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Online Wine Store - Buy Wines Direct
Appellation America continually searches to bring you new and exciting wine discoveries. Our goal is to make available fine wines from every corner of the continent.
Appellation America Wine Store Principles:
We take our marketing cues from our Editors, who are based regionally and are ultra-familiar with the most representative wines from their areas.
The objective of our eCommerce site is to give our audience an informed selection of wine-buying choices-- all in one place. We've designed our portal to make it easy to read about, become familiar with and purchase an array of quality wines from all across the country. Rest assured that we have done much of the legwork to filter and recommend each of the wineries you see within our wine store.
Wine Product Pages:
Appellation America intentionally endeavors to put as much information into it's product pages as possible. This is why we provide the technical sheets from winemakers themselves. The benefit is relevant information for wine enthusiasts prior to purchase of a given wine.
For example:
Michaud Chalone 2001 Pinot Noir (Library Release)
Technical Notes:
Notes on the information above:
Appellation: Wine region of origin.
Varietal Composition: Types of grapes used; Appellation America will also provide 'Clone' information where available.
Harvest Dates: Actual pick dates for specific bottle of wine.
Oak: Used to assess treatment and flavor profile; In the above example, 50% New means less oak predominance. The notes of vanilla or licorice or toastiness will be moderated, not saturated.
TA: Total Acidity. Most red table wines are about 0.6% total acid. The relevant range is from .4 - .8%, as the scale runs low-to-high. The higher the percent (or total g/L), the more acidic the wine. This example is .62%, indicating an exceptionally balanced wine.
pH: A measure of a solutions acidity. The higher the pH, the lower the acidity, and the lower the pH, the higher the acidity. pH is also logarithmic, so a wine with a pH of 3.0 is 10-times more acidic than a wine with a pH of 4.0. This wine's pH is 3.39, indicating the solutions acidity in this wine to be lower than most red wines (red wines will normally fall between 3.3 and 3.8 pH).
Sugar at harvest: Measure of grape brix.
Alcohol: Percentage of alcohol per volume.
Bottling Date: Indicator of recency of bottling.
Optimum consumption: A recommended range for drinking to provide best possible flavor profile.
Appellation America continually searches to bring you new and exciting wine discoveries. Our goal is to make available fine wines from every corner of the continent.
Appellation America Wine Store Principles:
- Make available regionally distinctive wines of a high quality for our audience to purchase.
- Each winery listed in Appellation America's Wine Store is sourced from the recommendations of our Editorial staff.
- Provide easy-to-use, easy-to-buy tools for finding and discovering great wines from across the USA.
We take our marketing cues from our Editors, who are based regionally and are ultra-familiar with the most representative wines from their areas.
The objective of our eCommerce site is to give our audience an informed selection of wine-buying choices-- all in one place. We've designed our portal to make it easy to read about, become familiar with and purchase an array of quality wines from all across the country. Rest assured that we have done much of the legwork to filter and recommend each of the wineries you see within our wine store.
Wine Product Pages:
Appellation America intentionally endeavors to put as much information into it's product pages as possible. This is why we provide the technical sheets from winemakers themselves. The benefit is relevant information for wine enthusiasts prior to purchase of a given wine.
For example:
Michaud Chalone 2001 Pinot Noir (Library Release)
Technical Notes:
| Appellation: | Chalone |
| Varietal Composition: | 100% Pinot Noir |
| Harvest dates: | August 31 – September 4, 2001 |
| Aging: | 14 months |
| Oak: | 50% New, 50% 1-3 Year Old French Oak |
| TA: | 6.20 g/L |
| pH: | 3.39 |
| Sugar at Harvest: | 24.1 degrees Brix |
| Alcohol: | 14.1% |
| Bottling Date: | November 6, 2002 |
| Optimum Consumption: | 2003- 2010+ |
Notes on the information above:
Appellation: Wine region of origin.
Varietal Composition: Types of grapes used; Appellation America will also provide 'Clone' information where available.
Harvest Dates: Actual pick dates for specific bottle of wine.
Oak: Used to assess treatment and flavor profile; In the above example, 50% New means less oak predominance. The notes of vanilla or licorice or toastiness will be moderated, not saturated.
TA: Total Acidity. Most red table wines are about 0.6% total acid. The relevant range is from .4 - .8%, as the scale runs low-to-high. The higher the percent (or total g/L), the more acidic the wine. This example is .62%, indicating an exceptionally balanced wine.
pH: A measure of a solutions acidity. The higher the pH, the lower the acidity, and the lower the pH, the higher the acidity. pH is also logarithmic, so a wine with a pH of 3.0 is 10-times more acidic than a wine with a pH of 4.0. This wine's pH is 3.39, indicating the solutions acidity in this wine to be lower than most red wines (red wines will normally fall between 3.3 and 3.8 pH).
Sugar at harvest: Measure of grape brix.
Alcohol: Percentage of alcohol per volume.
Bottling Date: Indicator of recency of bottling.
Optimum consumption: A recommended range for drinking to provide best possible flavor profile.