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Archive for December, 2008

31
Dec

A Guide to Buying Champagne

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 31st, 2008

A Guide to Buying Champagn.

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31
Dec

Enseduna 2007 ~ Coteaux d’Enseduna

Posted in French Red Wine  by Richard on December 31st, 2008

A ‘credit crunch’ wine from FONCALIEU Vignobles - Domaine de Corneille 11290 Arzens - France

An unusual Languedoc wine because it is made exclusively with the Malbec grape, which is not a variety you normally see here, especially on its own.
Wonderful deep rich dark velvety colour in the glass and on the nose it is plumy and spicy. On the palate it is rich and warming with spice and wild berry notes. A very nice bargain wine.

Winner of a gold medal at the Concours Mondial Bruxelles 2008
Cost = 3.50 a bottle.

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30
Dec

Italian Red Wine Tasting

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 30th, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 wines from Italy.

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29
Dec

Paintings by E.Denis

Posted in Wine Art  by Richard on December 29th, 2008

Wine Painting

© http://www.denis-art.com

E. Denis was born in 1971 in Byelorussia. He was the youngest child in the family and all his free time he spent painting. Denis’s first website was created in 2001 which exhibited his earlier paintings and church bells. After that he took part in many exhibitions in his home country and abroad: USA, Europe and Israel. The most important exhibition was International Art Expo NY 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. Now his paintings are exhibited in USA, Israel, Canada, the Netherlands and Czech republic. His church bells can be found in more than 100 churches in Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Baltic States and USA.

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28
Dec

Cuisinart Wing Corkscrew, Black

Posted in Wine Accessories  by Richard on December 28th, 2008

Corkscrew

Amazon.com Review
Cork extraction is fast and easy with this traditional wing-style corkscrew. Simply turn the handle to screw the worm into the cork and push down on the raised levers to pull the cork out of the bottle. This corkscrew is constructed of durable cast metal so its mechanical parts won’t rust or break. A plastic liner on the opener’s underside prevents the metal body from chipping wine bottles. An eye in the center of the corkscrew’s handle hangs this bar accessory from a toolbar. This Cuisinart kitchen tool is covered by a five-year, limited warranty.

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27
Dec

Terra Sana 2005 ~ Vin de Pays d’Oc

Posted in French Red Wine  by Richard on December 27th, 2008

A cracker of a Credit Crunch wine. This Vin de Pays d’Oc (table wine) from Jacques & Francois Lurton is a very good budget organic wine. A good even garnet colour and a warm spicy nose entice you into the glass.

On the palate it is rich and warming. Pleasant cooked wild forest fruits and sweet north African spice mellow in the mouth. An excellent value wine and a good one at this time of year because it will go very well with traditional Christmas foods (sugar and spice and all things nice!!!).

Cost 4€ a bottle

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25
Dec

Christmas Wines

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 25th, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk gives the Vayner-Nation a huge announcement for them to watch on X-mas morning and tries the secret pack on this 600th episode.

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24
Dec

Wines for Latin Cooking with Ingrid Hoffmann

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 24th, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk and Ingrid Hoffmann have a blast exploring food and wine pairings.

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24
Dec

Tasting wine with Maynard James Keenan

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 24th, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk concludes his visit to Arizona with the second part of the episode with one of the most requested guests to appear on the Thunder Show - Maynard James Keenan he also is wowed by the knowledge and passion of winemaker Eric Glomski.

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24
Dec

Tasting wine with Maynard James Keenan

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 24th, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk visits Arizona and tapes an episode with one of the most requested guests to appear on the Thunder Show - Maynard James Keenan he also is wowed by the knowledge and passion of winemaker Eric Glomski.

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24
Dec

George Taber Talks Wine and Drinks Some Too!

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 24th, 2008

George Taber stops by the Thunder Show and talks wine and other things.

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24
Dec

Pintoage Wine Tasting

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 24th, 2008

South Africa is very proud of the Pinotage grape and today Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 value driven Pinotage wines on the thunder Show to see how they fare.

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24
Dec

2005 Bordeaux tasting- Blind

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 24th, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk puts 4 Bordeaux wines from the classic 2005 Vintage to the test!

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24
Dec

Jorge Ordonez Spanish Wine Tasting

Posted in Wine Tasting Videos  by Richard on December 24th, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk welcomes Jorge Ordonez a pioneer in the spanish wine industry and a man who has enormous passion for what he does.

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