by Kang L. on December 15, 2008
You are now reading intro | one | two | three | four | five | six | part seven
It has taken me almost three months to get here, but I’m glad I stuck to my seven part guns and have wrote about one my favourite subjects: wine.
In the end, when I’m reflecting on what I’ve said (and what I haven’t) , my knowledge on wine is but a grain of sand in the most expansive of beaches. So it is only appropriate that I highlight some of the best wine resources around the web to conclude this my quickie guide to wine. Read the full post here…
by Kang L. on November 22, 2008
You are now reading intro | one | two | three | four | five | part six | seven
I think I’ve covered most of the wine basics in five parts and feel as if this would be the perfect post to write about some alternatives to the grape staple.
There is so much stuff out there to try, it would take you a lifetime to experience it all. The human quest to continually search for methods to refine the hedonistic has reached the point where you can find alcohol being made from pretty much all kinds of starch based foods out there. I’m not going to go into every single one, instead I’ll highlight the two which I think most of you will find interest in: sake & scotch whisky.
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by Kang L. on November 10, 2008
You are now reading intro | one | two | three | four | part five | six | seven
So you’re in restaurant and you’ve ordered all this wonderful food, but looked at the wine list and got stuck. You look up and you feel the stress of a table full of expectant faces giving you that ‘well, what do we drink look?’. Fear not, because here are some quick tips which will help you navigate through that peril.
Following on from part four (pairing food with wine), we’ll now move to talk about a few strategies to picking the best wine to suit the food when you are out and about.
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by Kang L. on October 30, 2008
You are now reading intro | one | two | three | part four | five | six | seven
Last week we talked about buying & storing wine. Hopefully you would have found the tips useful. Today, it’s going to be a relatively breezy ( though fairly contentious ) post as we move to talk about pairing food with wine.
You will appreciate that different styles of wine work best when paired with particular foods. When paired correctly, the flavours can bounce off each other and help accentuate the overall profile swirling in your mouth. It’s abit like dunking donuts into coffee, or scones & tea or hot chocolate fudge sauce on vanilla ice cream. When complimenting flavours come together, it can explode.
Boom.
I’ll state now that it’s difficult for me to recommend specific bottles of wine, instead I’m going to suggest the grape varietal which best fits the food. For more information on grape varietals, read part one here.
As usual, an index of what’s covered in this post:
- Meat
- Fish
- Dessert & aperitifs
- On its own, a good book or a long conversation
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by Kang L. on October 22, 2008
QGTW now reading intro | one | two | part three | four | five | six | seven
Did you manage to put your new tasting skills to good use? Cool, we are about the half-way point in this series and I hope that you’re finding this helpful. If there’s anything you’d like to have included, or have any questions, please do leave a comment at the end of this post, I’ll happily incorporate your needs!
In part three, lets turn our attention to buying those special bottles and a few simple tips to turn your home into the pefect short term wine cellar.
Here’s an index of what is included in this post:
- Where to buy wine
- The alcoholic criteria
- Storing the precious ones
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