Monday, June 30 2008
Those Medalling Kids
State Fair? Like Rogers and Hammerstein judged my wine?
Does this mean I get a smooch from Ann Margaret?
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Monday, June 30 2008
State Fair? Like Rogers and Hammerstein judged my wine?
Does this mean I get a smooch from Ann Margaret?
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Thursday, June 26 2008
Now that's a mean drunk!
Polyphemus, Annibale Carracci
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Tuesday, June 24 2008
Actual bottle not shown: at 108, it wasn't up for a photo session
According to Decanter magazine, a bottle of pre-Phylloxera 1900 Rioja was consumed at a publicity dinner held by Christies auction house. How does a 108 year-old bottle of Tempranillo blend taste? Not bad, apparently:
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Monday, June 23 2008
You have wine in different colours? Bring me some beige wine!
I get a lot of different pleasures from winemaking: the thrill of tasting a really great bottle, sharing the bounty of my cellar, learning about new grapes and new processes, and the feeling of connection I have with other winemakers that I'm privileged to meet. But without a doubt, the best thing about winemaking is teaching others. Seeing someone make their first batch and enjoy it is a great job reward.
A girl's best friend?
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Thursday, June 19 2008
Hey Moe, why did my fillin's just melt?
Born June 19th 1897, Harry Moses Horwitz is one of my favorite actors of all time. His more than 200 movies with the Stooges bring delight to this day (to those who 'get' Stoogeness). While most people know him as Moe, the meanest Stooge, he also fulfils another role as the patron saint of winemaking troubleshooting.
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Wednesday, June 18 2008
Tastes a bit sharp, to me.
UK firm Hamilton Design has come up with a set of wine glasses depicting the seven deadly sins, superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, acedia. For non-Catholics, the seven mortal sins were used in the early church to instruct followers on which sins were the most dangerous to their salvation.
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Monday, June 16 2008
And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.
Happy Bloomsday! June 16th is the international celebration of the life of James Joyce, either the greatest author who ever lived, or the biggest literary pain in the neck yet conceived. For those who skipped freshman Lit, Joyce was an Irish writer who either wrote the first truly new literary form since the invention of the novel (generally thought to be Aphra Behn's Oroonoko in 1688) or perpetrated the most complex and multi-layered literary hoax in human history.
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Saturday, June 14 2008
Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you
–Nat King Cole
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Wednesday, June 11 2008
Great? In that robe, he's fabulous!
June 11th is Kamehameha day in Hawaii. Kamehameha the Great is celebrated in the state as the great unifier of the Hawaiian Islands. Considered the 'Napoleon of the Pacific' because of his impressive military and political accomplishments, he's celebrated with a floral parade, a hotly contested Hula contest, and importantly, a draping ceremony where once a year, he gets lei'd.
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Tuesday, June 10 2008
Why are the bottles always empty in all of my pictures? Because few bottles stay full in my presence. . .
A busy week has passed: a class on Winemaking Excellence 101 on Monday, a video editing session on Tuesday and now Wednesday shows up and all my regular work is waiting for me. Fortunately, there's always time for a glass of wine.
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Thursday, June 5 2008
You know, if you switched a fluorescent ball, you'd save a lot of electricity . . .
I was noodling around on Berry Bros. & Rudd's home page the other day. They're an English wine merchant that's been selling booze to the gentry for a bit (since 1698, apparently) and they're clients include Liz and Phil and anyone with rather a lot of money and a thirst.
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Sunday, June 1 2008
All my students seem to gape in surprise, and occasionally slump over
Monday morning, and I hope somebody brings an apple for the teacher. I'll be teaching Winemaking Excellence 101 in stunning downtown Coquitlam. It's an educational program I developed as part of our Authorised Retailer Program. Since Winexpert wants every retailer to have the tools and information necessary to guarantee a good winemaking experience for their customers, we had to set standards and convey them. It's a six hour course, with six quizzes and a final exam involving wine component tastings.
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matt
Posted 4 years ago
Nice post. Could you explain why corn sugar is added, rather than (say) table sugar? Would the flavors be any different? What do you think would happen if I substituted in part raisins, molasses, etc?
Also, I'd be interested in hearing more about the pre-processing that helps the kit to approximate the complicated old-fashioned procedure.