October 2009
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Red or White Wine?
When you go to a restaurant or if you’re just going to buy yourself a few bottles of wine, it can be surprisingly difficult to choose between a red wine or a white wine. The choice for me at least stems more from personal preference.If I know that I don’t like a certain red wine [...]
Red, White and You
www.thecorkscrewdiary.tv This past weekend I joined nearly three thousand people at a celebration of wine on the walking bridge that crosses the Cumberland River in Tennessee. What an event! Wine, music, food, and fine people all supporting the charity efforts of l’ Ete du Vin
How to Go About Removing Red Wine Stains
This subject is important to quite a lot of people. Besides this is something that every red wine lover will need to know at some point in time. Then again not every one will be too fussed about removing red wine stains from their carpets or their clothing, but it’s handy to know, and might [...]
What puts the sparkle in sparkling wine?
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 ChampagneIf you see the words ‘traditional method’ or ‘methode traditionelle’ on a bottle of champagne or sparkling wine, then it has been made [...]
The Red Wine Secrets of the French Paradox
American scientists and other health experts from around the world are puzzled as they try to discover the “secret” behind the French Paradox. The problem is that the French consume three times as much saturated fat as Americans and one-third less French people die from heart attacks. The French also have much less obesity than [...]
Flower and Champagne Delivery – Create the Mood for Jubilation
Time and hectic schedules can no longer hinder you in celebrating happy moments of your loved ones. Now, even if you are hard pressed of time, with simple and smart moves you can send a wonderful gift to your dear ones. And that wonderful gift is a sparkling and scintillating bottle of champagne. Now you [...]
Great Wines For Everyone
When you are looking for a drink to suit the majority of people go for wine. It is a universal drink which has types that are good for most people. There is dry wine, organic wine, sweet wine, fortified wine, red wine, rose wine, and of course sparkling wine.If you are planning a party it [...]
Sonoma Valley Wine Tasting Tour, Castle Winery
On February 24, 2008 we went on an interesting excursion out of San Francisco: an ecologically friendly bio-diesel powered van from Incredible Adventures whisked us off to the outlying areas north of San Francisco. After our first stop at Muir Woods to admire the giant redwoods we embarked on our tour to wine country. Through [...]