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Nov 21, 2012
As we gather with family and friends to share the annual big
meal, what could be better to share and enjoy a few bottles of
wine? Obviously the amount of wine depends on how many people
participate in the feast, responsible ...
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Nov 12, 2012
Wine and food go hand in hand, or should we say mouth to
stomach? The quintessential question always asked: how do you pair
wine with food? Historically this was never an issue. Back in the
days when wine was local, local fo ...
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Oct 31, 2012
Every time I try to write about Portuguese wines I get stuck
writing about Port and Madeira. But there is a whole lot more to
Portuguese wines. Aside from Mateus Rosé in the uniquely
narrow-necked, flask-shaped bottle and Vi ...
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Oct 10, 2012
The largest and most populous continent, Asia, does not have a
strong wine consuming culture. Even as it is often seen as a large
potential market and a growing demand for wine, especially for
high-end wines in these boom da ...
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Sep 13, 2012
The Bordeaux region of France is the third largest wine-growing
area in the world with just less than 300,000 acres under vine.
Only the Languedoc wine region (also in France) with over
600,000 acres under vine is larger an ...
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Sep 5, 2012
Gallo can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different
people. It is the Italian and Spanish word for 'rooster'; it's also
a beer in Guatemala and a Spanish slang word for marijuana. In the
United States it's probabl ...
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Aug 15, 2012
New Zealand's wine production is relatively small, but of high
quality wines evenly divided between domestic consumption and
exports. The two main islands (North and South) are completely in
the wine-growing latitudes of 36 ...
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Aug 9, 2012
The continent of Africa has very little surface area suitable
for wine-growing. Almost all is too hot or too humid to grow
quality grapes with the exception of South Africa.
In the parts of Africa that lie in the Northern H ...
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Jun 8, 2012
Australia is the fourth largest wine exporter in the world after
Italy, France and Spain; and the second biggest source of imports
into the US after Italy by volume. By value it ranks third behind
France, an indication that ...
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May 9, 2012
White grapes are actually green in color. Grapes that don't have
red or purple pigmentation are called white, whereas 'green' grapes
in wine terminology actually refer to under-ripe grapes.
Among the white grapes and the wi ...
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Apr 11, 2012
The common wisdom is that wine and perfume do not mix, but
perhaps they can?
'A masculine aroma that has top notes of sage, orange, lemon;
blends into carnation, cinnamon, jasmine, geranium and heliotrope;
and finishes wit ...
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Mar 21, 2012 10:22 AM
AVA stands for American Viticultural Area and designates wine
grape growing areas in the US, similar to regulations in other
parts of the world such as French appellations of origin (AOC) or
the Italian IGT (Indicazione Geog ...
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Mar 14, 2012 11:21 AM
Just north of Bordeaux is a wine region that actually does not
really produce wine: surrounding the town that gives it its name
Cognac is the most famous variety of brandy, a spirit produced by
distilling wine.
The word Bra ...
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Feb 29, 2012 10:43 AM
Rural land seems under threat from residential and commercial
development all over the state and developing wineries and
vineyards could be a good agricultural alternative to big box
retail and self-storage buildings creepin ...
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Feb 22, 2012 10:43 AM
Making wine is a little like predicting the future. It takes
years for the vines to mature and bear fruit after planting. And
once the wine is made and the vintage completed, that's it!
Whatever the harvest, however many bot ...
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Feb 8, 2012 12:08 PM
It's long been rumored to contain some aphrodisiacs and has the
power to make an evening magical. Think of Marilyn Monroe,
Hollywood glamour or wedding festivities and Champagne is in the
picture. It is said that Champagne i ...
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Jan 25, 2012 12:07 PM
Real people still make up the world of wine, starting with the
winemaker to you, the wine drinker (or, should I say, enthusiast,
lover, or consumer?)While there might be some industrialization
techniques already employed in ...
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Jan 13, 2012 01:22 PM
There are thousands of different wines out there from all over
the world, the choice is daunting, and no wonder one tends to play
it safe. But do you remember the first time you tried that
particular wine you like so much, t ...
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Jan 4, 2012 10:21 AM
What's in a bottle of wine? Well, of course wine. At least
that's what's to be expected - and to be clear, it typically is.
But by looking at the bottle, the only information we have about
the contents is what's listed on th ...
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Dec 28, 2011 08:50 AM
As another New Year's Eve marks an end of the old and the
beginning of a new, here's a toast to celebrate the occasion:
May Champagne brighten the mind and strengthen the
resolution!
A toast to our ancestors that made this ...
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Dec 21, 2011 10:20 AM
Choosing wine is not that different from choosing a new shirt.
It's all about your own personal taste. Most people stick with the
tried and proven, whatever your shirt color, you'll probably stay
within shades of it. This co ...
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Nov 30, 2011 07:21 AM
"He who drinks wine sleeps well. He who sleeps well cannot sin.
He who does not sin goes to heaven." An Old Monk's Prayer
says.
Wine and religion are inexorably intertwined. Christians know
the story of the marriage f ...
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Nov 23, 2011 08:00 AM
When did high alcohol content and dense color become the
hallmarks of great wine? When did a sappy jammy texture of wine
become the hallmark of great mouth feel? Today's wine world
dominated by a few high profile critics see ...
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Nov 9, 2011 10:44 AM
Most of today's successful wineries reflect the passion and
dedication of one person: the owner, the founder, the one whose
dream got it all started, keeps it together and makes it
work.
One of these guys is Graham Beck, wh ...
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Nov 2, 2011 01:14 PM
So many different people and so many different wines! In all the
years involved with wine, one thing became clear: very rarely is
there an absolute perfect match in the many ways combining wine,
food and people to create a m ...
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Oct 13, 2011 09:31 AM
Up in the hills of Castagnole Monferrato in the province of Asti
in Piedmont, one of my favorite wines is made from 100% Grignolino
grapes. Grignolino for some reason got a bad reputation for some
inferior wines made with th ...
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Oct 7, 2011 08:59 AM
The bulk of wine produced in the US comes from California, with
Oregon closing in second. The California sunshine intensifies the
sugar content of the grapes, so the wines tend to higher in alcohol
and usually richer and bol ...
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Aug 16, 2011 12:16 PM
'Bourgogne' as it's called in French is a historic region in
central eastern France to the north of the city of Lyon. Burgundy's
wines are varied, complex, human, and sophisticatedly homely.
Although "Burgundy" means red, th ...
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Aug 3, 2011 08:33 AM
Champagne as we know it today exists since the early 1500's. The
monk Dom Perignon is widely credited with the invention of
sparkling wine about a hundred forty years later, but there are
records of Benedictine monks of St. ...
- Wine Experiments by Gerd Herschmann
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Jun 21, 2011
The town of Menfi is located about 40 southwest of Palermo on
the northern west coast of Sicily. It is an amazing valley formed
by the Belice River, which flows slowly into the beautiful
Mediterranean Sea. The picturesque sc ...
