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How to Buy Good Wine on a Budget

A short primer on finding good deals on wines you’ll be proud to share and savor

Dec 18, 2020

Friends dining outside and enjoying wine.

Dec 18, 2020

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Common Road Wine

Why Does Riesling Smell Like Gasoline?

Wine Aroma Series: Norisoprenoids

Feb 25, 2021

A grape cluster applies carotenoid “sunscreen” to itself.

Feb 25, 2021

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Common Road Wine

Why Some Wines Smell Like Tropical Fruits

Wine Aroma Series: Thiols

Feb 12, 2021

A guava, passionfruit, and grapefruit personified, holding up glasses of white wine

Feb 12, 2021

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Home Cooking Will Save Me Nearly $20K Over 5 Years

How restaurant-style kitchen hacks can reduce your food expenses

Feb 2, 2021

Home Cooking Will Save Me Nearly $20K Over 5 Years

Feb 2, 2021

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Common Road Wine

Why Some Wines Smell Like Green Bell Peppers

Wine Aroma Series: Pyrazines

Feb 2, 2021

A green bell pepper dressed up as a queen to show that this aroma is the “Pyrazine Queen.”

Feb 2, 2021

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Common Road Wine

How to Know if a Wine Will Be Sweet

A myth-busting list of common sweetness indicators

Jan 31, 2021

Two slices of cheesecake sit on a plate next to glasses of yellow and red wines.

Jan 31, 2021

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Common Road Wine

Why Some Wines Smell Like Flowers

Wine Aroma Series: Terpenes

Jan 24, 2021

A drawing of four common terpene aromas (geranium, lemon, rose, lavender) next to their chemical symbols

Jan 24, 2021

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Common Road Wine

How Wine Aromas Are “Revealed” Over Time

Are you smelling what I’m smelling?

Jan 18, 2021

Aroma precursors being “revealed” by yeast enzymes during wine fermentation

Jan 18, 2021

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Better Marketing

When Champagne Problems Turn Into Victories

Champagne’s underdog story teaches lessons on how to market a failure as a success

Dec 29, 2020

A woman wearing a sparkling dress pours champagne into raised glasses.

Dec 29, 2020

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Common Road Wine

Why Doesn’t Wine Just Smell Like Grapes?

An intro to wine aromas

Dec 22, 2020

Why Doesn’t Wine Just Smell Like Grapes?

Dec 22, 2020

Charlotte Adams

Charlotte Adams

Wine science master’s student at ISVV, Bordeaux. Editor of Common Road Wine. I like cool-climate wines & outdoor hockey rinks. wordsbycharlotte.com

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