Win a T-Shirt from Wine is Life!
April 30, 2012
This competition is brought to you from the fine people at Wine is Life, my official t-shirt sponsor! That’s right, you heard me correct, I have a t-shirt sponsor!
Whether you appreciate white or red, sweet or dry, the grape-inspired graphics and sayings from Wine is Life are sure to put a smile on your face. All t-shirts are made from soft brushed cotton for maximum comfort and style. Enzyme washed, environmentally friendly and they feel as though you’ve been wearing them for years!
See below for details on how to win…
Wine is the Same as Toilet Paper According to Costco’s Lead Wine Buyer.
April 28, 2012News article taken from Eater.com
The lead wine buyer for Costco, Annette Alvarez-Peters seemed to have a little trouble discerning the difference between wine and toilet paper, on the CNBC show “The Costco Craze: Inside The Warehouse Giant,” which aired a couple of nights ago.
Here’s what she had to say:
Alvarez-Peters: “Is it more special than clothing, is it more special than televisions? I don’t think so.”
CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla: “Certainly it’s different than toilet paper? Or different that tin foil?”
Alvarez-Peters: “Why?”
Quintanilla: “Because it’s personal.”
Alvarez-Peters: “People can look at it that way. But at the end of the day, it’s a beverage.“
NB: Needless to say, it wasn’t exactly greeted too warmly by the wine industry! As Talia Baiocchi writes:
A Guide to Wine Faults – Sediment
April 28, 2012
Sediment
That gritty-stuff resting at the bottom of some wine bottles shouldn’t really be viewed as a true wine fault.
Let’s go back to science class for a minute: Sediment comes about when naturally occurring tannins in a wine polymerize (cling together), making them larger and therefore more visible. This is a good indication that the acids and flavors of a wine have started to change and mellow out a little more. For this reason sediment can be viewed as a good thing!
The interesting point about sediment is that there’s very few firm guarantees as to where you will or will not find it. I’ve personally had 3 year old wines that threw a sediment, and 10 year old ones that didn’t.
Posted in Facts | Tagged A Guide to Wine Faults, Sediment | Leave a comment //Winning!
April 27, 2012
Guinness Book of Wine World Records.
April 26, 2012I started this “Guinness Book of Wine World Records” article over a year ago, saved it to my drafts, forgot about it and I’m just now getting around to posting it. Enjoy!
Most Wine Glasses Held in One Hand
You know what they say about men with big hands! Well, in this case it means they can hold lots of wine glasses…
The world record for the most wine glasses held in one hand was 39 by Reymond Adina at the Quatre-Gats restaurant in Barcelona, Spain on 24 October 2007.
The number of glasses a waiter can hold is a matter of pride amongst the service staff in Barcelona held in the hand is a matter of pride for Barcelona waiters (probably going back to my first point), and many regularly carry dozens without breaking them.
Surprisingly, no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t actually find a picture for this amazing feat. So you’re going to have to settle for a photo of Philip Osenton, the guy that took second place with 31 glasses held.
World’s Smallest Bottle of Wine
Thanks to Steve Klein of Klein’s Designs, you can drink 10 bottles of wine and still drink home safely!
His miniature wine bottles stand 1.2 inches tall and hold 0.026 fluid ounces. Each bottle is corked, sealed, and labeled. What’s even better is they’re for sale! Prices currently range from $20 all the way up-to to $90 for a bottle of Gros Frere et Soeur ‘Richebourg’ which has a 24 carat Gold Seal.
World’s Largest Collection of Wine labels
“Tonight on ‘Hoarders’…”
Sophia Vaharis of Athens, Greece, has a little-bit of a wine label hoarding addiction. She’s managed to collect over 15,200 different labels from wine bottles from over 50 different countries. Pretty impressive!
She catalogues each label using a special computer program that won’t accept duplicate entries, and so to do my bit, I’m going to send Sophia a Boone’s Farm label and see what she makes of that….
Most People Treading Grapes
Best. Party. Ever!
The world record for the most people treading grapes is 977 and was achieved in September 2010 in Labastida, a village located in Basque Country, Northern Spain.
During the afternoon the 27.56 tons of black grapes were carried by a big lorry and tipped into the main square, which soon became a juicy and tasty black carpet of grapes.
What they did with all that grape juice after the event is anyone’s guess!
Is it OK to Store Wine in a Refrigerator?
April 26, 2012
It’s a question I get asked a lot, so I thought a video would help explain my thoughts on storing wine in a refrigerator.
Posted in Facts | Tagged Is it OK to Store Wine in a Refrigerator | Leave a comment //← Older posts Newer posts →
