Gentle Guide – Sometimes Always

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Gentle Guide

2 Minute Guide ➺ Orange Wine

A Historical Style Having A Modern Resurgence

With intriguing and alluring aromatics and incredible shape on the palate, Barolo has firmly cemented its place on the table, and in the cellar. It’s the King of Wines and a Wine for Kings (and Queens) and as far as we’re concerned, opening a bottle is the occasion. So what makes it so special? Here’s our gentle guide.

Gentle Guide ➺ Barolo

Wine For Kings and Queens

When it comes to breaking down the scents and flavours in a wine, what we know from food gets us so far.

But when we talk about a wine’s structure, this can get a little hazier. Liquids don’t have structure, do they? They might not, but your mouth does, ie. It has a roof. To talk of a wine’s structure is to describe how it interacts with the different receptors across your mouth.

Gentle Guide ➺ Wine Structure

What’s In A Wine?

Better with age? The Clooneyfication of wine is something often referenced, but not always fully understood. Increasingly, the catch-all statement that wines ‘get better with age’ is being challenged.

Not untrue, but not always true. At the very least, we think it’s important to know what the qualities in wine are that you enjoy, and whether those qualities are magnified with some time in the cellar – before you go squirreling away your choice nuts.

Should I age wine?

Gentle Guide ➺ Ageing

Better With Age?

We all know how the sausage gets made. Grapes grow on vines, you pick them, chuck them in a bin, someone jumps in barefoot for their foot-stomping Kodak moment, then something-something, fermentation, something-something else, wine goes into the bottle, yum.

If that’s the full breadth of your winemaking knowledge, you’re probably in the majority. If you’d like to know a little more, you’ve come to the right place. If you’d like to know all there is to know, you’ve come to the wrong place. Let’s chat.

Gentle Guide ➺ Winemaking

Do You Know How The Sausage Gets Made?

There are few things in life that hit so many pleasure points as a perfect pair. Two favourite things, smooshed together, both lifted and lovely in their union.

The art or science of pairing food to wine is one weighted in your favour; food loves wine, and wine loves food. Odds of finding a match that works, high. Luckily, Sometimes Always is here to be your gentle guide to pairing your next plate with the perfect bottle of wine.

Gentle Guide ➺ Food & Wine Pairings

Odds Of Finding A Match; High

What is terroir?
It’s a fun word to say (teuh-wah), the kind that makes you sound super slick and like you probably own a beret. We throw it around from time to time, and if you’d like to do the same, allow us to furnish you with a few of the fundamentals.

The world of terroir is immense, but thankfully, one needn’t know it all to glean some great insights about what you’re drinking.

And of course, Sometimes Always has a few picks to get you started.

Gentle Guide ➺ Terroir

Dirt Is Delicious

The world of Champagne can be difficult to navigate so we have put together a guide to break down the basic ins and outs to make your next Champagne selection a breeze.

What does Champagne actually encompass you ask? Apart from being from its specific land region, it’s the trinity of three varieties; Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay.

Gentle Guide ➺ Champagne

Saber The Flavour