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Posted 3/9/2010 at 3:57 PM PST
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Beware: May cause elevated blood pressure, erratic breathing and possible engorgement. Not for the faint of heart. Read at your own risk. You greet me, your package sleek, sexy and so attractive. I know what lies inside… it’s wet, sweet and waiting to grant me immeasurable pleasure. Eager and excited, I pop the cork, releasing just a hint at what lay in store for us both. Before I allow you to touch my lips, I breathe you in long and deep letting you fill my senses with your captivating aroma. You stand naked before me quivering with anticipation, luring me in, as I do things to you that open you up, allowing you to release even more of your provocative and sensual self. Our first kiss reveals so much— you fill my mouth with seductive and tantalizing flavors I’ve never known before; you’re so full of passion you make my head spin and my heart race. My mouth waits to explore you again. Oh, my beautiful, I know it’s going to take time… you are not a quickie to be... ... View Full Post >>
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 3:14 PM PST
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Assume nothing. Least not when your taste buds are on the ride of their life.
Here’s how it works:
Insert one Miracle Berry into your mouth
Scrape the pulp off the seed
Swirl it around for a solid minute or two and you’re off to the races.
For the next two hours the miracle of the berry will transform sour and acidic sensations into sweet tastes. This means stout beer will taste like a chocolate shake, cheese like frosting, grapefruit like pixie sticks, and lemon and lime slices will be like sweet morsels of love (wink).
No joke!
The Miracle Berry, aka Synsepalum dulcificum, hails from West Africa and was originally documented by French explorer Chevalier des Marchais on an 18th century excursion in search of exotic fruits. He noticed local tribes chewing the berry before meals.
The berry contains a glycoprotein called Miraculin consisting of 191 amino acids and carbohydrate chains. When the fleshy part of the... ...
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 11:02 AM PST
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Reading in the Sunday Seattle Times about Accidental Wine. This company, located in LA, is selling wines on the internet with blemished labels. Business is good with the tough economy. We all want bargains. Posted Via RSS Feed from the Blog 'Woodinville Wine Update' Covering Wine in Woodinville You can view the original post here.
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 10:14 AM PST
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Spring is in the air, well almost, two weeks to go, gardeners are a bit antsy. Ready to get to work on their new projects or giving another try to last year's failed attempt. Now that the word is out that Peat based compost pollutes will they return recent Peat purchases to their Garden Centers? In the UK, there is a public campaign going on. Martin Hickman reports in Gardeners urged to stop using peat-based compost (Independent, March 9) that "Diarmuid Gavin, star of the BBC's Gardeners' World has been drafted in by the Government
as they try to persuade the public to stop using peat compost". He also notes that "peat's extraction in the UK not only disturbs rare
wildlife but also releases an estimated million tonnes of carbon dioxide
into the atmosphere every year." Who needs convincing? The author writes that in the UK "around 70 per
cent of peat is used in horticulture, much by amateur gardeners who
have long considered it the best way of... ... View Full Post >>
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 9:24 AM PST
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Interview de Thomas Duroux, directeur du Château Palmer, sur WineOnTheRocks.com Wine On the Rocks fait partie de cette nouvelle génération de video blog sur le vin. J'en avais déjà parlé dans cette note. A l'époque le site était en lancement. Finkus Bripp confirme non seulement l'originalité de son style mais aussi qu'il sait donner du rythme et susciter l'intérêt sur des sujets pourtant habituellement réservés à quelques experts (voir aussi ses interviews de Jancis Robinson). A suivre également sur twitter.com/wineontherocks.
Interview with Thomas Duroux - CEO of Chateau Palmer from Finkus Bripp on Vimeo. Posted Via RSS Feed from the Blog 'Vinternet' Le blog de l'agence Vinternet You can view the original post here. ... View Full Post >>
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NEWS ITEM
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 9:03 AM PST
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All-New Wines, All-New Tasting Room . . . All-New Caterina Winery! By Sip of Spokane (www.facebook.com/sipofspokane) After a two month slumber, Caterina Winery re-opens with new owner/winemaker at the helm. Caterina Winery is thrilled to announce that Don Townshend, of Townshend Cellar in Colbert, WA, is the new owner/winemaker at Caterina Winery. Townshend plans to restore Caterina Winery to a place of distinction in the Washington wine community, beginning with a lineup of new wines. Townshend has spent the months undertaking a complete remodel and renovation of the tasting room, and adding his own style to this new breed of Caterina wines. Caterina Winery has already received critical acclaim for the new Caterina wines crafted by Townshend, including praise from Paul Gregutt, wine writer for the Seattle Times, and write-ups in Wine Enthusiast, Wine Press Northwest and Northwest Palate. The new wines include a 2008 Chardonnay, 2007 Merlot and... ... View Full Post >>
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 7:31 AM PST
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Spokane is home to 16 quality wineries, including one of Washington’s original 20. From Barrister’s 90+ point Cab Franc, Latah Creek’s innovative cold fermentation, Robert Karl’s top picks (by Paul Gregutt), and Arbor Crest’s historic mansion and amazing grounds, Spokane is becoming a destination for wine.
Spokane is also known as an amazingly generous host city. Spokane is home to the largest 3 on 3 basketball tournament (Hoopfest), and one of the largest timed road races with Bloomsday (over 50,000 runners). Spokane recently hosted the 2010 USA Figure Skating Championships and will host round one of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. GO ZAGS!
As 300 wine bloggers converge on Walla Walla, Washington, Spokane offered to bring three wine writers / bloggers to our amazing city. The Spokane Visitors Bureau reached out to me with a great idea of hosting and touring bloggers that are attending WBC10. With Spokane being less than 2 hours from Walla Walla, this is the perfect... ...
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 7:21 AM PST
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This is going to be a fun, tasty and enlightening event for all wine lovers! On Saturday March 20th from 1-3PM the NJ Chapter of Women for Winesense is hosting this special wine tasting event at Joe Canal’s in Iselin, NJ. There will be about 10 different wines that will be tasted in a guided classroom style setting. And, there will be light refreshments as well. There is limited space for this event and registration is required. Go to the Women for Winesense website at www.womenforwinesense.org .. see the event on the calendar.. Mar 20th.. and click there to register. Price is $15 for members and $25 for non-members. Women for Winesense is open to men as well as women so join today.
Cheers,
The Wining Woman
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Zita Keeley’s Wine School now in sesssion Posted Via RSS Feed from the Blog 'The Wining Woman' The Wining Woman Blogs about the wine world You can view the original post here. ... View Full Post >>
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 7:00 AM PST
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Taste Washington in Seattle is rapidly approaching. Over 200 wineries and 75 restaurants will be pouring wines and serving bites at the Grand Tasting on Sunday, March 28th, at the Qwest Field Event Center. If you are not familiar with this fabulous event, check out my Taste Washington 2010 Preview post for further information.
For those of you who will be attending Taste Washington for the first time, I’d like to share some tips for making the most of the event. Taste Washington is a huge event and can be overwhelming if you are not prepared. You will be wise to plan a strategy ahead of time.
Whether you attend the Grand Tasting which lasts three hours or pay extra for an additional two hours of tasting, it is impossible to visit every booth and taste every wine being poured and every bite being served.
First, I suggest that you visit the Taste Washington website to preview the list of participating wineries. Make a list of the wineries that you’d like to... ...
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 6:30 AM PST
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Okay, so my timing for this post is a little weird, given that I was just talking about Twitter Tasting Fatigue in the wake of the #SauvBlanc event. I really did have a fun time at the event, and met some really interesting people around the world, from locations ranging from here in the US to Germany to New Zealand. It was really interesting to see so many people tweeting about a single varietal, and to realize that all of these people had been brought together online by a unique grassroots effort.I selected two different wines for the event. The first was an American wine from LangeTwins Winery from Lodi California, and the second was a New Zealand wine from Villa Maria from Marlborough. I started the tasting with the LangeTwins Sauvignon Blanc. The 2008 LangeTwins Sauvignon Blanc runs $13, and about $10 for club members. The alcohol comes in at 13.1%. This wine was provided as a sample by the good folks at LangeTwins Winery.The nose on... ... View Full Post >>
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 6:04 AM PST
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Some of you have probably been wondering why I haven't been writing anything lately. Well, I'll tell you why. I quit drinking alcohol February 12. KAPOW! I bet you weren't expecting that, huh? It's true. And I feel great. An apology: Dear Liver, I hope you forgive me for all of the abuse I've put you through over the years. You've been doing a bangup job processing all of the alcohol that I've bathed you in all of these years. You've never complained once. So, for all of your unfailing service over these past several decades, I'm rewarding you with an early retirement! No more alcohol. I promise. I only ask one thing in return. Please regenerate quickly. Thanks. Yours until death do us part, Jude - Wine Muse No More
Posted Via Atom Feed from the Blog 'Wine Muse' A blog about the musings of a wine Goddess. You can view the original post here. ... View Full Post >>
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 5:01 AM PST
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I’ve been pretty open on this wine blog that Enoforum Wines, from the Alentejo region of Portugal, is one of my clients. This is my journal, and I’m recording my realistic journey in the wine business. When Enoforum Wines and our Diaz Communications partnered, it wasn’t with the thinking that Enoforum might be imported into the United States. It’s more a matter of when. Enoforum’s ducks are in a very neat row.
Enoforum has so much to offer.
Couple that with the fact that Alentejo wines are becoming a really hot commodity item in people’s minds.
Now, frost the cake with extremely well priced wines, and we’ve got a winner.
The only question that remains is, “Who’s the missing importer link?”
As I mention Frank Johnson here, from Frank Johnson Selections, I am not stating that we’ve all found the perfect fit between brand and importer. It’s way too soon in that process. It takes a whole lot of... ...
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 4:57 AM PST
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Actually, let’s take those in reverse order.
Here’s the deal – I have a love/hate affair with organic wines. I love the fact that they’re organic and environmentally-friendly; I hate many of the wines because they’re not any good.
And I’m convinced that enough wine consumers have reached a similar conclusion that they actually avoid buying wines labeled as Organic, which is why many god wines that could be labeled as officially organic don’t bother to mention this on their labels (see Alder Yarrow’s take on the subject of Organic wine labeling).
It’s not all organic wines that suck, and there are many excellent, premium wines that farm organically or biodynamically. But the extreme cases have a loooooong way to go before they will appeal to the average consumer.
Take Stellar Organics for example. Amazing things they’re doing for the environment and their community. BUT… they make a line of ‘No Sulfites Added’ wines... ...
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 4:00 AM PST
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Image of The Four Graces via Snooth Wednesday, March 10 Anderson's Market, Sylvania, Wine Tasting. 6-8 PM. The Close-Outs continue. 1. Newman’s Own Chardonnay, 2. Pezat Bordeaux Superior, 3. Greg Norman Reserve Shiraz, 4. Selbach-Oster Riesling Spaetlese. Nominal fee. Beer and Wine Cave, 4400 Heatherdowns, (419) 382-6221. 6-8 PM, Great Value Wines of Spain. $15. Thursday, March 11 The Andersons, Maumee, Wine Tasting. 5-7 PM. Screw-top wines: Poorly made, cheap ... View Full Post >>
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Posted 3/9/2010 at 1:35 AM PST
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Retrospectives are part of an occasional series on how Washington wines are aging. See other posts in this series here. Winemaker Ben Smith of Cadence Winery has made his reputation making single vineyard wines from some of Red Mountain’s finest vineyards. Through the years, these vineyard sources have included Ciel du Cheval, Taptiel, Klipsun (recently phased out), and Cara Mia, the winery’s estate vineyard. Smith’s commercial experience with Red Mountain goes back to his first vintage in 1998 when he made a wine from Taptiel Vineyard. While Red Mountain has since become Smith’s focus, in his first three vintages he also made wine from what would become one of Walla Walla Valley’s finest sites, Spring Valley Vineyard. Spring Valley Vineyard is unique compared to many of the vineyards in the Walla Walla Valley in that it is situated farther north, about twelve miles northeast of Walla Walla. The area, which features rolling hills and wheat fields, is... ... View Full Post >>
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