Many people love to enjoy a glass of wine here and there. But if you find yourself with more wine bottles than you know what to do with, you may want to invest in finding a place to store them. Having a wine cellar would be ideal, but not everyone has the space or money to build one. It’s also hard to find a room that will be the perfect temperature. Thankfully you have another option; Sub Zero appliances like wine storage units.

True, a bottle or two of wine can be store in other major kitchen appliances, like the refrigerator or freezer. A wine storage cooler is more for large collections. It’s also much easier to set and keep track of the temperature than in your refrigerator, in which you have other food to worry about as well. The temperature also fluctuates in a fridge because of the constant opening of the door. That’s the last place you want to keep your many bottles of wine.

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When choosing wine storage, be aware that there is a difference between a wine cooler and other larger wine storage units. Wine coolers are smaller and tend to just keep the wine at a decent serving temperature. Storage units like sub zero appliances can also control humidity, which is what you want for long-term storage. Humidity is ideally 70 percent or higher for storage of any kind.  Read more...

When it comes to exotic wines, nothing can even come close to the Tuscan wine! Wouldn’t it be exciting if you get a chance to visit the Chianti Hills in Tuscany and actually be a part of the wonderful wine making process itself? Your mouth will start watering even as you think about it. Stop dreaming and start planning a Tuscan wine tour just for the love of wine!

Chianti Hills is undoubtedly the best and the most popular wine region in Italy. It’s no wonder that Chianti is synonymous with excellent wine all around the world’. The enthralling hills of Chianti stand gigantically amidst Italy’s art cities such as Tuscany, Florence, Siena, and Arezzo.

A trip to Chianti is not about just wine tasting alone, but it has more to explore. Standing atop these hills, you can witness a scenic view of the emerald green vineyards, silver-lined olive trees, and tall, majestic cypresses, which make the hills all the more enchanting.

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When you’re on Italy vacation to Chianti Hills, make sure you devote a day to visit the Benedictine monastery at Montefioralle. There you can view the Ghirlandaio brothers’ fresco of The Last Supper, Badia a Passignano – the ancient head quarters of Chianti league, and tiny medieval village of Volpaia, which will make your Tuscan wine tour all the more invigorating.  Read more...

France. At the name, a momentary vision of the Eiffel Tower, French bread, country side vineyards and wine cellars come to mind. Yes, it is so that these things define the epitome of France, wine perhaps being the most celebrated out of the set. French wine is popular all over the world, from sweet and golden white wines made from the loveliest green grapes and the dark, handsomely scarlet red wines that sit smartly next to a plate of steak grilled to perfection. Indeed, wine is the quintessence of French cuisine and culture, and celebrating the exquisite art of French wine has been a long time tradition all over the country.

Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre or the Montmartre Wine Harvest Festival is one such event that celebrates the glorious French wine. For so long, Montmartre has been annexed to the great city of Paris and is overlooked by tourists who travel to France. Before artists like Picasso and Renoir turned Montmartre into the bohemian hub of Paris, Montmartre was busy producing some of the best wines of the country. The humble city was home to many church-owned vineyards spanning acres; producing barrels upon barrels of the most exquisite local wine for the establishments in the vicinity.  Read more...

An infrequent wine drinker may think nothing of storing a bottle of table red right side up on the counter or in a cupboard. A bottle of white may be chilled indefinitely in the kitchen refrigerator. A party might necessitate several bottles or even a box of wine. No harm done. The wine police will not issue a ticket! However, a wine lover or burgeoning aficionado would do well to heed a few basic facts about wine storage before beginning a collection of cherished and expensive varietals. There are three key best practices for wine storage:

-Maintain low lighting

-Balance room temperature at 50-60 degrees F

-Keep the cork wet                                                                                                                                        

Early wine makers discovered that wine retained its best flavor and quality when it was stored in barrels that were kept in dark, cool cellars.  Both light and heat created a chemical change in wine that was detrimental to its flavor.  The corks needed to be kept damp to prevent them from drying out.  A dry cork would shrink and allow oxygen to enter the bottle and infuse the wine.  The process of oxidation in the wine also changed its quality and flavor.  These guidelines are followed even today.                    

What does this mean to modern day wine enthusiasts?  The traditional wine cellar is still preferred for those true oenophiles who invest much money into their wine collections, and who have homes equipped with the designated, properly designed wine cellar.  However, even people without a grand budget and home can keep their wine in excellent condition and flavor by following these tips:                         Read more...

The Djahili era and the ‘ilm era according to the Islamic outlook is the division between two classifications of epochs, one before Islam and the second after Islam.

In this article we shall focus of the Djahili Epoch.

The Jahili era refers to the ‘epoch of ignorance’ in the Arabic language( from the verb: jahila. yajhalu, jahlan and jahalatan and the actor is called Jahil). For the Arabic pronunciation j must be preceded by d and thus Jahil ought to be pronounced as djahil  (ignorant).

The Jahili era refers to the time before the advent of Islam, namely before the year 610.

The Arabs, descendents of Hagar (Arabic: Hadjer), the slave of Abraham (Arabic: Ibrahim). They lived as nomads in the Arabic Peninsula, known now as Saudi Arabia. They evolved into sedentary people concentrated in Mecca and medina and al-Ta’if.

Abraham constructed the Ka‘ba, or the house in a form of a cube in Mecca, in order to hold God in remembrance and fiddles pray for Him. Abraham asked God to grant this house as a Qiblah ( face direction) for the people in the future to come from everywhere on the globe to pray for God. This was later made as the pilgrimage place for Muslims.

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From the epoch of Abraham who lived in Ur in Babylonia and then moved to Assyria and then to The Arab peninsula about(2000-1825 Before Our Era), until the time of Muhammad faith was nearly lost and worship of idols took over. From the time of Abraham until the time of Muhammad, few prophets and three messengers were sent to mankind. Prophethood remained always in the descendants of Abraham.  Read more...