If you love drinking beer and are thinking about starting a home brewing system, there are a few things to keep in mind. Starting your own home beer brewing system is really not all that difficult, but it is important to follow the given steps so that you know that you are going to be [...]
We’ve all heard of Absinthe or Absinthe kit, known as the drink of the Green Fairy, and those who have watched Moulin Rouge see Ewan McGregor and his Bohemian friends tripping out and seeing the Green Fairy and other strange things. Artists and writers, such as Toulouse Lautrec,Ernest Hemingway,Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Oscar Wilde, [...]
Host a wine tasting and you and your friends will get to explore the characteristics of different wines. Tasting wine involves the sensory evaluation of wine, and includes noticing the color and aroma, and the taste and feel of the wine on the palate with the aim of determining the quality of the wine and [...]
The growing number of celebrity names (alive and dead) associated with wine seems to be a trend that’s almost irresistible. True, we haven’t yet had a Michael Jackson cabernet, but the vineyards are crawling with vintages from dead celebrities including Elvis Presley (Elvis Blue Suede Chardonnay 2001, Jailhouse Red Merlot 2002, and Blue Christmas Cabernet [...]
What is Shiraz?
Shiraz is the most popular wine making grape in Australia. This grape is also grown in France. In France the Shiraz grape is known as Syrah. The Shiraz grape has also become a popular grape for wine makers in California.
The History of Shiraz Wine
It is said that [...]
If you’re like me, you like your wine…a lot, and you drink it after work, with a special meal, or for a particular occasion. You probably have a couple bottles on hand with one white in the fridge and a red in the pantry, unless you are a true wine enthusiast and have a full [...]
Building a home wine cellar is the perfect way to age your wine collection. Your cellar should be designed to correctly store wine as it ages, ensuring that the wine develops complexity and depth and does not spoil.
Building a home wine cellar from scratch may seem like a daunting process, but the first step that [...]
“What makes one step a giant leap
Is all the steps before.”
— Leslie Fish, from “A Toast for Unknown Heroes”
In some ways, looking at the Apollo program is misleading. Especially now that three decades have passed to blur the details, it’s easy to take the impression that [...]
Today, we are more aware of the dangers of pollution and better able to check into what we eat and drink. Most people use bottled drinking water at least occasionally and use water filters at home to make their water taste better. Using water from a city facility means getting clean water but it comes [...]
East Anglia is comprised of the counties Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, although Norfolk and Suffolk are considered the core of the Anglian area. The industry in these parts used to be heavily orientated toward agriculture, farming and fishing. Indeed, these sectors still exist due to the rural nature of this part of [...]
