Archive for August, 2010

Wine Tasting – Order, Characteristics and Scoring

When you have a wine tasting party or you taste wine with your friends it is very important to serve the wine in the proper order. The appropriate order of wine tasting goes like this. Elderly tasters are always served first, no matter what the gender is. Women will be served next. The men should be served after the women. The host is always served after everyone in the room has a glass.
When you taste [...]

Suitable plants to beautify the house

Plants, other than unsightly, also creates a good air freshness on the porch and other rooms in the house. However, do not forget to select the right plants for the terrace and continues to be treated because the patio is the first part of the house and went looking for anyone who crossed from the front, so not only important for comfort in the eyes of the occupants of the house, but it is also [...]

SCOTCH WHISKY’S GLOBAL ‘POWER BRAND’ SURGE

SCOTLAND has more drinks brands in the global top 100 according to value than any other country outside the United States, say figures out today.
Sixteen Scottish brands made the “power brands” list, with Diageo’s Johnnie Walker maintaining its number-two slot despite losing 20 per cent of its brand value, according to the Intangible Business consultancy, which published the report.
Regal came in at number eight, with fellow Pernod Ricard brand Ballantine’s at ten, Bacardi Cuba Martini’s [...]

An Ideal Way to Taste Lots of Wines

There is no better way to get to know a variety of wine than going to a wine tasting. It is a unique opportunity to taste wines, have an expert guide you through the tasting, give them points according to your own tastes, and then, by the end of the evening, have a great idea of the type of wine that is your favourite.
When you are at a wine tasting, you taste the wine [...]

How to Judge High Quality Wine…A Sensory Experience

There is wine….and then there is good wine.  Everyone has heard the jokes about drinking “cheap wine”, but what they don’t realize is that cheap wine can be cheap in a lot more ways than just price.
Wine has many different characteristics and there are a number of excellent medium quality wines which make ideal wines for daily use; quaffers!  These wines have excellent flavours and aromas that heighten the w

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