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Piemonte (wine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Jun 3, 2011Piemonte wine is the range of Italian wines made in the province of Piedmont in the northwestern corner of Italy. The most well known wines from the region include Barolo and Barbaresco. They are made from the Nebbiolo grape. These wines are ideal for storage and a well-aged Barolo for instance may leave a feeling of drinking velvet because the tannins are polished and integrated more and more into the wine. As the wine matures the colour becomes more brownish and rust-red. Other popular grapes used for red wine production are Barbera and Dolcetto. Wine made on the Barbera grape… Full Story »
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Coffee sommelier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Jun 2, 2011This article's citation style may be unclear. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation, footnoting, or external linking. A Coffee Sommelier is a professional barista who has knowledge in the history of… Full Story »
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George M. Taber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull May 25, 2011Taber was a reporter and editor with Time magazine in the United States and Europe for 21 years, working in Brussels, Bonn, Houston, Washington, DC, and New York. Stationed in Paris between 1973 and 1976, he reported extensively on French… Full Story »
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Judgment of Paris (wine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull May 24, 2011A collage of several producers who competed in the 1976 Judgement of Paris wine tasting event. From top left row-by-row: Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (California), Chateau Montelena (California), Chateau Haut Brion (Bordeaux), Chateau Mouton-Rothschild (Bordeaux), Chateau Montrose (Bordeaux), Chateau Leoville Las Cases (Bordeaux). Note: With the exception of the Chateau Montelena image, the actual wines tasted were from different vintages and/or series. The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 or the Judgment of Paris was a wine competition organized in Paris on 24 May 1976 by Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant, in which French judges did blind tasting of top-quality… Full Story »
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Treaty Port Vineyard, Penglai China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull May 14, 2011This article may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion because it does nothing but promote some entity, person or product and would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic.Note that simply having a company or product as its subject does not qualify… Full Story »
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Cabernet Franc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Apr 23, 2011Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide. It is principally grown for blending with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the Bordeaux style, but can also be vinified alone, as in the Loire's Chinon. In addition to being used in blends and produced as a varietal in Canada and the United States it is made into ice wine there. Cabernet Franc is lighter than Cabernet Sauvignon,[1] making a bright pale red wine[2] and contributing finesse and a peppery perfume to blends with more robust grapes. Depending on growing region and style of wine, additional aromas can include… Full Story »
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Sommelier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Apr 16, 2011The role is more specialized and informed than that of a wine waiter. A sommelier may also be responsible for the development of wine lists,[1] and for the delivery of wine service and training for the other restaurant staff. Working along with the culinary team, they pair and suggest wines that will best complement each particular food menu item. This entails the necessity for a deep knowledge… Full Story »
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Robert O'Maoilriain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Apr 14, 2011Robert O'Maoilriain CSW, born Robert Ryan, is a Certified Sommelier, Winemaker and Wine Critic best known for his free, online wine magazine, Sonoma Sommelier Wine Magazine [1]. He has become the leading authority on Sonoma Valley Wine[2] and is the first wine writer to focus entirely on the wines grown from that small winemaking region. He began his love… Full Story »
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The Red Vineyard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Mar 10, 2011The Red Vineyard is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, executed on a privately-primed Toile de 30 piece of burlap in early November 1888. It was supposedly the only piece sold by the artist while he… Full Story »
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Ice wine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Feb 27, 2011Ice wine (or icewine; GermanEiswein) is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine. The sugars and other dissolved solids do not freeze, but the water does, allowing a more concentrated grape must to be pressed from the frozen grapes, resulting in a smaller amount of more concentrated, very sweet wine. With ice wines, the freezing happens before the fermentation, not afterwards. Unlike the grapes from which other dessert wines, such as Sauternes, Tokaji, or Trockenbeerenauslese, are made, ice wine grapes should not be affected by Botrytis cinerea or noble rot,… Full Story »
