A Kosher Cabernet On A Laid Back Friday
Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 Wine Tasting
Gary revisits a wine he tried once before on the Thunder Show on this laid back Friday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9DtmsRVicA
Ivan M. Granger ~ Drink Up!
Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 Wine Tasting
I can tell you how to clear your palette, but to what purpose when you will not raise the cup? The only way to taste the wine is to Drink — Drink up! Enough garden parties with waiters generously tipped, the wine highly praised but hardly sipped. My advice: Join the call, ringing down the darkened hall — [...]
Vacu Vin Wine Gift Set
Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 Wine Tasting
Amazon.com Review For fans of Chardonnay and Zinfandel alike, this set makes a great gift for a housewarming or holiday party. Rounding out any household wine bar aside from the wine itself, the set includes a corkscrew, wine server, wine saver, and two vacuum stoppers. The set’s attractive presentation and high-quality are typical of products created [...]
Wine Week 26
Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 Wine Tasting
This week Danny returns from a trip through the Barossa and Clare Valleys and offers up a couple of great wines from the tour including a top flight riesling and a red that might solve the question of what wine to match with sushi. As well we check out a shiraz from a maker whose [...]
Wine Week 24
Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 Wine Tasting
This week we look at three wines with very specific names. We check out a bargain cab/merlot which is named after a local indigenous word for ‘fertile land’. We also recommend a big, bold Victorian shiraz with a name that brings Scotland to mind. And there’s also a Coonawarra Chardonnay whose brand name you should [...]
Painting by E.Denis
Date: Fri, Oct 10, 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, [...]
Corte Alle Mura 2006 ~ Chianti ~ Lidl
Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 Wine Tasting
A drinkable Italian wine from the supermarket chain Lidl. The nose is a bit chemical to start with but there is a hint of black fruits. On the palate there are sweet black cherry notes with a woody hint at the back. A pleasant medium bodied wine and O.K. value for money Cost 2.99€ a bottle About [...]
Jan Vermeer ~ The Glass of Wine
Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 Wine Tasting
The Glass of Wine, 1658-60, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
Australian Shiraz Super Wines Blind
Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 Wine Tasting
Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 4 Aussy Shiraz’s blind and all of these are power houses so it will be interesting to see what he thinks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKJFvd2rFX0
John Milton - Sonnet 17
Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 Wine Tasting
Lawrence of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day; what may be won From the hard season gaining: time will run On smoother till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth; and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed [...]
The Wine Enthusiast Magazine Wine & Food Pairings Cookbook
Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 Wine Tasting
Product Description This beautiful and easy-to-use cookbook features more than 75 innovative food and wine pairings compiled by the expert editorial team at Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Filled with delectable full-color photographs, the Wine Enthusiast Magazine Wine and Food Pairings Cookbook is sure to be appreciated by everyone from serious wine lovers to occasional wine drinkers. With chapters [...]
Wine Week 23
Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 Wine Tasting
At wine week we’ve looked at almost all the great wine regions of Australia, but Tasmania had missed out. This week we redress that oversight with a brilliant Chardonnay from the apple isle. We also check out a bargain red blend from the McLaren Vale and a Coonawarra red that isn’t necessarily what you’d expect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-87XpUjLm-M
Marino ~ Wine on Tap!
Date: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 Wine Tasting
The lucky residents of the village of Marino in Italy have been blessed with wine plumbed direct into their homes. During the annual harvest festival (Sagra dell’ Uva) wine is pumped into the fountain the the town square, but this year the wrong conection was made and the wine ended up in the public water [...]
