How To Taste Wine

Wine Types & Selection Tips : How to Serve Wine

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:10:28 +0000

Serving wine needs to be done at the right temperature, like serving white wines with more of chill and red wines at more of a room temperature setting to keep the acidity at bay. Avoid changing the characteristics of wine like making a red feel tonic or white wine tasting flabby with advice from a wine connoisseur in this free video on wines.

Duration : 0:5:0

Technorati Tags: alcohol, red, vintage, white, WINE

Sonoma Valley Wine Tasting Tour - great atmosphere in van

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:10:14 +0000

On February 24, 2008 we went on an interesting excursion out of San Francisco: an ecologically friendly bio-diesel powered van from Incredible Adventures whisked us off to the outlying areas north of San Francisco. After our first stop at Muir Woods to admire the giant redwoods we embarked on our tour to wine country. Through the rain we drove north into the Sonoma Valley, one of the two world-famous wine-making areas north of San Francisco. The other, even more famous wine-making area, is the adjacent Napa Valley.

The Sonoma Valley is actually the birthplace of the Californian wine industry and encompasses 13,000 acres of parkland. Before lunch we stopped at two wineries, Roche and Homewood Wineries, where we got to taste a whole variety of red and white wines and even some local olives and olive oils. For lunch we stopped off on the main square of Sonoma where my friend and I grabbed a tasty lunch at the Basque Café.

After lunch we headed into the Castle Winery just off Sonoma’s main square that surprised us with a sweet sherry and a delicious sherry chocolate sauce. Our last stop on this excursion were the Gloria Ferrer Caves and Vineyards which produce world-class award-winning sparkling wines as well as Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The Ferrer family’s involvement with sparkling wine goes back several centuries in Catalonia, Spain, and their most famous product is Freixenet, a world famous sparkling wine made according to the méthode champenoise.

Properly educated about wine and definitely in a much lighter mood after all these tastings, we started heading back to the city. The atmosphere in the van was downright giggly. Michelle stopped at a lookout point overlooking the northern terminus of the bridge which provided us with an excellent view, despite the cold winds and the grey and rainy skies.

At the end of our excursion, we got conveniently dropped off on the doorsteps of our hotel, the Queen Anne, and after recovering for a bit, we took the 22 bus and went for a nice dinner to Tangerine SF, a beautiful restaurant that features Pan Asian cuisine, located in the SoMa district of San Francisco. After a great filling dinner and a long conversation with the owners Steve and Sean we walked all the way back to our hotel on Fillmore Street, a pleasant 45 minute walk through beautiful Victorian neighbourhoods.

Duration : 0:2:35

Technorati Tags: california, Francisco, san, Sonoma, tasting, Tour, valley, WINE

What type of dry white wine do you use to cook with? Where do you find it in the store?

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:09:25 +0000

I’m going way overboard with Martha Stewart’ goose recipe. It call for 1/2 cup of dry white wine for gravy. I’ve never cooked with wine before and I know there’s somebody that knows how. Please help, It’s my first Thanksgiving without my mom and my sisters fiance. I want to do it right. I’ve never cooked for her before. Many thanks!

Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Grigio (Pinot Gris)
(among others)

DON’t use Reisling … that’s sweet! Dry means NOT sweet.

Don’t use vermouth, either. It’s useful for cooking but if a recipe specifically says “dry white wine” it won’t taste right if you use something different.

Where to find it? Depends. Does your grocery store sell wine? Some do, some don’t. If yours doesn’t, go to a liquor store.

Also, don’t use that nasty stuff called “cooking wine” … it’s just salty acid. Don’t cook with it if you wouldn’t drink it.

i purchased a soup from bear creek that has sherry wine flavor, is that alcohol?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:10:50 +0000

it is a creamy potato soup and i wanted to know if the ingredient sherry wine flavor really is from alcohol. thanks for your answer

If it says flavor, then that's all it is. It must list the ingredients on the can (package).

How long will my bottle of white wine last?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:10:45 +0000

I opened a bottle of white wine on Tuesday 9th December. I put it straight back into the fridge afterwards and haven't touched it since. It has a screw cap and not a cork. There is still almost half the bottle left and I just wondered if it would still be ok to drink it? Thanks for your answers in advance.

Red and white wines behave differently. A red actually continues to age after it's bottled, which is why some bottles of red are at their best in a year (or two or ten) after bottling. There are still some active yeasts in bottled reds, which contribute to "maturing".

Whites, on the other hand, are cask- or barrel-aged, and THEN bottled. They don't change significantly after bottling (unless they're subject to high heat, or something that could alter the flavor). Your bottle of white should technically last forever, since it's in a closed container and refrigerated. Since it has a screw-on cap, not a cork, it can't take on flavors or odors from your fridge (like onion or tuna or whatever).

But if for some reason you still don't feel comfortable drinking it after a few weeks, you can still use it in cooking.

How to get red wine stains out of furniture?

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:10:40 +0000

I spilt red wine ove my new sofas. When I first got them I pre treated them which does look like it helped a lot. but theres still some tint there. HELP!
I have no clue about the fiber content. Its just a basic cloth.

The best way to get red wine out of a new sofas is to rinse with warm water and then blot clean with alcohol. For tough stains, pretreat with a commercial spot remover and then rinse. I hope this was some help. This is a great website for stain removal. http://www.savetimeandmoneyathome.com
If you test this in a non-visible area first, it won't matter what the fiber content is. I do know that if it is in clothes you can soak it with white wine and then rinse with cool water and then launder with an enzyme detergent like era.

www . Wine 101.TV Show # 80 Is White Wine as Healthy as Red Wine

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:03:18 +0000

This is a wine interactive TV show all about the wine world. The shows will run every 7 to 10 days and your e-mails will direct the show. This is an excellent way to expand your knowledge and learn about wine. How wine is made throughout the worldwide regions, as well as our home state of New York in the Finger Lakes.

Duration : 0:3:7

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Borat Wine Tasting

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:03:10 +0000

Борат Сагдиев (Borat Sagdiyev) goes wine tasting in the U.S.

Duration : 0:6:2

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4 iPhone 3G Snap-On Cases Review & Unboxing from eBay! Wine Red, Black, White, & Pink! Really sweet!

admin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:03:26 +0000

Hey everyone, just wanted to upload this video quickly b4 I head out for NY, but check out this vid! These little slip ons were only $10 for 4, and they have a really nice shape, don’t fall off, and protect nicely, and FREE shipping from Hong Kong! Not bad, huh? Check them out, sweet cases and almost as good as the SGP Ultra Thin. Peace and Happy Holidays! Stay tuned for more!

PS: If you want to check them out from where I bought them, here’s the link: http://shop.ebay.ca/merchant/4ushop365. And I’m selling my iPod Photo 20GB on ebay. Go check it out at: http://shop.ebay.ca/merchant/brodkin_18. Thanks everyone, Happy Holidays!

Duration : 0:7:24

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Italian Red Wine Tasting - Episode #601

admin — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:03:17 +0000

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 wines from Italy and tries to talk about the 2008 NY JETS season.

Duration : 0:25:18

Technorati Tags: Gary, italian, red, review, sicilia, super, tuscan, Vaynerchuk, Video, WINE, winelibrarytv, Wines, wltv