Posted on August 10th, 2007 by
The word that most often confuses an amateur just stepping into the world of wines is ‘vintage’. The waiter will often quote vintage wine and leave you confused at to what exactly is vintage?
The year of the wine is often called as a vintage. The word vintage is nothing more than a more sophisticated […]
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Posted on August 7th, 2007 by
Red and white wines are a popular mode of distinction that is widely used, after that comes whether the wine is dry and sweet, oxymoronic as it sounds, a liquid being dry, dryness of a wine is actually the opposite of the sweetness, i.e. the bitterness of the wine is the dryness of the wine. […]
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Posted on August 4th, 2007 by
The taste of that glass of wine u intend to serve will depend in a lot of ways on the temperature at which it is served. Cold wine or cool wine will cover up a lot of imperfections of a young and a less aged wine, while serving the wines in a warmer temperature will […]
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Posted on July 25th, 2007 by
Sweet and Sour – the wines from Italy are a little sour and sweetly fruity. This mixture is because in Italy they would rather have wine with food than in itself, so this combination works well with foods such as duck. Grapes from Italy give a distinctive bite to the wine that produces a slightly […]
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Posted on July 18th, 2007 by
The swirl of the flavored liquid in the wine glass and the tears fall, the heady smell drifts towards the nose and you plunge into the intricacies of what that glass holds. Swirling the wine excites the molecules of the wine and it rapidly evaporates, intensifying the aromas and the mysteries of what that bottle […]
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Posted on July 15th, 2007 by
A party is incomplete without wine and its flavors, the flavor of wine mingling with the joy of celebration is the best combination one can hope for any event, be it a baby shower or a simple barbeque backyard party. Wine has played a major part in showing the world happiness or just celebrating the […]
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