The Strange Search Engine Results I Occasionally Attract.
October 18, 2011
So I was going through my Google Analytics the other day, checking into some of the back-end data, looking at some of the most popular search keywords that lead people to wind up at this website etc etc etc…all very boring!
I have a fairly short attention-span, and so after a while, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the “long tail” search results I receive. These are search keywords that people entered into Google, and for one reason or another, found their way to this website.
Instead of just copying and pasting in their search topic, I also would like to at least try and address some of the results;
Ok, we’re starting off weird! Sorry I can’t help you with that one, fella!
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Posted in Funny | Tagged Google +, Google Analytics | Leave a comment //This Week In Wine–10/16/11
October 16, 2011
San Francisco Restaurants Demand Standard 25% Tip.
It’s a question regularly asked by baffled diners all over the world: ‘How much should I tip’?
Many countries have wide variations for a standard tip, often leaving even the most experienced of travellers confused.
However, restaurant workers in San Francisco, California, may be about to help by implementing a standard tip onto the bill. The only problem is that – whether your service is good or bad – it would be a whopping 25 per cent.
The Contra Costa Times newspaper claims the proposals already have support from some high-class restaurants. The plans for a standard tip in San Francisco, however, have not gone down well with those living nearby.
Click here for the full article.
My Thoughts
I don’t know if that’s the right way to go about it; although I’ve always had the opinion (at least since I moved to the U.S.), that if you can’t afford to tip 20%, you probably shouldn’t be going out to eat!
I think a much better way to make people appreciate the job that waiters and waitresses do, is for the Government to make it mandatory for everyone to have to work in a restaurant for between 3-6 months when they are younger. Kind of like military service. I GUARANTEE you they will come out of it being much better people! Just a thought…
French Appeal Court Upholds Sentences in Red Bicyclette Fake Pinot Scam
The French Appeal Court in Montpellier has upheld the sentences handed down by a court in Carcassonne in February 2010 in the fake Pinot Noir scam. However, the Appeal Court made considerable changes to their sentences.
The scam ran from January 2006 to March 2008. Some 18.5 million bottles of fake Pinot Noir were sold to E&J Gallo and Constellation Wine netting a profit of 7million€ for the fraudsters. A mix of grape varieties, mainly Merlot and Syrah, were passed off as Pinot Noir.
Click here for the full article.
My Thoughts
The thing that I like most about the whole “Red Bicyclette scandal”, is the whole time it was going on, and they were flooding the market with “fake Pinot Noir”, they never once received any complaints! The other thing I have a hard time understanding is how Californian winemakers can get away with using the minimum allowed quantity of 75% Pinot Noir (this in order for it to still be called Pinot); as well as using a bunch of different tactics to deceive people regarding the wine they are drinking, but yet they can get away with it! CRAZINESS!!!
Posted in News | Tagged Dave Matthews wine, Red Bicyclette, The Dreaming Tree | Leave a comment //
King Tut’s Wine.
October 16, 2011
When Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened in 1922; the wine jars buried with him were labeled with the year, the name of the winemaker, and comments such as “very good wine.” The labels were reportedly so specific that they could actually meet modern wine labeling laws of several countries.
Antinori Wine Dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steak House Ponte Vedra ~ Thursday October 20th
October 15, 2011
Enjoy an Unforgettable Evening with Ruth’s Chris and Antinori Wines at 7pm on October 20th 2011. Ruth’s Chris is proud to celebrate 26 generations of best-in-class winemaking from Tuscany’s Antinori family. Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy uniquely designed Ruth’s Chris Steak House dishes created specifically to pair with each of these highly-coveted wines, like Tignanello and Guado al Tasso Super-Tuscans from the Antinori family.
Ruth’s Chris Steak House Ponte Vedra
814 A1A Suite 103
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
(904) 285-0014
Antinori Wine Dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steak House Ponte Vedra
Posted in Events | Tagged Antinori, Italy, Jacksonville, Tuscany, Wine Dinner | Leave a comment //What is Brix?
October 14, 2011
Now we’re getting nerdy!!!
“Brix” is the term used to designate the percentage of sugar in grapes before fermentation. If you divide a Brix number by 2 and add 1, you will be given roughly half that amount in alcohol. Therefore, grapes harvested at 24° Brix will be converted by yeast to 13% alcohol, more or less, depending on the type of yeast used.
Congratulations! You are now one step closer to understanding wine tech-sheets!
Posted in Facts | Tagged Brix, What is Brix | Leave a comment //Volver Tempranillo, La Mancha, Spain 2009
October 14, 2011
Grape
100% Tempranillo [TEM-pruh-NEE-yo]
Facts
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This is another bottle from Spanish Wine God Jorge Ordonez. See yesterday’s review on Can Blau for a little more about him…
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The Tempranillo grape is native to Spain and is arguably one of the most “noble” of all Spanish varietals.
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The grapes going into the Volver are harvested from a small 72 acre vineyard that were planted in 1967. The wine is fermented in its barrel, and aged for 14 months in new French oak.
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The word Tempranillo comes from the Spanish word temprano, meaning “early" (the grape supposedly ripens weeks earlier than other grapes). Tempranillo goes by a bunch of different synonyms depending on the region of Spain you are in, for example in Catalonia (a region close to Barcelona) they call it Ull de Llebre, which means "Eye of the Hare". Don’t ask me why…
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