World’s First Meteorite-Aged Wine.
January 22, 2012
Norwich-born Ian Hutcheon (NB: I KNEW it would be a Brit behind this!) has released a Cabernet Sauvignon called Meteorito, aged with a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite from the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.
The “extra-terrestrial wine” was created at Hutcheon’s Tremonte Vineyard in the Cachapoal Valley in Chile, which he bought in 2009.
“I’ve been involved in wines and astronomy for many, many years and I wanted to find some way of combining the two,” Hutcheon said. “When you drink this wine, you are drinking elements from the birth of the solar system,” he added.
Posted in Funny, News | Tagged Cabernet, Chile, Meteorito | Leave a comment //New Drug Claims to Keep You Sober, No Matter How Much You’ve Had to Drink.
January 22, 2012
Chinese tree extract has long been used as a hangover cure. Now it is being turned into a ‘sobriety pill’ that could cure alcoholism.
Imagine a pill that could instantly sober you up no matter how much you’ve had to drink, or a hangover cure that worked minutes after swallowing it. Hardened drinkers rejoice: researchers are about to begin human trials on an "alcohol antidote" that may soon offer a cure to alcoholism, reports New Scientist.
The drug is a chemical called dihydromyricetin (NB: try saying that after a drink or two), and is derived from a Chinese variety of the oriental raisin tree, which has been used for at least 500 years in China as an effective hangover cure. So far the extract has only been tested on boozing rats, but with promising results.
Posted in News | Leave a comment //A Blind Wine Tasting with Sir Cliff Richard on Gordon Ramsey’s F-Word.
January 21, 2012Pretty funny, Cliff should have realized what he was in for when he agreed to appear on the show!
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Sommelier Created Blog to Trash Yelp Critic
January 20, 2012
A Chicago woman who took her complaint about a local sommelier and his food and wine pairing class to the Internet said she got more than a taste of revenge from the businessman.
Cecelia Groark’s post on Yelp (click here for the review), the popular online review site, about Bottled Grapes in Albany Park allegedly yielded an angry response from owner Krunch Kretschmar, (NB: it sounds like an angry name) an internationally known sommelier. She claims he started a blog about her that accused her of “embezzling” from her employer, of having a drug addiction and of “turning to the oldest profession to gain funds need[ed] to support her habits.”
Ruth’s Chris Steak House (Ponte Vedra) – Premier Beverage Wine Dinner
January 20, 2012
Join Ruth’s Chris Steak House (Ponte Vedra) on Wednesday, January 25th at 7pm as they host a five course wine dinner featuring wines from Premier Beverage. The menu for the evening pairs some of Ruth’s favorites and specialties with wonderful wines from around the world–like the Crab Cake with Sonoma Cutrer Chardonnay, CA; and Petite Filet & Shrimp paired with Chateau Simard Bordeaux, France.
The cost is $95 per guest, not including tax and gratuity. Space is limited and reservations are required, so please call the restaurant at (904) 285-0014 for more details and to reserve your table.
(Menu below)
Sliders Seafood Grille & Oyster Bar – Wine Dinner
January 18, 2012
WHO
Sliders Seafood Grille & Oyster Bar
218 1st Street
Neptune Beach, FL 32266
904-246-0881
WHAT
Seafood Wine Dinner, $49.99++
Reception with bubbly begins at 6:30. 5 course meal paired with 5 wines described by GOS Wines representative John McCarthy.
WHEN
Wednesday January 25th at 6:30pm
~ MENU~
Oysters Mornay
Fresh Oysters from Apalachicola baked with basil, parmesan, Pernod, and cream to showcase our favorite mollusk
(Paired with Luna Argenta Prosecco)
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