Posts Tagged ‘winery’
Monday, February 27th, 2012
A new record lived in the wine industry in Argentina last year. Get to know more about one of the wines .
One of the fastest growing agribusiness in Argentina in recent years is linked to the wine industry, but as this is a large country can be divided into seven provinces producing grapes and their derivatives.
Wine in Mendoza
When one thinks of Argentine wine , surely one of the first ideas that comes to mind is the province of Mendoza. Even this province is famous for the party that engages in the production of wine with the “Harvest Festival” . Mainly in this province highlights the culture of strain most emblematic of the country: malbec . In Mendoza concentrates more than 70% of national wine production. In turn, this province is divided into sub-regions of wine production.
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
A centuries-old winemaking tradition and numerous national and international awards attest to the prestige of the wines from Tenerife.
The hard work of wine growers of the island, the use of indigenous strains and particular environmental conditions of Tenerife have resulted in the development of high quality wines, whose reputation is growing day by day, as evidenced by the numerous awards they harvest competitions in local, national and international.
The high quality of wines from Tenerife
The grape varieties listán black and negramoll are the most commonly used to produce the red wine . Experts stress the traditional wines made from this grape its intense fruity, dry mouth, and with good structure. To describe it as maceration red wine with body and with a long lingering aftertaste.
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Wineries like cathedrals, wines with personality and a sun-drenched enclave makes the Port of Santa Maria a paradise for winemakers.
The province of Cadiz has a strong tradition winemaker who have developed tourist routes around the breeding, processing and marketing of different wines. One of these routes is El Puerto de Santa María , home of the wines , brandies and vinegars quality.
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The 3-year-old La Cape may be the most exciting restaurant in Bordeaux. Chef Nicolas Magie, 30, is creating pure magic, and you are advised to reserve two weeks in advance for dinner in the 14-table, 50-seat dining room, which is run by Magie’s wife, Marianne, and able waiter-cum-sommelier Cédric Fuster.
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
The Palatinate has produced more than producers, the first-class dry Riesling, and more layers, from which they are produced than any other German wine-growing region. So it is hardly surprising that originate from the Palatinate year and by far the most remarkable wines from this great variety. Not only the sheer number of these wines is interesting, but also the fact that weak wines in this category occur in the Palatinate, in spite of the amount produced big crops are no longer practical. The same goes for white Burgundy, from which, although there are only small contingents of large plants, which are, however, consistently among the leaders in Germany and the first places to share only with wines from Baden – quite often as a primus inter pares.
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
The Rioja braces itself successfully against the trend in Spain, jammy, sweet and woody and alcoholic Allerweltsweine produce the cause despite always benevolent assessment by American media, especially the reputation of Spanish wine is currently considerable damage. Hardly a tasting inspired us over the last year such as this one.
The range of styles in the area is enormous, ranging from very traditional, specifically oxidation, thin and salty to very modern, fruity, and neuholzwürzig schmelzig-juicy. Some first-class bodega offers both: traditional, long barrel mounted Reservas and Gran Reservas, but also based on a model from Bordeaux, shorter, but it developed into new barriques Special Blend, which often represents the top of the range.
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
The Spinzo Valley farm, home farm f.lli Rabino, has ancient origins. In fact appears to be how well the existing property of the Visconti until 1700. Then the company was acquired by the Savoy family and run directly up to the beginning of 1900. In 1907, the Rabin family has bought a part from which came the current business reality. The estate of Valle Spinzo in Santa Vittoria d’Alba, where there is the production and aging wine is supported by another fact located in the nearby municipality of Monticello d’Alba, La Cascinetta, home to the guest quarters of the company . The company is a family business, Thomas Rabin is the founder with his wife Mary, now Andrea Rabino, winemaker, following the work with his wife Annalisa.
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Since 1948, the farm belongs to the family of Piazzano Bettarini: since Othello, industrial Prato, decided to confront his “war” retreating to the countryside. You played hard the new role of winemaker. To agricultural combines his passion for astronomy to build up the Astronomical Observatory of Piazzano. The company has been on the rise with Riccardo Bettarini, what happens to his uncle’s farm and Othello in driving industrial activity also leaving him to devote himself to agriculture and making the company’s products to get awards in Italy and arousing interest in the rest the world. Since 1999, the management is entrusted to the sons of Richard: Ilaria and Rolando, who in the tradition of leading the family business with passion and professionalism.
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
Australian Federal Government, Capital: Canberra, 7.6823 million km2, roughly 20 million inhabitants. Largest cities: Sydney (left) with approximately 3.5 million people and Melbourne with about 3 million inhabitants.
Canberra – Australia’s capital
Canberra is a planned city with about 300,000 inhabitants and emerged from the dispute between Sydney and Melbourne. As some of the two major cities were not built in New South Wales at the beginning of the 20th Century, especially the independent “Australian Capital Territory”, which only the government is assumed. The architect Walter Burley Griffin, in his Conception of the capital system, a mixture of triangles, squares and concentric circles selected.
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Saturday, December 24th, 2011
From Golden Age to cutting edge, L.A. hotels accommodate all tastes
In Los Angeles, a hotel needs screen presence to join the A-list. It must have the right look, set the right tone, create a distinctive appeal that’s somehow unforgettable. In the city that defined the blockbuster, this allure usually entails a generous helping of luxury, an opulence worthy of royalty and heads of state.
But entertainment is the business in Los Angeles, so the kings and queens of Hollywood are the royalty that matters most. Celebrity patronage is the authentication that launches new properties and validates the bona fides of the classics. In Los Angeles, even the grandes dames can’t resist a little name-dropping: “Of course Gable, Chaplin and Marilyn stayed here. Need you even ask?”
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