What's the Best Red Wine You Can Remember?

Most of us only know whether we like red wine better than white, not what we liked as the best red wine we ever tasted. Generally speaking, red wines are more complex, drier and age better than whites. Taste is really what "best" is all about, and how we treat wine actually affects its taste. Rest, temperature, breathing and the "art" of tasting will dictate whether or not any red wine is your best.

Wine rushed to the table from a delivery cart can never be at its best; it suffers from being moved. Two or three days R&R in a cool dark place will allow even the old reds to regain their balance and character. Red wines are usually best served at 58°F & 65°F.

Let red wine breathe! Whenever possible, open red wine at least one hour before serving so it can aerate. This enhances its subtle flavors and aromas, and makes a tremendous difference in its character.

Take a sip and work it around your mouth for several seconds. Notice how much more of the wine's flavor you can taste. Take another sip, work it around again, purse your lips and then suck a little air through it before swallowing. Notice how you can taste/smell even more of it this way. That's because you have deliberately released the wine's aroma and bouquet. Then there's the "finish" - the taste that's left in your mouth after the swallowing - the longer the finish, the better the wine. Adopting this routine will allow you to more fully enjoy any wine. Maybe your next red wine will now be the best red wine you ever "tasted".

Red Wine Give You A Headache?

Fortunately, there's an answer. French Wine Online has been perfecting the taste of red wine made from organically grown grapes for more than 30 years. And yes, red wine can have great taste and leave you headache-free as well.

Some of our red wines are repeated award winners. All of them are very low in sulfites compared to conventional red wines. All are produced from certified organically grown grapes - free from the effects of synthetic chemicals (common in conventional red wines) which alter wine's taste, and adversely affect our health. Ron M. is typical of many people from whom we receive feedback:

"I am a lover of fine wine. However, I have been unable to enjoy red wines as they do not enjoy me. I have a reaction when I drink red wine ... in the form of the most painful headache. I am very pleased to report that your red wine (La Bousquette) which is organically grown (no chemicals etc.) agrees with me quite nicely. I have no adverse physical reactions when I drink your wine...." Ronald M. - Cassano, CA

French Wine Online has a red wine just for you - might be the best red wine you ever tasted, and headache free to boot!