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Knowing your Glass

Posted in: Wine

If you visited formal dinning party or restaurant, you might notice several tools next to the plates, from spoon, fork, knives, and glass, all of them got its own purposes. These time I’d like to discuss about glass, lets start it.
Wine experts agree that each type of wine require different glasses to give a deep [...]

Wine Terroirs : Wine discovery, wine tasting and vineyards in France .

Posted in: Wine, beer, champagne

Soviet Champagne on Lenin Square (Donetsk)
Remember the Paris wine tasting of 1976 which was an unexpected shock for the French wine establishment ? For those who forgot the story, let’s remind the facts : In a blind wine tasting held in Paris that year, the California wines which were tasted unknowingly among top Burgundy and [...]

Wine Is Fine, But Beer May Be Better

Posted in: Wine, beer

As beer drinkers gather to toast St. Patrick’s Day, they might be surprised to discover that the shamrock-shaded beverage not only helps to instill Irish pride, it also could yield some major health benefits.
In fact, studies show that drinking beer — a customary way to celebrate the holiday — can help lower blood pressure and [...]

The “Rediscovered”Treasures of Sicily

Posted in: Cognacs, Wine, beer, champagne, vodka

History and Tradition
One of the first inhabited areas of Italy, Sicily was named after the ancient Siculians who introduced agriculture and animal husbandry in the 3rd millennium B.C. The Phoenicians came next; they founded a number of commercial centers and started intensive exploitation of the forests for construction of settlements and boats.
Between the Eighth and [...]

How to Taste Wine

Posted in: Wine, beer, champagne, vodka

Wine, especially that for which you have paid a premium, is worth more than a quick swallow. So perhaps this section should be entitled ‘Wine Appreciation’, because there is a lot more to judging the quality of a wine than just tasting it. Predominantly it involves smell, using that organ which protrudes from the front [...]

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