Posts Tagged ‘drink’

• New ‘Man’ Wine Hits The Shelves

  Date: 2010.02.23 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  The Californian wine makers E&J Gallo think they have spotted a gap in the market and have made a wine range aimed at men.Although wine has a stronger associated with a women’s choice of drink, E&J Gallo think that a gap in the market is there for men’s wine. The new range signifies a new direction in their business model, after they recently stated they are looking to decrease the volume of wine they sell in 2010 by canceling some of their discount offer deals with retailers. Instead they aim to provide more sturdy “reliable” red and white wines that people can buy and know exactly what they will be getting. Read the rest of this entry »

• How To Store Wine So It Stays At It’s Best

  Date: 2010.01.01 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  The ideal situation would be if we all had great big wine cellars that had air conditioned systems and air purifiers. This would allow you to leave them well alone and yet know that they were in the best conditions for aging just right. Sadly, this is not often the case and so most of us need to use what we have available to us. Read the rest of this entry »

• Wine Blending Now Has a Heart In Australasia

  Date: 2009.12.25 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Australia has produced some very popular wines over the years and has a climate conducive to producing bottles considered some of the best in the world. Other surrounding countries such as New Zealand and Fiji are now getting in on the act however and are growing their stakes in the market by experimenting with innovative wine production.

  There was recent debate about the moral ramifications about being able to produce ros© by blending white and red together. Read the rest of this entry »

• Orchids as food

  Date: 2009.11.22 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

  Vanilla is as you might know derived from an orchid but it might come as a suprise that there are several other orchids used in cooking as well? You will likely use a lot of orchids in your cooking if your kitchen happens to be located in Asia Minor.

  The Early Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula, is an orchid found in around the mediterranean as well as in nearby areas. Read the rest of this entry »