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Jun262015
Jun112015
Wine quiz: : rack your brains !!! (1)
And if we prepared the next week-end, playing with a small wine quiz ? Careful, we broach all the categories, from simple to more difficult, and mainly, it’s your turn to answer in the comments !!! 1) What is the most widely planted grape in the world ? 2)...
Jun032015
Gilgamesh and the wine, the first written trace…
As far as dates back the literature study, the very first mention of the wine goes back to the 2nd millenary before Christ, in the Gilgamesh’s legendary epic…Gilgamesh and the wine, it’s here ! First of all, what is it ? The Gilgamesh’s epic is the oldest literary text, known in...
May122015
“Sabler” or “sabrer” a champagne ? Explanations…
Yesterday, I heard a customer in a restaurant asking if “sabler” and “sabrer” were the same thing. In front of the embarassment of the sommelier, I whispered him few words to do well. So, “salber” or “sabrer” a champagne ? Let’s be clear: nothing to see. The great site of Maisons...
May052015
What’s the meaning of “cru” ?
In this raw day, who had believed that these 3 small letters would have dreamt the world’s wine ? This is an article cru 2015 to grow your knowledge, without being crude 😉 900 years before the win of the French team in the World Cup (each one has...
Apr302015
The Mouton Rothschild’s labels: why ?
Like you, I drink a Mouton Rothschild almost every day. The others, only a Petit Mouton 😉 Why ? Because I am a label drinker of course But with this Premier Grand Cru Classé, this term is fully realized. This is the story of the Mouton Rothschild’s labels. It’s...
Apr282015
DOC Est! Est! Est! of Montefiascone and the alcoholic bishop !
Recently, I quenched my thirst with a DOC Est! Est! Est! of Montefiascone. But it was innocently, without knowing the comical story of a bishop… We are in the year 1110 young paupers and Europe gets ready to crown a new Emperor in Rome: Henry V. All the society...
Apr042015
The alcoholic way back of Lord Nelson…
After the stories (more or less extraordinaries… ) of a rooster, a tsar and an Emperor, this is one of the alcoholic way back of a Lord. But not anyone: Lord Nelson. We are in 1805 and the whole Europe is frightened by a little man of 1m68: Napoléon Ist. His dream ? To...
Apr022015
What Corton-Charlemagne owes to the Emperor’s beard…
The most popular figure close to Aloxe-Corton or Pernand-Vergelesses is either De Gaulle, nor Zizou, but Charlemagne. And for good reason, they owe their daily drink and the fame to him: the Corton-Charlemagne. Carolus Magnus, most well-known by our little angels as Charlemagne, doesn’t have to be presented. Tall, strong and...
Mar312015
A paranoiac tsar behind the Cristal of Roederer…
In keeping with, aftere the cock of Chianti, in the category “winystorical anecdot”, this is one of the tsar, which the paranoia is behind a legendary champagne: Cristal of Roederer ! If you have never seen a bottle of Cristal of Roederer, here are two pictures to solve...
