December 2009
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How Champagne Is Made
A very appropriate video to post during this festive period. How Champagne is produced from the Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinot Meunier varieties of grapes using an age old method. … How its made champagne sparkling white wine bubbles using red grapes Chardonnay Pinot Pinot-Meunier France
“Holiday Host Gifts” – Getting Your Money’s Worth
gettingyourmoneysworthnyc.com GettingYourMoneysWorthNYC.com – Judith West. Holiday invitations make you ask: What can I bring? WALL STREET JOURNAL wine gurus suggest proseco from Italy. It’s a gentle, sparkling, all-purpose white wine, good with appetizers or dinner. Easy on the pocketbook. Under twenty bucks. Another value is Malbec from Argentina. Spicey red wine everybody loves, available for [...]
Wine Week 41: Wine to celebrate with
This week we have a special celebration episode. The three wines we suggest would all be perfect for marking an important occasion. There’s a sparkling white that might be the best non-French bottle out there, a Coonawarra red recently nominated as Australia’s best drop and a Rutherglen fortified sure to be great drinking on someone’s [...]
Expat Connection Wine Tasting with 0800 Vino Thurs, April 17
Thurs, Arpil 17th join us for a private Expat Connection Wine Tasting with 0800 Vinos, @ 7:30pm in Abasto at Anchorena 695. Join us, Nigel Tollerman (founder and owner of 0800-VINO) and Expat Connection would invite you to an intimate tasting in Nigel’s spectacular wine cellar located in Abasto (Anchorena 695). picasaweb.google.com The format is [...]
I Love German Wine and Food – A Franconian Silvaner Revisited
are in the mood for fine German wine and food, you should consider the Franconia region of southeastern Germany. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour in which we review a local Silvaner white wine. I’ll let you in on a secret. A year [...]
I Love French Wine and Food – A Rhone Valley Rose
the terrible Artic temperatures in our part of the world, I figured why not review a well-known rose wine from the Rhone Valley region of southeastern France. This beautiful area ranks second in acreage of France’s eleven wine-growing regions. The region runs some 200 kilometers (125) miles along the Rhone River. The northern part is [...]
Bouvet-Ladubay Tresor Rose Brut
Tresor Rose Brut fine french wine, best sparkling french wine at great prices on winedirect UK winedirect.co.uk Sparkling Wine, Bouvet-Ladubay, Tresor Rose Brut, Cabernet Franc, France, Loire, Sparkling Wine … bouvet-ladubay tresor rose brut vintage loire cuvee chardonnay winedirect wine tasting red white sparkling
Serious Eats Basics: Braising
AND MUSCAT RAISINS Italian-Inspired Makes 4 servings 1/4 pound pancetta, thinly sliced 1/3 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 1/2 pounds chicken wings 1 yellow onion, sliced 6 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons dried marjoram 6 yellow bell peppers, peeled, cored, seeded, deveined, and cut into thick strips 8 plum tomatoes, blanched, peeled and roughly chopped [...]
I Love French Wine and Food – A Southwestern Red Blend
are in the market for fine French wine and food, why don’t you consider the up and coming wine region of southwestern France? You may even find a bargain. I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour in which we review a local red wine based on the indigenous Negrette and [...]