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When I first started to write this article, I had a small list of corkscrew types, but I had forgotten all the obscure types so the list grew much larger. I decided to start with the three most popular like… Continue reading "Types of Corkscrew and Wine Openers and How to Use Them"
The Classic Beef Oxford recipe is one of my all time favourites. It’s a real hearty meal for all the family to enjoy or if you are having guests over as it is very simple and will not take up… Continue reading "Beef Oxford Recipe"
In the early eighties, the late country music singer/songwriter John Denver wrote a love song called Shanghai Breezes. Denver wrote the song for his wife Annie during a month long tour through China. The tender lyrics remind us of how… Continue reading "Notes From Barbados – Stories of Connection and a Shared History"
You can make famous salad recipes from Switzerland very easily at home and the Swiss do enjoy eating salads, either served alone or as a side dish with marinated steak recipes and other such meals. Salad nicoise, “gurkensalat,” and red… Continue reading "Swiss Salad Recipes – Three Tasty Salad Ideas"
If you want to learn how to make wine, one of the first things you should do is learn about all of the different additives and chemicals that are used to make homemade wine. Pectic Enzyme is one of the… Continue reading "How to Make Wine – Pectic Enzyme – What is It?"
New Zealand is the perfect holiday destination because it offers a huge variety of adventure activities, cultural experiences, gorgeous scenery and unique flora and fauna. It features a range of larger cities like Auckland and Christchurch and smaller cities like… Continue reading "Benefits of Planning a New Zealand Package Tour"
A wine cellar is a storage area for wine in barrels or bottles and is normally built underground. It is a necessity in a quality wine cellar to provide a favorable environment to ensure that the wines kept there remain… Continue reading "Qualities of a Good Wine Cellar"
Wines are like people; some of us need a lot of love – an advocate that brings out our best in us,” says Richard de los Reyes owner winemaker for Row Eleven Wines and the Riddler. “That is what wine… Continue reading "Another Form of Art In Winemaking Is In Blending"
No wedding is complete with out the clinking of the glasses and the toasts given by loved ones to honor the bride and groom. Everyone enjoys raising a glass to toast to the happy couple, but how do you decide… Continue reading "Wedding Toast – How to Pick the Best Champagne For Your Wedding"
Whilst on your travels in Spain and pausing to take a breath from site-seeing, you have surely experimented with “tapas” at a welcoming bar. If this is the case, it is more than likely that you have come across the… Continue reading "Spanish Food – How To Prepare Boquerones"
When you see reserve printed on a wine label, you know that you are looking at a bottle of the best of the best. The most common place you will see a bottle of reserve, is in the red wine… Continue reading "What Does Reserve on the Wine Label Mean?"
Oak barrels have now been replaced by stainless steel wine barrels. Steel drums are durable, which means that they can be used for years at a stretch. It makes economic sense for wineries to use steel barrels in place of… Continue reading "Stainless Steel Vs Oak Barrels – A Comparison"
Distillation is the centuries-old process used to produce alcohol. Heat is used to separate the components of a liquid, or mash, and as vaporization takes place the vapors are cooled so they condense into neutral spirits with little color, aroma,… Continue reading "Distillations From Wine"
Proper Grape Storage Grapes are a great snack to keep around. They are healthy, tangy, and juicy enough to satisfy your sweet tooth while keeping you fit as a fiddle. However, like all fresh fruits, storage is a bit of… Continue reading "How to Keep Grapes Longer"
Unagi, or freshwater eel, is one of my favorite ingredients used in sushi, whether it’s a western-style Dragon Roll, unagi nigiri or a simple eel makizushi. While creating my latest batch of homemade and somewhat improvised sushi I got the… Continue reading "Making Homemade Sushi – How to Make a Simple "Western" Nitsume (Sweet Eel Sauce)"
Did you know that your restaurant can make more than $100,000 (based on serving 300 customers a day) over the next year by training your waiters and waitresses how to become top sales people? It takes only a few extra… Continue reading "Restaurant Training – Waitress and Waiter Training to Fuel Sales for Hospitality and Food Service"