Cliff Richard , a legend of British rock ‘n’ roll today, along with the world music community will celebrate its 70 anniversary. In the late 50′s – early 60′s he was considered the British Elvis, countrymen put him on a par with The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. In 1995, Queen Elizabeth has decided that, before his name should be pronounced over the attachment, Sir, and a national rating of 200 greatest Britons of all time – he is 56 places.
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I was just born. Me with my precious cargo. In a short time I was put on the market. I was happy, happy I had the honor of carrying around the world the work of my master, his fatigue, his emotion and his passion. There were thousands of years that this happened, though once I did not have the shape of today. The idea, the concept, however, were always the same: a wonder of nature at man’s disposal.
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Heroes, which interviewed a blog about wine “picturesque, like the characters in the films Almodovar. flamenco dancer , “shark” of Internet business , and now – a man who teaches others the art of wine tasting. Perhaps France and Italy, these people are called “maestro.” In Japan – “Sensei”. And we have somehow “training manager”. Meet: Aleksey Tyurin, training manager for alcoholic range of Luding.

- Alex, let’s first attack stereotypes and prejudices that are associated with your profession. What are they?

Come on. Stereotypes – are predictable. A person learns, what is my job, and concludes: yeah, so important – tasting, read – the free and frequent access to alcohol. Then everything begins to smile, smile, obviously representing some kind of feast and perpetual hangover. But for me this work, we can say the usual routine (though work is very nice – always wanted a hobby became a profession!).
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The courtship begins. The first dinner date. First impressions do count, requiring a thoughtful selection. A wine with staying power, but one that’s not too overbearing. Sophisticated yet playful, fresh but with depth. Why not try a Beaujolais, they’re light and refreshing yet maintain an air of tradition and subtle mystery? Besides, Beaujolais doesn’t exactly say commitment; it’s made to be drunk early, while it’s still fresh and exciting.

Nerves a flutter and romance in the air. Physical contact. With passion building and scents of anticipation wafting, thoughts naturally turn to red. Keep it suave and full-bodied, and make sure it finishes long. We recommend a Merlot for smoothness and ripe fruit, or a Shiraz for big, intense, peppery vigour.
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About the film Bottle Shock and its underlying real events that forever changed the picture of the wine in the world.

Movie: Strike a bottle ” (Bottle Shock)
Slogan: Based on a true story of love, victory and fermentation.
Production: USA, 2008
Director: Randall Miller (Randall Miller)
Starring: Alan Rickman (Alan Rickman),
Bill Pullman (Bill Pullman), Chris Pine (Chris Pine)
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Wine guru Joshua Wesson redesigned the retailing of wine . when he opened his first Best Cellars store on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, making things idiot proof, fun and affordable. The excitement has spread with stores in two Boston suburbs, the University Village section of Seattle, Washington D.C., and most recently in The Park Cities area of Dallas.

“The public needn’t be saddled with numerical scores, vineyard names, grape yields and barrel toast levels. The wine jargon can poison the simple pleasure,” contends Wesson. “After all, when you walk into a patisserie in Paris, you don’t have to know the history of France.”
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With the onset of summer, it is time to put the case for this much maligned style of wine. Many people consider rosé to be unsophisticated, and not for serious wine drinkers. It is all too often associated with slightly sweet wines lacking in flavour and made for easy drinking. Perhaps it is because for many people, their first experience of rosé wine was drinking Mateus rosé back in the days when this wine was produced in a sweeter style than it is today. In fact some of the rosés of southern France and Spain are very complex wines and far removed from the light styles often encountered in Portugal.
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My first encounter with Zinfandel was back in the early 1980s, on holiday in Hawaii. I chose the wine from the restaurant wine list because the name was so unusual, I didn’t know whether Zinfandel referred to the grape, the name of the wine or the grower. Since this was early in the 1980s what came to the table was a salmon pink off-dry wine which was an ideal accompaniment to the seafood on offer. And at the risk of putting off readers so soon in the story, I enjoyed this wine and thought no more about it.
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De Loach Vineyards

I arrived at the tasting room of De Loach Vineyards somewhat jaded after a 11 hour flight from London followed by a 2 hour drive from San Francisco in the rush hour. The folks were very welcoming and after I had been given some Zinfandel to revive my spirits I was taken for a drive around the various De Loach vineyards by Laura Sarong their marketing manager.
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I do not really know sake, but it intrigues me.

Recently, during a trip to California that made me go through Los Angeles, I stopped in a very good Japanese restaurant, a genre that does not often meet here in Quebec. You should know that the Japanese population in Los Angeles is very important and that we find not only a neighborhood “Little China”, but also a “Little Japan”.

So, after ordering different Japanese dishes, sushi and seafood in particular, I asked the waitress to suggest a good sake to accompany what I chose. Then handed me the map of Sake, which occupied almost as much space as the map (large) wine. Hundreds of sake, the names all the more strange than the others in my eyes of Quebeckers, ordered by producers, but also by type. In short, I was lost.
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