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Shopping for a Wine Store

by Kim Chernow Business Women
The Ferocious Grape Wine Store
Finding wine can be tough, but a good wine store can help you narrow down the chaotic search for the best vintage. A wine store can offer you the best of the best, presenting their selection with as much variety and balance as possible to enable you to make an educated choice. A  wine stores products should be accessible and clearly labeled so that you know what you're getting out of wine before you take it home.

A good wine store should be storing the wine at the right temperatures, for starters. For a lot of wine stores, the wine will be on the racks for a long time and it can lose some of its vitality.

A good wine store, however, recognizes the proper temperatures and stores the wine with the right humidity in mind. Without the right storing temperature, the wine sold by your favorite wine store may be less than great.

The wine bottles on the racks should be easy-to-read and organized. There is nothing worse than wandering around a shop for hours looking for the  wines from Argentina because they are not arranged by geographical area.

Wines should then be arranged in type within the area, so that the wine are easy to decide between. Reds should be arranged apart from whites wherever possible to avoid confusion, especially given that many containers are clouded or dark.

The right wine rack can make all of the difference in the world in terms of storing the wine, too, so a proper wine store should have the right wine racks. Without the right wine racks, your wine can be stored at the wrong angles or inclinations which can be bothersome to some wines with more sediment than others.

Other wines may need to be stored straight up and not on a wine rack at all. Employees at your wine store should be knowledgeable enough to know the difference.

It is important to go to a wine store where the staff is knowledgeable about the wine. If you are working with staff that has little to no interest in the product they are selling, you may want to consider going to another wine store because it may mean that they take very little pride in handling the wine.

You should go to stores that offer taste tests regularly and that have clearly marked sections and wine descriptions throughout the shop. Some people choose their local liquor shop, but true wine lovers seek out a winery shop or a specialty wine store.

All in all, choosing the ideal wine store can be a challenge. If you are unsure about wine stores in your place, you can always look around for a specialty shop that delivers or that you can reach by taking a small trip to. It may very well be worth it to spend the extra time and money on choosing the best store for your wine purposes.

A good wine store can be hard to find, but it is all worth it in the end when you open that delicious bottle of your favorite wine.

Make sure to stop by and join us at the Ferocious Grape. We have plenty of room for you to hang your hat and the parking at The Ferocious Grape is next door, and free.

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The Ferocious Grape
833 – 10 avenue sw
p 403.457.0099
e uncorked@ferociousgrape.com
w www.ferociousgrape.com

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