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Saturday, March 24th, 2012
“He who tastes the last laughs best” is a tasting course humorously followed by a dinner to recover from laughter.
The America is the breed of Madrid neighborhood that is famous for its shops and entertainment venues. No Madrid who has not passed an evening or a Sunday, in a terrace, the bar or inside of any premises in this district. Moreover, there are many bars and taverns, from mouth to mouth, are gaining popularity, as is the case of Asturian taverns.
Ham Takes Taverns
Since 2002, when it opened the first tavern ham takes in Madrid, it’s been eight years that have been born seven other franchises distributed by the center of Madrid, as well as two villages north of the Spanish capital: Majadahonda and Collado Villalba.
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Monday, March 12th, 2012
Sometimes give wine is a good option. To look good you have to choose the bottle, not always the most expensive the better.
The wine is the best choice for a gift twice, not very close to people whose tastes do not know or lovers of these drinks. Its history, the culture that surrounds it, the importance of a good meal … make a different drink wine. Choose a bottle is not always easy.
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Learn how to open and serve a bottle of wine will enjoy the experience memorable broth.
The service of wine has some basic elements of concern, including its temperature and the opening of the bottle, allowing it to breathe.
The temperature of white wine
The temperature of the wine when you serve is essential. White wines should be served cold, which can be achieved by placing them in one or two hours in the refrigerator before serving. This will allow the temperature drops enough. The white wines are served cold because of their high acidity levels, which are moderated when cooled.
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012
To qualify is recommended wine tasting process, where the view is the starting point to get to the other senses.
The wines of the world represent a set of messages that come to our senses. The color, aroma, flavors and textures often confuse the amateur or novice in the tasting process , since the components are diverse and a large number of unique qualities, however, the review process remains available to all the famous three-step process involving successive three human senses: sight, smell and taste.
Wine Tasting on the appearance falls on the first examination
The view is the primary sense in the prosecution of interesting wines because through the wine’s appearance tells his story. Together with other elements as appropriate glasses, according to the family and the light, the view becomes the first possibility of identifying the quality, health, age and add among other features. Eye contact is essential for the posterior approach with the smell and taste.
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012
Wine is one of the most desired liquor in the world and is appreciated as the perfect companion for any occasion.
From an informal meeting with friends, holding up a romantic moment are ideal locations to take along a bottle of good wine, to give and share. The following tips will allow to get the most out of this exquisite drink.
- Identify the source, ie the prestige of the winery that produces it, where it comes from the region and the corresponding strain, this will not only give clues about the quality of the wine to be acquired, but also will get an idea the cost-effectiveness of the product. The price also influences, as the reserve wines will never be economic.
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Thus unleashing the correct flavor of a wine you need depending on the wine glass and a corresponding. Nowadays wine of colorless, thin and uncut stemware is drunk. The advantage of a clear drinking glass is placed on the hand. One can judge the wine color is better, without touching the glass. This would in fact change the temperature of the wine. The fragrances can also develop a better swing in such glasses when.
White wine is drunk from small glasses, white wine because red wine as opposed to approximately 8-10 ° C is drunk. A small glass has the advantage that it takes only a little wine. This makes the glasses emptied quickly and not heat up so quickly. Because red wine is drunk warm, at about 16-18 ° C, one can enjoy it from larger glasses. For in a larger glass can develop the flavor better.
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
For over 150 years Australian winemakers produce (mainly in NSW) heavy, high alcohol port- and sherry-like dessert wines. Resistance from Europe now led to the fact that terms such as “Port”, “Sherry”, “Hermitage”, etc. disappear. That does not detract from the quality and superior price-performance ratio. One of the most famous producer Peter van Gent is in Mudgee / NSW, which produces an outstanding Tawny Port. Absolutely at the top and sweet wines won gold medals with a hundred-fold Darren De Bortoli Botrytis Semillon’s “Noble One”.
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Tags: Australian Port, Sauternes, sherry, winemakers
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
The most important red wines are Shiraz (very juicy, spicy) with approximately 37,000 ha, Cabernet Sauvignon (aroma of pepper, elegant) with about 29,000 ha, Merlot (striking, circular) with approximately 10,000 ha, Pinot Noir (very creamy) with approximately 4,300 hectares and Ruby Cabernet
Often, Shiraz, Merlot and Cabernet and Chardonnay and Semillon to “blends” are (cuvees) married. The Australian “Winemaker” are on the art of assemblage. In the heavyweight Shiraz have some very highest quality, for example, a Rockford Hoffman Vineyard.
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
The vineyards of Australia in 2002 was about 160,000 ha (including grapes). About 40% of production in the white wines. On approximately 62,000 acres of vines are the white varieties Chardonnay (strong and spicy) with approximately 24,000 ha, Semillon (elegant) with approximately 6,000 acres, Riesling (fruity, sweet and noble) with approximately 4,000 hectares and Sauvignon Blanc (fine aromatic) grown to about 2,800 ha.
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Tags: Chardonnay, flavor, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Understanding the wine you taste is only half the battle; communicating your impressions to others in words is just as big a challenge. And since the wine itself disappears as you drink it, verbal descriptions are the only way to preserve the pleasure wine provides.
It’s easy to ridicule our feeble attempts to put wine into words. Perhaps the most famous satire on tasting notes is a James Thurber cartoon: Three people at a dinner table look quizzically at their host, who’s got a glass in his hand and a manic look in his eye, saying, “It’s merely a naive domestic Burgundy, but I think you’ll be amused by its presumption.”
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