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Did you score? A quickie guide to wine scoring.
Posted by miles on 2004-09-06 23:53:05
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[The Pedestrian Wine Drinker] |
| If you're like me, there's one thing stopping you from writing up your own tasting notes: the wine score. The rest is pretty straightforward. You can get most of the detailed information you need from the wine label, like the winery, the name of the wine, the vintage year, the wine's location of origin, price, etc. You can get the grape varietals (types of grapes used) from the label, or look it up online. The description of the wine, you can wing--just say what you think of the wine, and you're there. But what do you put down for the wine score? How do you even begin? |
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New Orleans Wine & Food Experience 2011 Approaches
Posted by perle0 on 2011-05-06 17:17:43
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[Events]
[New Orleans] |
 Once again, as Memorial Day weekend draws near, so does NOWFE, the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. This most extensive and exciting of wine-related events in the city, and even the state, will take place from May 24th-May 28th, with numerous ways to participate in the festivities. Any wine-lovers within reach of New Orleans should leap at this chance to enjoy literally hundreds of wines at these memorable events. |
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Make Your Own "Hobo Wine"
Posted by perle0 on 2006-01-19 12:39:17
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[Fortified Wine]
[USA] |
| If you're into do-it-yourself--and more importantly, you need a large supply of alcoholic beverage and you don't really care what it tastes like--you can always brew up a batch of "hobo wine" in about two weeks using just water, fruit drink, sugar, and yeast. Mmmm, Chateau de Bob Minutemaid Brown 2006! A favorite of broke college boys everywhere. |
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An Evening of Wine and Roses Benefit in Monroe
Posted by perle0 on 2011-03-04 16:38:17
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[Events]
[Louisiana] |
 This year marks the first annual "An Evening of Wine and Roses," a benefit for Cystic Fibrosis. This premier event will be held April 15, 2011, at the Atrium Hotel in Monroe, Louisiana. Guests will be treated to hors d'oeuvres from the Brandy House, wine tasting from Glazer's of Monroe, live entertainment, and a fantastic silent auction. The celebrity guest for this event is New Orleans Saints legend Morten Andersen. |
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Oldest Wine Cellar Unearthed
Posted by perle0 on 2013-11-22 19:23:45
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[Israel] |
 A group of archaeologists digging in northern Israel announced that they have found the remains of what may be the oldest and largest wine cellar found to date, containing the remains of approximately 3,000 clay jars. Chemical analysis of the shards confirm that the wine once held in them contained some of the usual elements added to wine in the day. |
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How Not to Host a Wine Tasting
Posted by perle0 on 2006-09-20 00:57:08
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[The Pedestrian Wine Drinker]
[USA] |
 You may have wondered...what's the best way to host a wine tasting? What are the many steps that guarantee a pleasant and educational experience for all involved? Indeed, how can I become the perfect wine host or hostess?
There are tips we can give you that would help. But what fun would that be? Instead, we're giving you pointers on how NOT to host a wine-tasting. Follow these guidelines, and you can rest assured that your events will never be sullied by any annoying "guests." You'd really rather taste your wine sitting all alone in room with aluminum foil on the windows, wouldn't you? |
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The Elements of Tasting Wine
Posted by miles on 2005-05-02 09:31:50
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[The Pedestrian Wine Drinker] |
| Taste. It seems like such a simple thing. But as we discussed last time, though it is perhaps the simplest sense, it's not simple. What we generally refer to as "taste" is a combination of several intertwined and intermingling factors. Sometimes the combination is really quite simple—just add smoke flavoring and salt in the right proportions to texturized vegetable protein, and voila! --fake bacon bits for your salad. Other flavors, luckily (or unluckily, if you love food a little TOO much), can be a complex and wonderful combination so multifaceted, the conscious mind gives up on distinguishing them and just squeals with delight. Such is the case with wine. |
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Red Wine May Combat Deafness
Posted by perle0 on 2006-05-15 01:22:14
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[News]
[USA] |
 According to New Scientist, antioxidant compounds found in red wine, green tea, or aspirin may delay the onset of age-related deafness and hearing loss caused by loud noise and some powerful antibiotics. The delicate hairs in the ear can be damaged by oxygen free radicals, so in theory at least, antioxidants should protect against this oxidative damage. Researchers have already found that patients given aspirin with an antibiotic to prevent ear infection caused less damage to hearing than those treated with the antibiotic plus a placebo.
So, if you're heading to a loud concert, be sure to enjoy a glass of wine or two beforehand or during. Your ears may thank you. |
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Slimy Wet Dresses Made from Wine? Magnifique!
Posted by perle0 on 2007-03-19 14:30:22
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[Australia] |
 Yes, in case you were wondering when the armageddon would hit, here's a sign that it will soon arrive: seamless dresses created by fermenting wine. The only drawback: for now, you have to keep these garments wet, or they'll tear. That, and they look like they're made from exactly what they're made from: a bacteria-created film found collecting at the top of wine vats. |
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The guide to pairing wine with halloween candy
Posted by Mike P. on 2014-10-30 06:27:03
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Nobody likes messing up their food and wine pairings. It can ruin your food, your friendships, and worse yet, your wine.
With Halloween just around the corner, we know you're stressing about pairing wine with candy. No worries, we've got you covered.
With this easy-to-use infographic, you can find out which wines work with which candies, so you know just the wines and candies to indulge in this October. |
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How To Tell If Wine Has Gone Bad
Posted by Mike P. on 2014-06-29 12:57:41
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"Let The Buyer Beware!" You have heard the old adage time and time again, and sometimes a good deal really is too good to be true. Two emails caught my attention this week, so I thought I would share some wine knowledge with you. |
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Introducing the Pedestrian Wine-Drinker
Posted by perle0 on 2004-08-28 20:17:40
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[The Pedestrian Wine Drinker] |
First let's clear something up right away. This column is NOT about drinking pedestrian wines. Life's too short to drink pedestrian wine. No, it's the wine-drinker who is pedestrian. The Pedestrian Wine-Drinker (PWD for short) is just a commonplace wine-lover, an ordinary peon, one who slogs through the wine world on foot, rather than soaring above the crowd on wings of special wine knowledge and ability.
The PWD is a column devoted to wine. It appears regularly on LaWineClub.com, a local community website devoted primariy to wine tasting notes written by you and me--the only real experts on wine as far as you and I are concerned.
Let's dive right in then, shall we? Perhaps the best place to start is to answer the question, what the heck is a tasting note, anyway? |
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Chocolate-Covered Wine for your Valentine
Posted by perle0 on 2006-02-09 18:33:42
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[News]
[USA] |
 Not sure what to get your sweetheart for Valentine's Day? Perhaps you want to consider that most inexplicabe combination of the traditional imaginable: a chocolate-covered bottle of Champagne. |
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