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Quick Notes on Types of Caviar


CAVIAR: The Prized Pearls of the Sea

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caviar

Fresh Beluga Caviar: This ultimate Culinarian’s treat is the essence of “Caviar Wishes and Champagne Dreams.” Beluga Caviar has the largest eggs with a super delicate skin that allows it to pop in the mouth with the whispering tranquility of an ocean. The eggs vary in color from Black to light gray. It has an almost creamy, buttery taste and this is the delicacy that is served at most prestigious events around the world. To be precise, Beluga Caviar is The Royal Treat and the best companion to a Brut Champagne. When the occasion demands only the Best……. Serve Buluga Caviar!

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Sassicaia by Marco Fini

Sassicaia

Sassicaia

In the foreword to this attractive coffee-table edition the prominent Italian wine expert, Burton Anderson recalls, ‘Italian restaurateurs voted Sassicaia ‘wine of the century’ by a wide margin, in a poll conducted by the magazine ‘Civiltà del bere’.
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Death On The Douro

douroBy Tony Aspler
Warwick Publishing Group, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Distributor: General Distribution Services, Etobicoke, Canada
Order Number (Ontario and Quebec 1-800-387-0141)
Order Number (North-western Ontario and all other provinces 1-800-387-0172)
US Distributor: LPC Group Chicago. Order Number 1-800-626-4330

Ezra Brant, renowned Canadian wine taster and writer (sound familiar?) is the chief protagonist in this drama on the Douro. A cocktail of sleuthing and slurping, the book makes ideal holiday reading, especially if detective fiction is amongst your other passions – wine being naturally first and foremost.
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