Wine Boosts Omega 3 Fatty Acids
Italian researchers have found that moderate wine drinking acts like a booster for omega-3 fatty acids in plasma and red blood cells. This major finding of the European study IMMIDIET will be published in the January issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Omega-3 fatty acids, mainly derived from cold water fish like salmon, are known to help prevent coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac death.
"Several studies have sh…
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Added by Joyce on July 28, 2009 at 1:16pm —
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1. Get some single malt scotch whisky (remember: it can ONLY be called scotch if it is distilled in Scotland - all others are single malt whiskies if not blended with the product of another distillery). To begin, try some of your friends' favorite whiskies or go to a whisky bar and ask for recommendations. If these options are not available, go to your local liquor store and pick up a bottle.
2. Buy a good glass. The tulip glass is the preferred style because it focuses the aromas and spl…
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Added by Joyce on July 3, 2009 at 10:09am —
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Top 10 Most Expensive Wines in the World
Top 10 Most Expensive Wines ever sold in the World. Today’s upwardly mobile, trendy people have insatiable thirst for wines. Craving for wines is not new to the civilized world, with each passing day it continues to get reinforced. Apart from drinking wines, people love to collect them. Some are attracted by the bottles, some by the brands, and yet some weigh upon the wine’s origins.
In this article, you would come to know about the top 10…
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Added by Joyce on June 30, 2009 at 11:30am —
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Most Expensive Wine #10 Screaming Eagle Cab 1992
Top 10 Most Expensive Wine in the World #10 Screaming Eagle Cab 1992
Most Expensive Wine in the World #10 Screaming Eagle has yielded an annual production of 500 cases and sold a bottle for $300. Many…
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Added by Joyce on June 29, 2009 at 4:49pm —
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Rum production begins with sugar cane. To this day, mature sugar cane is harvested by hand - grueling machete work - in many parts of the world.
The cut cane is promptly transported to the mill where it is crushed in a machine. The crushing extracts the sugar cane juice from the fibrous pulp. The crushed pulp waste is burned to generate power to crush the cane and sometimes to heat a distillation column. Depending where you are, the pulp waste can later be burned to generate power or to heat th…
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Added by Joyce on June 26, 2009 at 2:10pm —
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Champagne and Cheese is a classic combination. You don't normally want to eat a whole meal with Champagne - you want to savor the fine wine and enjoy its texture and flavor. Cheese is a good thing to nibble at while you do so - to complement the flavor.
Brie
Brie is a soft, creamy French cheese that is best served very fresh. This goes wonderfully with a gentle…
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Decant: The process of transferring wine from a bottle to another holding vessel. The purpose is generally to aerate a young wine or to separate an older wine from any sediment.
Deep or Depth: Describing wines with layers of taste. Often refers to a more mature wine.
Dégustation: French term for any kind of tasting — cheese, wine, etc.
Demi-sec: Although the literal translation is "medium-dry", a sparkling wine with this description is actually fairly sweet, with 3…
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Cabernet Franc: A red grape common to Bordeaux; characteristics include an herbal, leafy flavor and a soft, fleshy texture.
Cabernet Sauvignon: A powerful, tannic red grape of noble heritage; the base grape for many red Bordeaux and most of the best red wines from California, Washington, Chile and South Africa; capable of aging for decades.
Cap: Grape solids like pits, skins and stems that rise to the top of a tank during fermentation; what gives red wines color, tannins a…
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Bacchus: The Roman god of wine, known as Dionysus in ancient Greece; a hybrid white grape from Germany.
Balance: The level of harmony between acidity, tannins, fruit, oak, and other elements in a wine; a perceived quality that is more individual than scientific.
Balthazar: Champagne or wine bottle with a 12-liter capacity.
Barrel aged: Wines that are fermented in containers such as stainless steel, and then placed into wooden barrels for maturation. It may also re…
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The make-your-own wine trend gains steam as San Francisco's Crushpad opens shop in Bordeaux
Anyone want to open a bottle of Château DIY? The make-your-own-barrel-of-wine movement, which kicked off in earnest with the opening of San Francisco's Crushpad winery a few years ago and expanded with the debut of several independent, New York-based do-it-yourself wineries in 2008, is making its foray into the Old World.
Crushpad announced today that it will begin operations in Bordeaux w…
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U.S. women prefer red wine and most often buy based on grape variety and price, according to WineSpectator.com results
Women in the United States who frequently drink wine tend to prefer red wine, drink it most often with meals and make their purchasing decisions based on grape variety and price, according to a survey conducted online by WineSpectator.com.
The WineSpectator.com survey of women's wine-drinking habits and attitudes toward wine was conducted in partnership with Vine…
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Added by Joyce on April 28, 2009 at 1:32pm —
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We are not offering these wines to everyone, as they are in very short supply. Many of these vineyards produce less than 500 cases each--and they get distributed all across the USA. They are so limited that we expect these wines to sell out within a week!
Anyway, here's so…
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Added by Joyce on April 21, 2009 at 4:24pm —
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Acetaldehyde
Primary flavor component of Flor Sherry. A particularly mean, chemical-smelling, fruity liquid found on the shelves of organic chemistry laboratories, and never to be opened. Pure acetaldehyde has a sickening-sweetish-perfumey odor that is better left under the cap. One smell gives me an instant headache just behind my right eye which doesn't go away for hours.
Acetic Acid
Chemical name for the major component of vinegar. Acetic acid is produced in wine from alcohol b…
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Added by Joyce on April 13, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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Cinco de Mayo is a date of great importance for the Mexican and Chicano communities. It marks the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla. Althought the Mexican army was eventually defeated, the "Batalla de Puebla" came to represent a symbol of Mexican unity and patriotism. With this victory, Mexico demonstrated to the world that Mexico and all of Latin America were willing to defend themselves of any foreign intervention. Especially those from imperialist states bent…
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