touring the vineyards at a break-neck clip, you could wine, dine, lounge in their private jaccuzzi and just take over the winemaker's home for the whole weekend? Well now you can.

Introducing Beautiful Places, an online resource to rent out your very own private villa. Stay in the most extravagant wine cottages ever to grace a vineyard and go exploring your new home's wine cellars, picnic amoung the vines, and even get your feet wet by participating in the fall harvest and crush with the wineyard's wine-making team.

Escape to a plethora of locations including Sonoma, Napa, Mendico County, Saint Emilion, Tuscany or even Mexico. Villas run the usual anemities of pool, spa, THX surround sound systems and guestrooms, but some  even come with a boathouse attached, be of historical significance, or even come equipped with a full-time chef to be at your beck and call. If you're really into it, there are even villa experiences that allow you to make your own barrel of wine. Having your very own barrel of wine in your living room certainly would make for a better converstation piece than that photo album of your last trip.

Beautiful Places
Reservations: 800-495-9961

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