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Category Archives: Wine
Mother’s Day Gift for the Wine Drinker
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Image via Wikipedia If Mom likes her (red) wine, your shopping for Mother’s Day is officially done. Easy as that. And it only set you back about $35. Buy her a Vinturi Wine Aerator. Buy one for yourself while you are at. Heck, buy one for dad and save it till next month. I’ve been writing on wines and spirits for over a decade, and I’ve seen gizmos good and bad come down the pike. I’ve watched the rise of the varietal specific glassware from Reidel and company, weird magnets for “aging” wine, fancy dispensing cabinets, and … Continue reading
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Wine pairings: Two wine gurus take our questions
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Grape insight from the Red Velvet Wine Bar and Market Restaurant guys By Keli DaileyThursday, May 5, 2011 at 6 p.m. Wine guys make vivid tasting notes. Some evoke the kind of imagery you’d expect in a good Updike short story. (“Peach cobbler, nutmeg, macadamia nut, spearmint, bees wax, rubber” – a description of a Riesling Kabinett at Red Velvet Wine Bar.) Because wines are complex. Red Velvet Wine Bar’s Kyle Showen, left, and Market Restaurant’s Brian Donegan, right. And what about the wine professionals who help San Diegans drink them? We pair up a few for insight into grapes – and … Continue reading
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On the grapevine: British royals to make wine
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LONDON (AFP) – After serving English wine at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine, the royal family has now set its sights on producing bubbly. More than 16,000 vines will be planted next week in Windsor Great Park, the former hunting park of Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite residence Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, southeast England. Laithwaites Wine, tenant farmers on the royal estates, said they were “extremely proud” to be invited by the royal family to work on the project, but admitted it was only at the “seedling stage”. The vineyard will be planted with the champagne grape varieties of chardonnay, pinot … Continue reading
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Drink Wine to Improve Your Life
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Do you and your college mates sit up late at night drinking can after can getting smashed? This has been the pastime of generations and generations of students. But it’s all about to change. Or at least, you can start to change it if you want to. The biggest benefit to choosing something other than beer is that it will make you appear much more of an intellectual. This is a great way for not only attracting girls, but attracting friends as well. People look for interesting people to associate with and by drinking something other than beer automatically makes … Continue reading
Tips On Choosing Your Next Bottle Of Wine
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Tonight’s the night. You’ve got that special dinner party with friends and you want it to be perfect. You’ve got the menu completed but the question is which wine will compliment the meal best? Here are some tips for choosing fine wine. Lighter foods need lighter wines while heartier foods need full bodied wines. For example, fish is light and thus a wine like Pinot Noir goes very nicely because it is also light. The way the food is prepared will also influence the type of wine you choose. Whether your meal is grilled or roasted as well as the … Continue reading
The Beauty Of Red Wine: A Beginner’s Guide
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The hit comedy film Sideways is about a road trip in the wine country of sunny California where the two main characters, Miles and Jack, taste copious amounts of red wine while dealing with major life dramas. It’s a hilarious film that touched so many people with its dark comedy and truly moving portraits of people dealing with love, pain, and wine tasting. But perhaps the greatest thing about Sideways was how it inspired so many people to go out and become connoisseurs of fine wine! According the Internet Movie Database, the movie made so many of its fans want … Continue reading
Port Wines From Portugal
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Port Wines Come From Portugal The Douro River Valley which is located in the northern part of Portugal is where the mixture of grapes is grown to produce port wine. The wine was made for shipping reasons and to some people’s surprise reached beyond Europe and into the United States, Asia, Australian and several other places. Port wine for the beginner, is traditionally served as a dessert wine, it is known for the sipping wine at home get-togethers and after work outings. Port wine is different from other types of wine because it has an higher than average alcohol content; … Continue reading
The Real Sangria Of Spain
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If you come to Spain, you have to try a traditional Sangria. When in Rome, they say, do as the Romans do, and this popular and traditional drink is available at just about every bar and restaurant. Each place may have their own variation of the recipe, so it is fun to try it at different locations and compare. Sometimes the recipe is changed to go with the type of food that is being served. Sangria is considered a summer drink, and you will find it served primarily during the summer when you are in the northern part of Spain, … Continue reading
Calories In Wine
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Most people have a general idea how many calories they consume when it comes to solid foods, although it is quite common to forget that when we drink, we are still consuming calories. Alcohol drinkers, especially wine drinkers, may be surprised at the calorie intake associate with wine. So how many calories are in wine? The answer depends on your discernment. Most wines come in under the 100 calorie mark per glass. This is assuming that you are using the appropriate wine glasses. There are fewer calories in wine than most other alcoholic beverages. White Zinfandel and Sauvignon blanc come in … Continue reading
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The Art Of Wine Tasting
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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 capsule conge’, or capsule with the government seal on it showing that the relevant tax has been paid. It also shows the wine’s quality status. You … Continue reading
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