It’s New Year’s Resolutions time! In other words, let’s eat more healthily and drink more thoughtfully and maybe you want to find some of that wine with low, or better yet, no added sugar! Well what if I told you that the idea of low/no sugar wines is a total myth? Ok, so what’s the reaaaaaaal story about sugar in wine? (We think you’ll be very pleasantly surprised 😉

Did you know that the idea that red wines are for winter and white wines are for summer is one of the biggest misconceptions about wine and drinking?!

This is based on the assumption that reds are to be served at room temperature and whites should be at fridge temperature.

But guess what! The serving temperature of wine actually has nothing to do with a wine’s color. So what is it based on?!?!

Champagne doesn’t always have to crowd the spotlight. There is a sparkling wine out there that is the perfect go-to bubbly that will consistently impress your friends, please your palate, and not burn holes in your pockets. Find out our absolute favorite bubbly for when you’re a lush on a budget.

Traditionally, champagne has added sugar! Now don’t freak out—this isn’t the same as a kid pouring sugar onto their parent’s plain Special K cereal to create some kind of fizzy crack.

Luckily, there are clues on champagne labels that will give you a bit of an idea as to what that champagne is like and if it will suit your champagne needs-of-the-moment! Read on for details about each champagne category and what this reeaaaally means for each particular champagne. How will it taste? What’s it good for? Will you like it? Should you buy it?

There seems to be lots of trepidation about storing, serving, and drinking sparkling wine the right way. We have a few opinions about this. But before I get on a little soapbox about what I think is of the utmost importance…Here are the three most common mistakes people make when drinking sparkling wine.

Champagne! No other wine has the reputation champagne does. In fact, champagne has become such a global icon that the word ‘champagne’ has become an eponym for any and every bubbly. Which brings me to our first, and the most important, thing you must know about Champagne…

Last year, during a members-only class with one of our favorite Willamette Valley winemakers, we started out talking about the usual stuff—why Pinot Noir rocks, why Chardonnay especially rocks—and then the conversation took a slight left turn and we spent about thirty-odd minutes talking about egg whites….Yes, you heard me right, egg whites.

We’ll show you how you can be a happier and more satisfied natural wine drinker. Here’s a little sneak peek into an age-old question…the question we get asked a lot…natural wine…cute and all, but can natural wine age?

Is organic wine* better for you? Is it healthier? Basically, is organic wine worth writing home about? Short answer: eh, not necessarily. “What, but it sounds so promising! So whyyyy?” you ask.

This week I’m going to introduce you—if you haven’t been already—to chilled reds. (Like red wines that you should be drinking proper cold, like borderline white wine temperature.)

Here’s the deal. Rose is not a one-trick pony. I’m not generally a huge rose lover. The most common Provence-style with all those floral and peachy notes is not always my cup of tea. But once I got out of that rosé bubble I discovered there is a whole world out there! And a rose for every palate. (I’m partial to that dark, meaty, and slightly bitter Italian style, but that’s just me.)

Oh em gee. Rosé season is upon us! Well, actually, here at Sunday School we believe that rosé season is every season, but I *do* understand the nostalgia that comes along with the longer and warmer days and that certain attitude—that pink and flirty feeling—of rosaaaaaay.

Did you know…There are high chances that the oldest wine known to man could have been an orange wine?

Qvevri winemaking, or really just any winemaking in clay pots, is super “in” right now. Ironically, it’s also the oldest method of making wine, so really, it isn’t anything new at all.

Orange wine is cool and all, but it also seems like it’s from space. (Maybe it is!) So when pairing it with food, do you think of it as a red wine or a white wine? Or neither? Is it like a rosé? What does it go with? Everything or nothing?

When I grow up, I want to be just like Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin. I'm serious, she is the most badass lady of them all and sometimes I have to cool my jets when telling her story because I can seriously go on forever.

It’s one of the most frequently asked Sunday School questions: what the f**k is orange wine? Orange wine is ancient yet modern, controversial, quirky and possibly unlike anything you have tasted before.