Wine for Beginners

Wine Army is a space for you to gain confidence around wine, whether you drink or just want to feel comfortable in wine-related spaces. Wine is less about alcohol and more about cultural fluency. Terms can be confusing, situations can feel intimidating, and you can easily feel like an outsider. That's why a wine for beginners space is so important.

Through weekly articles, contributor voices, and simple lessons, you can build more confidence in navigating wine culture.

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Understanding Wine Body: Light, Medium, and Full Explained

The Body is an overall impression of how the wine feels in the mouth using the sense of touch rather than taste. Understanding wine body is not a single component: it is created by the structural components

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Millennials, Gen Z, And The Changing Wine Drinking Habits

Nights out for Millennials were absolutely wild! A hit in the town usually involved good music, a vibrant party scene, and so much alcohol. Not to mention the “what happened last night?” texts in the group chat!

Is Your Box Wine Still Good? How Long Is Box Wine Good Unopened

A glass bottle with a cork or a screw cap is usually what you picture when you think about wine. However, other ways of packaging wine exist, and some are becoming popular, such as wine packaged into boxes.

Why Wine Fluency Matters

Professional dinners: You’re sitting at a work dinner with your boss, the server hands you the wine list, and suddenly you’re expected to choose something for the table you’ve never heard of.

Social gatherings: You're at a friend's house (the sophisticated friend who owns cloth napkins) and someone hands you a glass while talking about tannins, acidity, or “old world vs new world.” And you're not sure what to say.

Special occasions: You’re at a wedding or holiday dinner and someone asks what you think of the wine. Well...what do you think of it?

That's fluency and it's what you get with Wine Army.

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