The Rabbit Corkscrew
Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 Wine Tasting
Product Description The original - uncorks bottles in seconds. The Black Rabbit Corkscrew from Metrokane is quick like a bunny! It will pull a wine cork in 3 seconds flat. After uncorking, the Rabbit Corkscrew quickly and easily ejects the cork from the worm. This popular corkscrew has been redesigned with a precision metal gear mechanism [...]
Wine Week 28
Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 Wine Tasting
This week we look at a wine which uses a closure that might just signal the end of corks on high end wines… and the wine inside the bottle isn’t half bad either! As well we look at a great Shiraz with lovely chocolate characters and a semillon/sauvignon blanc from a region known for producing [...]
Picpoul de Pinet 2007 ~ La Font Francaise
Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 Wine Tasting
A refreshing Coteaux du Languedoc white wine from the Ormarine Winery of Pinet. This wines got wonderful apple notes and is fresh and fruity. Nice acid balance means it is even from start to finish. Winner of a medal at the Vinalies Internationales 2008 (Paris) Cost = 3€ a bottle. © Richard Randall About Ormarine Winery: The Pinet Wine-farmers were [...]
Wine Enthusiast Essential Buying Guide 2009
Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2008 Wine Tasting
Product Description This buying guide is all a wine lover will ever need—with a comprehensive list of ratings for more wines than any other buying guide in the market! The Wine Enthusiast Essential Buying Guide 2009 makes it easy to identify a wine for every taste, budget, meal, and geographic preference. Authored by a distinguished panel [...]
Wine and Health
Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 Wine Tasting
Louis Pasteur l’affirmait déjà en 1866: le vin, c’est bon pour la santé. Des études actuelles le confirment, mais vont aussi au delà. Les chercheurs s’intéressent beaucoup aux antioxydants présents dans le raisin qui jouent un rôle dans la prévention de certaines maladies. D’où l’idée de les transformer en additifs pour des produits alimentaires. Histoire [...]
Painting by E.Denis
Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 Wine Tasting
© http://www.denis-art.com E. Denis was born in 1971 in Byelorussia. He was the youngest child in the family and all his free time he spent painting. Denis’s first website was created in 2001 which exhibited his earlier paintings and church bells. After that he took part in many exhibitions in his home country and abroad: USA, [...]
Portuguese Red Wines
Date: Wed, Oct 15, 2008 Wine Tasting
Gary rants and raves about Portugal as the next coming so lets see what these wines have to offer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMW2-jOVMb0
Would you like to taste ‘Crap Wine’?
Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 Wine Tasting
A new locally grown wine has just been bottled. The wine label reads “Vin de Merde”, which loosely translated means “crap wine”, from the heart of the wine growing region of Languedoc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD1IwzHE72Q
Ernest Dowson ~ Cynara
Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 Wine Tasting
Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head: I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion. All night upon mine heart I [...]
Cooking with Wine
Date: Sun, Oct 12, 2008 Wine Tasting
This is a little video I made at lunch time today. In it I cook Basmati with rosé wine to create pink rice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxujVD77Eco
Wine Week 27
Date: Sun, Oct 12, 2008 Wine Tasting
As the end of the financial year is upon us, we thought it timely to present a couple of wines that wont break the budget, but will help you celebrate in style. First is a sparkling white with quality well above it’s price. Next we look at a great red blend from the Yarra Valley. [...]
Shiraz - Cabnernet Sauvignon ~ South Africa ~ Lidl
Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 Wine Tasting
A cheapo South African plonk from the supermarket chain Lidl. This wine is a classic ‘fruity’ number which are made to meet an ideal of what wine should taste like after being put to focus groups. It is nothing more then a grape based cola style drink. If you want a grape based alcopop then [...]
Robert M. Parker ~ Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide, 7th Edition
Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 Wine Tasting
Product Description Featuring a fresh layout, revised maps, and more detail than ever before, the eagerly anticipated seventh edition of Parker’s Wine Buyer’s Guide offers collectors and amateurs alike the ultimate resource to the world’s best wines. In every way, this edition bears out Parker’s stated goal: “To make you a more formidable, more confident wine [...]