Apartment Therapy Re-Nest - posts by Mary Gorman

Buying Wine: What Are Your Most Important Criteria?

Last week I spent an intensive wine tasting week in London. As I flew back to New York, my brain drifted back to a very familiar topic: the factors that influence our choice of wine to buy. How do you decide what wine to buy? Do you always use the same criteria? Or does it depend on the situation? For example, are you prepared to pay more for a wine made from hand-harvested, low-yielding, old vine vineyards, sustainably farmed, than a wine made from juice purchased on the bulk market?

Sulfites in Wine: The Myths, the Facts, and the Truth

“Contains Sulfites.” Just two little words — yet so frequently misunderstood! Words you see on almost every bottle of wine. What are sulfites? Are they really bad? Do they cause wine headaches or other related ills?

Wines to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day

Earth Day (April 22nd) in the U.S. was ~~yesterday~~ last Wednesday and we got alot of Earth Day friendly ideas to mull over. Over the past five years we have seen an exponential jump in the number of wineries promoting their green credentials. Sustainable, organic and biodynamic viticulture and winemaking practices have increased dramatically all over the winemaking world, as well as initiatives to cut CO2 emissions, reduce energy consumption and decrease the carbon footprint...