Wine Basics | Giggly Grapes

Vintage vs Non-Vintage Champagne: The Difference Explained

16/05/2024

Two Champagne bottles and two flutes, one paler and one deeper gold

Non-vintage is a blend of years made for consistency; vintage is one great year aged longer. How each is made, how they taste, what they cost and which to buy.

Mendoza Wine: The Argentine Region Behind Your Malbec

17/12/2023

Glass of Malbec with vineyards and the Andes behind

Mendoza makes two thirds of Argentina's wine in a desert fed by Andes snowmelt. What it tastes like, why altitude matters, and one bottle to start with.

Best Wine for Sangria: What to Buy (and What to Skip)

06/12/2023

Jug of red sangria with orange slices beside a bottle of red wine

Cheap, dry and fruity beats expensive every time. The red and white grapes that make good sangria, the ones to avoid, a jug recipe and how strong a glass really is.