Posted in Winey Wednesday, tagged bubble, champagne, cork, wine, Winey Wednesday on December 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
‘Tis the season to be bubbly!
This week fizzes with facts about the wine, otherwise known as champagne.
1. What did 17th century Benedictine monk, Dom Perignon, say he tasted when he first sipped his creation?
2. What’s this process called?
3. What are the two distinctions that make it champagne and not just sparkling wine?
4. Which is more [...]
Posted in Winey Wednesday, tagged cork, grape, wine, Winey Wednesday on December 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Excited? I’ve been thinking how to best post my trivia and answers that I’ll reveal on Thursday (hopefully just in time for you to appear smarter when you have a drink with friends over the weekend). I’m thinking that I’ll post the questions like a regular post, and then the answers on the “Winey [...]
Posted in Random-ness, Third World, tagged chemical, FAO, farming, fertilizer, hunger, organic, United Nations on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Either yesterday or the day before I wrote about an article on organic wine. I was interested to read a UN newsfeed today on the status of organic farming in general. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) responded to an earlier claim that they endorsed organic farming as a solution to world [...]
Posted in Random-ness, Third World, tagged alcohol, ban, india, Literary Libations, Third World, women on December 9, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As part of my research, I’ve been looking at the growing third world markets in terms of wine producers and buyers. India is one of these places. As a developing nation whose population is steadily increasing, the Indian elite are also growing. This means that luxury products are also on the rise. [...]
Posted in Random-ness, creations, tagged coq au vin, recipe, red wine on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Jaime´s Coq au vin
One of my favorite recipes. I will be filming my own segments within the next few weeks!
Posted in Random-ness, tagged Literary Libations, Red red wine, UB40 on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
UB40 Red Red Wine 1983
A blast from the past! Perhaps my first sip of wine consumption as a child.
Posted in Random-ness, US Market, tagged fruit leather, Literary Libations, organic, Salon, Walmart on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps you had a friend like mine. You know the one whose family shopped in the natural market and everything was organic from toothpaste to ice cream? She introduced me to my first taste of seaweed. I loved those salty sheets of algae – still do.
I want to clarify that I wasn’t [...]
