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Getting a Great Online Wine Deal
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
We all like a good deal, but when buying wine if you are not a real connoisseur you can often feel a little dubious about some of the deals that you see online. This article will try and give you some ideas about how to get a great online wine deal without ending up with a case of wine that tastes like vinegar or a box of something that resembles Blue Nun.There are some fabulous deals in the supermarkets ' Tesco, Sainsbury and Morrissons have some great deals but also some rather suspect ones. ...› Continue reading
THREE RULES FOR CHOOSING THE RIGHT DINNER WINE
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
RULE NO 1: Drink the wine that you like. Sounds obvious, doesn't it? Sometimes, however, we get so caught up in what is the right wine and what is the wrong wine that we forget the most important thing: we have taste! We have our own individual taste and love drinking the wine we love to drink. Sure, certain wines traditionally match certain foods and flavours, but ultimately you are the judge of what you like to drink, no matter what the enologists say! RULE NO. 2: White with fish, red with ...› Continue reading
Information On Wine
Friday, May 29th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Then, we are there to help you. Do you know what exactly wine is? Wine is the alcoholic beverage which is produced by fermenting the juice of grapes. The grape juice has a chemical balance by which even without adding acids, enzymes, sugars or any other nutrients, it ferments. Do you want to know how wine is produced? Then let us go. The crushed grapes are fermented using yeasts which absorbs the sugar. This will lead to the conversion of the grape juice into the alcohol known by the name of ...› Continue reading
A Guide to Sherry
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Sherry like Port and whisky is anther drink that is associated with Christmas and if I am to be honest also with my Gran. Sherry has however done away with the image of being a drink only for the old with the appreciation of dry sherries which are now almost fashionable. Unlike a cream sherry they are the original Spanish thing and are a great wine to have before starting a meal.Sherry comes from the south of Spain and is named after Jerez, a town in the region. The name sherry is actually an ...› Continue reading
Wine Options for Thanksgiving Fest
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Wines are one of the best options to be given for the most rejoiced festival thanksgiving. With the thanksgiving quickly approaching, it's the time that you start planning for you're the dinner menu and the ecstatic wines that you would be serving. They are one of the best options that can complement the dinner. Historically the week before is one of the best times to buy wines as the merchants sell special wines. But here the big question is to go in for which flavors, tastes, aromas that ...› Continue reading
Choosing the Right Wine Tote or Wine Carrier
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Choosing the right wine tote does not have to keep you up at night, but it does require a little thought. Let's go over the different types of wine totes & carriers and where they are best used. First, if your looking for a quick answer here it is... Get two! One that holds one bottle of wine and one that holds two bottles of wine. There are many occasions that call for both, so by having both at your finger tips, you can avoid having to "brown" bag it. It is very classy to show up at a ...› Continue reading
How to Get Great Wine Offers Online
Monday, May 25th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
At this time of year everyone is out for a great deal, the January sales always seem like a good bet for a bargain but what about wine? When buying wine if you are not a real expert you can often feel a little suspect about some of the wine offers that you see online. This article will try and give you some ideas about how to benefit from some of the great wine offers that you see online without ending up with something that tastes really bad ' after all if you wanted a white wine vinegar you ...› Continue reading
Personalized Wine Bottles
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Personalized wine bottles provide you with an excellent way of making a special event even more special. You can chose to have the wine bottles customized in whatever way you choose including using any relevant photos, poetry, cartoons or art workPersonalized wine bottles can be both excellent gifts in addition to being the talk of the party giving your guests something to take home with them to remind them of the event.When you are selecting personalized wine bottles there are a few ...› Continue reading
The excellent French wine
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
There are many reasons why French wine is considered to be among the most excellent wines throughout the entire world. France has been producing wine through its entire history, and has developed techniques and dedicated such a great amount of time in order to found fertile spots which are able to produce several different wines of a quality that could never be equaled at other places of the globe. Wine is part of the French culture and France cuisine would not be the same without this drink. ...› Continue reading
Choosing Wine on a First Date
Friday, May 22nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
First dates are nerve wracking enough without having to worry about what wine to choose to impress your new friend! One of the great things about wine on a date is that one bottle is a defined amount, normally about five glasses. If shared equally it is unlikely that you will fall off your chair drunk after half a bottle of wine! However, there are some other social sins that can be committed whilst choosing wine on a date. Getting Started First, you need to decide whether you want white, ...› Continue reading
Merlot
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Merlots have soared in popularity in the last decade. Merlot is the most widely planted grape in the Bordeaux wine region in France, and it is also quite widely planted in wine regions in the United States, particularly in California. In California, there were only 2000 acres of Merlot in 1985, over the years, this has grown to 50,000 acres in 2003. While Merlots are quite often softer and more lush than Cabernet Sauvignon, they are still often full-bodied, deep in color, and fairly high in ...› Continue reading
Wine Jewellery
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Do you want to let everyone know your passion and love towards wine? Then the best option is to use the fun wine jewelleries so that it turns everyone's head with a smile and wish you a minimum of hello. Wine jewellery can be of many uses. The wine jewelleries can be used as unique gifts for your loved one. These jewelleries can also be used as bargains with other vendors who sell necklace, watches and rings. The wine jewelleries can be beautiful earrings which can be worn for fun or even to ...› Continue reading
Half And Quarter Bottles Of Wine
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Ever opened a bottle of wine to find that you really can not finish the whole lot in one sitting? You don't want to let it go to waiste ' so what do you do? Cooking with the remains of a bottle is always an option but seems rather a shame if it is a particularly good wine.Now there is an answer to this problem. Previously quarter and half bottles of wine were the province of mass market producers and could only be found on the shelves of supermarkets or in the buffet at railway stations. Now ...› Continue reading
The Different Kinds of Wine Storage
Monday, May 18th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
A fine feast would not be finalized without having a drink of fine wine to go together with it. If you frequently hold dinner parties at home, or you feel like spicing up a normal dinner with red or white wine, you can do so if you have your own wine storage in your own household. If you open a bottle of wine and don't drink all of its contents, then you need to store it in a fresh, dry place. Just put the cork back on and you can store the wine in the refrigerator for about three days. If ...› Continue reading
All About Entertaining With Food And Wine
Sunday, May 17th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
The holidays are almost here and this is the time of year when it is the most important to learn how to entertain well with a great selection of food and wine. Both food and wine play a huge part in our society, in every society really and if we want to be successful hosts and hostesses we need to learn to make the most out of all the food and wine that we serve our guests. Your guests are going to come to your home or party venue and expect to be treated to some of the best food and wine they ...› Continue reading
German Wine - The New Commodity On The American Market
Saturday, May 16th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
German wine is something that is finally catching on in American and for good reason. German wine is wonderful wine with many different notes and harmonized flavors to it. One of the most common and popular of all German wines is the Riesling. This German wine has gained some serious ground in the wine world in the last decade or so thanks to its fabulous flavor. Riesling is a popular German wine because it can grow in stony areas that have little moisture. Thee grapes are hardy and tough and ...› Continue reading
Wine-Related Gifts
Friday, May 15th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
A very happy new year to all the lovers of wine!The Valentine's Day is near the corner. Are you searching for some gifts which you can present to the wineaux of your life? Are you passionate about everything related to wine? Or are you searching for any wine gift that is of a unique nature?Don't worry when we are here to advise you on the different types of wine gifts. One can opt from a wide range of good quality wine gifts which can be used as marvellous gifts. You can opt for wine glass ...› Continue reading
Wine Making and Home Brewing
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
When it comes to making alcoholic beverages at home, wine making and home brewing is considered sort of a 'niche' market. You either know how to do it or you don't! This is very hard to believe as wine making and home brewing has been going on for thousands of years. Just recently it was confirmed that wine making was invented in Cyprus rather than western Europe. As we still discover the facts about the history, what about the present? Why is wine making and home brewing such a 'taboo' subject ...› Continue reading
Wine Rack Storage
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
When you hear the word "wine", most probably the thing that pops-up to your mind is "celebration". Most, if not all, are using wines as symbols of merrymaking and festivities; most celebrations, gatherings and special occasions include wine. When a friend visits you at your place, wine will be poured; when your children got awards and honors at school, the elders drink wine to celebrate; and when you're promoted, surely, there's wine. There are even households that include wine in their meals. ...› Continue reading
Making Of Wines
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
So you want to experiment how to make wines? Good congratulations! The making of wines is a very skill which can be dated to about 7000 BC. Why do you want to make wine when you can avail it from your nearest supermarket? Is it the skyrocketing associated with the wines? Or are you not able to find wines which are of good quality in your nearby stores? Or you have a similar feeling like us and you have a strong desire to know what exactly the wine is. Whatever the case may be, we are there to ...› Continue reading
How to Begin Wine Collecting
Monday, May 11th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Some people collect wine for money...and some people collect wine because they have a passion for wine. Irregardless of whether you're collecting wine for profit or for pleasure, collecting wine requires some investment. Enjoying wine is a completely different thing from collecting wine, bear this in mind. When it comes to collecting wine, one of the most important thing to consider is where you're going to keep the wine. A substantial portion of your investment towards your wine collection ...› Continue reading
Tips to Select the Wines
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Wine selection is an important criterion essential in the wine festivals and all the other wine events. There are about three P's which are essential in selecting the wines are as follows: Price, preference and pairing. These three P's will definitely render you proper help in selecting some of the best wines. So it is essential that you keep in mind the when you are visiting some of the local vendors or the wine merchants in your locality and I can guarantee you that you will come along with ...› Continue reading
Take A California Wine Country Tour
Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
There many different California wine tours that you can go on when visiting this fantastic state. The climate of California is very diverse and this helps California create some of the most fantastic yet very different wines. California wine is unlike other wines in this diversity and each California wine is perfect in its own way. When you go on a California wine tour you will get to see the mild coastal areas or the fantastic inland valleys and hills. Each of these California wine ...› Continue reading
Wine As A Gift
Friday, May 8th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Gifts are indeed an exciting part of everyone's life. Won't it be a good idea to gift someone with a wine? How will you choose from many types that are available? You want it red or you just want it be old? Or do you just need the right blend?A great evening without a wine is incomplete. So go ahead and select a bottle of wine to gift it to your friend and make the evening a lively one. Wine is one of the greatest holiday gifts that you can give a person. It is festive. It is portable. It is ...› Continue reading
Wooden Wine Rack Vs. Metal Wine Rack
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
There is more than one kind of wine rack on the market and choosing the right wine rack for your wine collection is no small task. You have a choice between a metal wine rack and a wooden wine rack, these are the most favored type of wine racks to date. Each wine rack has its own set of benefits and the wine rack that you choose will take a couple of things into consideration such as personal taste and home décor. A wooden wine rack is nice because it looks great and is generally pretty easy ...› Continue reading
Love Wine? Join A Wine Club
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Joining a wine club is a great idea if you love wine and if you are always looking for a new wine to test out. You will get to try all kinds of wines as part of a wine club and the price is always much better than other people would have to pay for these same wines. The best part of being in a wine club is that you will have something to look forward to each month as you wait for the new shipment to arrive at your door. Being in a wine club is something that you and your partner can enjoy ...› Continue reading
Have a Wine And Cheese Shower or Party
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
A wine and cheese party can be a great way to get together with friends or for a special bridal or wedding shower, birthday party or other celebration. It be easy to put together with a minimum of work even if you don't know much about wine or cheese! You can throw together a simple but elegant party without a lot of fuss and have an interesting theme to boot. You can setup your room in a couple different ways which really depends on how much room you have and the shape of your room or rooms. ...› Continue reading
Choosing wine to match food
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Creating the perfect mix between wine and food can be a challenge if you're not entirely sure what you're doing. With such an array of wine and food available there are always many options to consider. When planning a dinner, choose combinations that are popular with a wide range of people. You should always ensure that the wine doesn't overpower the dish, and you also need to avoid flavor transferring. This occurs when a flavor is passed from the wine to a meal, as it can result in ...› Continue reading
Wine and Onion Bisque Spring Mix Salad with
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Soup and Salad is a common summer lunch menu. Try something new serve soup and salad for as a winter lunch or brunch. Here is a bisque and salad combination that make a good choice for a winter soup and salad. Wine and Onion Bisque 5 Cups Vegetable Stock 2 Cups Dry White Wine 1 Tbs Dill weed 1 tsp Dried Savory 2 Carrots, peeled and chopped 4 Cups Onions, pealed and chopped Salt to taste Pepper to taste In a large stock pot bring all ingredients to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 2 ...› Continue reading
Store Wine With Vacuum Storage
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
If you drink wine you may recognize this issue. You drink half a bottle after entertaining guests or family. After the guests leave or you are done with dinner you re-cork the bottle of wine. Four days later when you go back to drink the left over wine you find that the delicate aromas and flavors are gone and that the wine is about half as good as it was on the first day. Vacuum Wine Storage may be an easy simple solution to your problem. While it is easy to see why you'd want to just pop ...› Continue reading
Wine Racks or Wine Cellar
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Wine racks are essential to your wine collection. Without wine racks where would you store your wine? You could just pack various refrigerators down with wine but then how would you find it? In this article I am going to help you figure out your options. Should you use a wine cellar or simply use wine racks? Figuring out which you need can be done in a few easy steps. First how many bottles of wine are you going to store? Then how quickly do you drink wine you are storing? Lets start with these ...› Continue reading
I Love German Wine And Food - A Baden Pinot Noir
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
If you are in the market for fine German wine and food, you should consider the Baden region of southeastern Germany. You may find a bargain, and I know that you will enjoy yourself fun on this fact-filled wine education tour in which we review a local Pinot Noir. The Baden region is the southernmost wine-growing region in Germany. Most of its many vineyards are found in a long, narrow strip between the Black Forest and the Rhine River. Across this river lies the French wine region of Alsace. ...› Continue reading
Displaying Wine With A Hanging Wine Rack
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
For wine enthusiasts, part of the fun of enjoying wine is displaying the bottles. Visit the home of any wine connoisseur and you'll likely find a variety of wine bottles showcased in some way or another. One such popular way to display different wines is with the use of a hanging wine rack. A hanging wine rack, while being utilitarian in its uses, frequently boasts the added benefit of being visually appealing. Those with an eye for decorating will find a hanging wine rack to be both a useful ...› Continue reading
Tasting wine, the basics for beginners.
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Your tongue is covered with over 10,000 individual taste buds. These receptors enable us to detect the presence of certain compounds in our food and drink. Yet for all the adjectives we have to describe flavors, there are only 4 basic flavors the tongue can detect, with a fifth having been described in Asian cultures and only recently being accepted in the west. The four we commonly think of are sweet, sour, salt, and bitter. The fifth flavor perception has been named by the Japanese as ...› Continue reading
Oakville Wine Country
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
To the wine connoisseur, Oakville is synonymous with the magnificence and the majesty of California Cabernet Sauvignon. But for those of us who do not spend our waking hours tasting wine and researching viticulture philosophies, Oakville is just another region in the Napa Valley. To the untrained eye, Oakville is a sleepy town on Highway 29, but it has become California's epicenter for Cabernet production. H. W. Crabb first broke ground in Oakville in the middle of the nineteenth century. His ...› Continue reading
The major flavor components in wine
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
There are only a few flavors your tongue is actually capable of tasting in wine, yet the overall impression of a wine in your mouth is much more complex than the four simple flavors of salty, sweet, bitter, and sour. This is because of the involvement of your nose and other aspects of wine that add to the overall mouthfeel. It is the interaction of these flavors, aromas, and sensations that build the overall taste of the wine. Sweetness Grapes are a fruit and as such they contain large amounts ...› Continue reading
How to Store Wine
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Having invested possibly hundreds of dollars in your latest bottle of vintage wine (ah well, we can but dream), the next important decision is where to store this prized possession? The main issue when it comes to storing wine is that it needs to be maintained at a cool temperature of between 12 and 16 degrees Celsius. Shoved under the bed won't do. Many modern wines do not need to be aged over a great period of time; therefore extensive cellars are often unnecessary. Having said this, if you ...› Continue reading
What is Corked Wine?
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Keeping a wine bottle sealed is probably the most important factor when it comes to maintaining a good wine. A cork is essential, as it keeps oxygen out of the wine bottle. If a bottle of wine is not airtight then it may become oxidized and undrinkable Traditionally, the only corks worth considering were those actually made of cork. Recently, however, many wine experts have recognized that cork may actually cause more problems than it solves. Cork, due to its malleable nature may have ...› Continue reading
Left Over Wine
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
I am assuming your house is normal and you have had this experience: after opening a couple of bottles of wine, or more, for a party or dinner for several friends, at evenings end you have a collection of bottles, some completely empty and some still containing some wine. I have several thoughts for you. First, take note of which bottles have no wine left in them. Among winemakers, that is the test of a wine that will sell well. Forget your numbers, reviews and ratings, the bottles that are ...› Continue reading
Why red wine is red and other isn't
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
You remember your child asking, "Mommy, does chocolate milk come from brown cows?" Unless you had a particularly perverse sense of humor ("Now, Jesse, that is udder nonsense!") you gently set your child straight and provided him or her with one more piece of life information. So when people ask me whether white wine comes from white grapes and red wine from red ones, I have to smile my brown cow smile . Here is the straight information, from winemaker to you. The word "sometimes" is used ...› Continue reading
What puts the sparkle in sparkling wine?
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
We all associate sparkling wine and champagne with joyous celebrations. However, recently, many people have recognized that sparkling wine can provide a bargain accompaniment even for an everyday meal. Making Sparkling Wine and Champagne If you see the words 'traditional method' or 'methode traditionelle' on a bottle of champagne or sparkling wine, then it has been made using the methods originally developed in the Champagne region of France. The first step in making sparkling wine is to create ...› Continue reading
Water into Wine
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Winemakers are known for their craft of making grapes into wine but they are also very crafty people, cleverly using what is at hand to create whatever is necessary to complete their task. "Resourceful" would be another word you could use, but it wouldn't make that sentence as much fun as it is. We hold wine-related dinners in my winery as promotional events after work parties and, as you might imagine, copious amounts of wine are consumed. Many participants are attorneys, and it became ...› Continue reading
Making Red Wine
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Of the number of wine types available on the market, red wine is considered as one of the best. It comes in a number of types though, but all are produced following a single process. For instance, red wine is made from black grapes, with its color drawn from the skins of the grapes. Throughout the creation of red wine making, the selected grapes will be place on the grinder. At this point, the skins of the grapes will be shatter efficiently on the grinder. Depending on what type of wine is done ...› Continue reading
I Love Italian Wine and Food - The Campania Region
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
If you are looking for fine Italian wine and food, consider the Campania region of southern Italy. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you'll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour. Campania is the shin of the Italian boot. It is located in the southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Its total population is about 5.8 million, making it the second most heavily populated region of Italy. Campania's best-known city is its administrative center, Naples, once glorified by the phrase ...› Continue reading
Wine Accessories - The things you need.
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
What is soup without a spoon? What is pen without paper? What is wine without accessories? If you said "incomplete" then you are correct. Let's start with the basics. In order to enjoy wine properly you need a wine glass (also known as stemware). And not just any wine glass, the shape of the wine glass and the material it is made of makes a big difference. According to the IneTours website, wine glasses with large, broad bowls are used for bold red wines with bigger bouquets and and narrower ...› Continue reading
Satisfy Your Wine Desires - Join a Wine Club
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
If you are a wine fanatic, you have many options to satisfy your thirst. But before you choose an option, you should know how to taste wine. In order to do a proper wine tasting, you need to swish the wine around your mouth. This helps get the most out of your taste buds. Here are more tips in order to taste wine. Look at the wine color. The more color a white wine has, the more flavor it has and the older it is. You can approximate the age of a red wine by titling the glass and looking at the ...› Continue reading
Sherry - a wine of tradition
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
A fortified wine from Andalusia produced only in and around the town of Jerez in the Cadiz region. The Spanish producers have since registered the Sherry / Jerez / Xeres name and will prosecute anyone else in the world trying to use it. It is thought that Jerez has exported wines since at least Roman times. Today Sherry accounts for the largest portion of Spain's wine exports, reaching no less than fifty countries and making superb profits for the winery owners. The wine attained ...› Continue reading
Valentine's Day Gifts for the Wine Enthusiast
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
It's that time of the year again! February is the month of love and the perfect time to spoil your favorite wine enthusiast. Even if you think that they have everything that they could possibly need, there are sure to be items that they would still love to have or that could top off their collection of wine items. There are also several gifts that can be used to complement their already wide assortment of wine belongings and to really show your love for them and their love for wine. Everybody ...› Continue reading
Raise A Glass To The Best Wine Of The Month Gifts!
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Are you looking for some of the best wine of the month gifts? We have taken out all the hard work and done your research for you. See our Wine Gifts page (http://www.gourmet-food-gifts.com/wine-gifts.htm) for our suggestions, but here's a little information you need before buying any wine of the month gifts. First, you need to decide your budget. If it's small, that's not a problem. There are so many choices when it comes to wine gifts: number of months, number of wines, color of wines, regions ...› Continue reading
Champagne Wine
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Champagne is without question the finest sparkling wine made in the world. Champagne is the name of the wine region located about 90 miles northeast of Paris. Champagne can contain up to three different grapes: Chardonnay, and the red grapes Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Vintage Champagnes are only produced in the very best years; they are always more expensive than non-vintage Champagnes, but they are not always better tasting. Most Champagnes are the supreme expression of the Champagne ...› Continue reading
The Ideal Temperature To Store Your Wine
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
The ideal temperature to store wines is between 55ºF and 58ºF (13ºC'15ºC). However, any temperature between 40º'65ºF (5º'18ºC) will suffice as long as it remains constant. The degree and the speed of the temperature change are critical. A gradual change of a few degrees between summer and winter won't matter. The same change each day will harm your wines by ageing them too rapidly. The most important rule when storing wine is to avoid large temperature changes or fluctuations. You'll ...› Continue reading
Wine racks are great for all your bottle storage needs
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Love to collect fine wine? Consider wine racks for storage of your hobby, from one bottle or more. Made of many different types of materials they make keeping track of your bottle supply very easy. And many designs add flair to any room they are displayed in. Let's take a look at some styles and materials of wine racks to enhance your kitchen and your whole house. Wood Wine Racks Wine racks made of wood are a very popular choice. Made in many shapes and sizes they are light weight and of ...› Continue reading
The First Rule of Wine Drinking
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Don't listen to what all the self appointed wine buffs and wine snobs say ' it's what you like that counts. It's not what Mr X, Mrs Y or Sommelier Z says but what you personally enjoy that matters when it comes to wine. Taste is individual to you and must always be treated as such. If you like really 'unsophisticated' sweet German wines such as those 70s standards Liebfraumilsch or Hock (which incidentally almost put a whole generation off drinking wine) then that's great. Feel free to carry ...› Continue reading
French Wine Laws
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
The French Wine Laws The production of wine in France is tightly controlled by two organisations. The Instituit National des Appellations d'Origine (INAO). This body succeeded the Comite' National des Appellations d'Origine after World War II and controls the hierachy of French quality wines. The other is the Service de Repression des Fraudes, which is responsible for seeing that the very complicated laws on wine production are carried out. On the French domestic market, every bottle carries a ...› Continue reading
Wine Tasting
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Wine Tasting Component I: Look The first step you have to undertake in wine tasting is visual. 1. Fill up the glass up to 1/3 of its volume; never fill it more than half; 2. Hold the glass by the stem. Initially you may find this too pretentious but there are good reasons for it: а) by doing it this way you can actually observe the wine in it; b) this will keep your fingerprints off the bowl; c) the heat from your palm will not change the temperature of the wine. There's a good saying by ...› Continue reading
Who Made the First Wine Anyway?
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Although details are understandably sketchy, it is believed that, around 6000 BC, grapes were being grown and wine was being made in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq). Mesopotamia and Egypt Wine was popular with the pharaohs of ancient Egypt from about 3000 BC onwards. Inscriptions and illustrations of grape harvesting and wine making have been found in a number of tombs. Many temples had vineyards attached to them and it is thought that wine was used for religious ritual purposes. However, as ...› Continue reading
Reading an Italian Wine Label
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Translation of Italian to English, helping you to save confusion when buying a bottle of Italian Wine. Abboccato - Medium-sweet and full bodied Amabile - Medium-sweet Annata - Vintage Azienda (or Casa) agricola - An estate that uses its own grapes in production of its wines Azienda (or Casa) vinicola - A producer who buys in and vinifies, usually a large scale operation Azienda (or Casa) vitivinicola - An estate that grows vines, buys in grapes and makes wines Bianco - White Botte - ...› Continue reading
Wine Grapes - White Varieties
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
Chardonnay This grape has been described as the happiest of all combinations and has expanded widely from its Burgundian roots, being now planted virtually world-wide. It is at its best on Chalky soils, but is liable to suffer from Chlorosis and powdery mildew. The yields are moderate and the wine can lose its character when these are pushed too far. It gives wines that normally age in wood, which gives it a round buttery flavour. Sauvignon Blanc A classic grape variety planted widely ...› Continue reading
Wine Making For Beginners
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 | Food and Beverage |
If you are interested in wine making then you need to do a little homework before you get started. Wine making is not something that you can just plunge into and learn along the way, you need to do some research so that you know that you are not missing any vital wine making steps or processes. If you do miss these wine making your wine could very well turn out tasting like anything but wine. Wine making is a something fun that you can do in your spare time and at the end you will have a ...› Continue reading
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