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This Szechuan dish is named after Chengdu, which is the capital of China’s Szechuan province. This recipe serves three people as an entree or six if you are serving another dish with it. The hot bean paste gives the dish… Continue reading "Chengdu Chicken – An Authentic Chinese Chicken Recipe"
With the launch of the SULA BRUT, a sparkling wine made in true methode champenoise style, it makes sense to store and serve this type of wine as its makers meant it to be. Here, a guide to get the… Continue reading "How to Store and Serve Sparkling Wine"
Specific pollutants or classes of pollutants are well known to have damaging effects on the environment, such as ozone (triatomic oxygen) depletion and global warming, and on our health when contaminants are beyond “acceptable” levels. Vineyards are typically situated in… Continue reading "How Do Air Pollution and Acid Rain Affect Vines, Grapes and Wine Quality, and Ultimately Our Health?"
Some years ago I had the opportunity to spend close to a month touring Italy and during that time I especially enjoyed a few short days spent in Lucca, a small town that sits between Florence and Pisa which has… Continue reading "Nozzle Winery"
Are you ready for a screwpull wine opener? Like the venerable “mousetrap”, someone is always trying to make a better one, and Metrokane has a winner with their Houdini wine opener. Also referred to as a lever opener, the Houdini… Continue reading "A Screwpull Wine Opener – The Houdini Wine Opener Review"
Vincent Van Gogh painted “The Red Vineyard” in November of 1888. It was supposedly his only painting that he sold during his lifetime. It was sold to Anna Boch, who was an impressionist painter and art collector, at the annual… Continue reading "Van Gogh Prints – The Red Vineyard"
If you are searching for a gift that will nearly always please, then focus your attention to a wine gift. A nice bottle of wine fits any occasion and as long as the recipient is over the legal age limit… Continue reading "A Wine Gift – A Special Gift Fit For Any Occasion"
What is Marsala wine? Can you use a substitute for Marsala wine if a recipe specifically calls for this particular wine? Marsala wine is produced on Sicily by using various varieties of grapes such as the Inaolia, Catarratto and Grillo… Continue reading "Substitute For Marsala Wine – Cooking Alternatives"
We have all heard the terms table, dessert and sparkling wines in reference to different wines before. Some of us understand the differences between each but others just let these ‘jargons’ fly over our heads. The differences between each will… Continue reading "The Difference Between Table Wines, Dessert Wines and Sparkling Wines"
Measuring the pH of a wine is one of the most important tests in a winery. Here are some facts on pH, why we need to know about it and how to measure the pH of your wine accurately. Most… Continue reading "Why Measure the pH of Wine?"
Do you know that some wine tasters are able to tell what kind of grape was used to make a wine? What about the regions that it comes from? Yes, professional wine tasters would be able to tell you these… Continue reading "How to Taste Wine – 4 Steps You Need to Know"
So – you have just read an article on the internet about how to make wine out of grape juice and sugar. The article tells you to use a balloon and a milk jug and some yeast. BUT – all… Continue reading "How to Make Homemade Wine With Grape Juice – AND Make it Taste Good!"
Do you remember a wine called Cold Duck, come to think of it don’t admit it just remember it with a wry smile. For those who don’t know it or haven”t heard of it or simply wish they didn’t remember… Continue reading "A Bottle of Cold Duck"
Do you want to know what’s hot in the wine world? Here’s the top 10 trends: 1. Rose Wine 2. Grower Champagne 3. Metropolitan Wineries 4. Natural Wines 5. Fruit days, Root Days… 6. More Wine Drinkers in America 7.… Continue reading "Top 10 Hottest Trends in Wine"
The delicate ting of fine crystal stemware is as much a part of the process of enjoying fine wine as is the satisfying plop of a cork being extracted. If you’ve ever sipped out of a fine crystal wine glass,… Continue reading "The Difference Between Glass and Crystal Wine Glasses"
Introduction: In the northern part of the Philippines, coconut wine or tuba is referred to as Lambanog. It is made of pure sap (no bark mixed), milky white in color or almost colorless. It is usually consumed fresh as it… Continue reading "How To Make Coconut Wine or The Process of Making Tuba Wine"