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How To Pair Wine And Fresh White Truffles From Italy And French Or Italian Black Winter Truffles

September 18th, 2011 | by Editor

Buy Italian Fresh White Truffles From Alba Truffle Knowledge All About Truffles Index <Previous | Next> It isn't true, as it is often erroneously believed, that the White Truffle pairs well with white wines while the Black Truffle pairs well with red wines. Fresh Truffles pairing with wine is not done based on the truffle used because the truffle is not the main constituent of the dish; the truffle is only a flavoring agent. Wine has to be chosen according to the type of preparation (meat, fish, pasta, rice, etc.); the condiment type (butter, cheese, ...

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The History Of The Vine Plant And Its Wine By Victor Hehn

January 28th, 2011 | by Editor

(VITIS VINIFERA) We find wine in general use among the Greeks of Homer, and in that poet's works wine is looked upon as a natural gift of the country. Calypso, on the departure of Ulysses, gives him bread, wine, and clothes, the three first necessaries of life. In bread and wine lie the strength of men, and the gods are distinguished from mortals by their needing no food and drinking no wine. Little children are reared on wine; Phrenix the son of Amyntor gives food and drink to the infant Achilles, cutting up ...

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Download French Wine (compatible Pc/mac)

February 12th, 2010 | by Editor

IF It doesn't exist you can find it on Internet. A good example is "Le USB-WINE," an extraordinary French gadget. More extraordinary than the actual gadget is its price, only 9.98 euro. True or not, the incredible "Le USB-WINE" allows you to savor in the comfort of your home, directly from your computer, thousands of French wines for less than the cost of a single wine-cork. The out-of-this-world gadget comes in different colors, according to the official hilarious website.

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Are Wine Spectator Reviews Biased Towards Advertising Wineries?

February 11th, 2010 | by Karl Storchmann

Are Wine Spectator points biased towards wineries that advertise with them? This is the topic of a paper by Jonathan Reuter of Boston College entitled "Does Advertising Bias Product Reviews, An Analysis Of Wine Ratings." This paper began its life as Reuter's economics PhD thesis at M.I.T and a revised version will be published in the upcoming issue of the Journal of Wine Economics (JWE, Vol.4, No. 2). There are two questions here: First, are Wine Spectator reviews biased? Second, who cares? Let us begin with the latter question. There are numerous economic papers ...

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Can You Take Wine Home From A Manhattan Jazz Club?

February 5th, 2010 | by Karl Storchmann

Okay, things have improved in New York State. Since September 9, 2004, you can take home a partially consumed bottle of wine from a restaurant. See, for instance, this article in the New York Times. Great. A few days ago we went to the Village Vanguard, a jazz club in Manhattan. We ordered a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, drank half of it and wanted to take the rest home. The waitress said "no, that is illegal." Didn't she know that the law has changed? But she insisted, it is illegal, period. That was ...

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Sci-fi Italian Wine Review

January 10th, 2010 | by Enzo Capone

It's October 24, 2034. We’re in Tribeca, New York City. We is Mr. Charlie Campbell, his wife Michele, Alex Brian—the world famous violin player and gourmet—and I, the one writing these very words. We’re here to celebrate Charlie Campbell's birthday. Equally important we're here for a rare wine tasting. Charlie Campbell will open two bottles of “Colore” 2004 by Bibi Graetz, a delicious red wine from Italy. Charlie Campbell is New York’s most celebrated wine collector. He started his wine collection back in 2009 when he was eighteen years old, exactly twenty-five ...

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