Thursday, December 16, 2010
WILHELM WINERY....CHAMBOURCIN WINE
I know....bad picture of the label......it is the best I could do being it had foil lettering. But it is what's inside that counts! This was a bottle of Wilhelm Winery "Chambourcin" given to me this week by Chrissy when she came to visit me. It is her cousins winery in Hadley, PA 16130. Their phone # is on the bottle, which is very clever for a local winery to do. 724-253-3700 I am sure they will not mind my giving it to you.The wine lasted me 4 days, drinking my doctor's ordered ration each evening. I kept the remainder each day corked with a vacuum plunger. The taste never changed. My findings were it is a dry wine with soft tones which I liken to the tannins in the wine. Sometimes the tannin can make the wine overpowering upon sipping. This wine went down easy. It truly was an enjoyable drink which I would drink again & again. In fact we are planning a trip there in the spring with our wine study group and I am looking forward to that so I can get a couple bottles for my wine rack. The legs on the wine were very, very light if even there were legs to note. The legs or tears on the glass were thought to be the quality of the wine, the more legs the better quality. In my studies I have learned that it is a physics lesson, none the less. It is the mixing of the surface tension and the alcohol content in the wine. Wine is a mix of alcohol and water, It is the battle between the alcohol and water that the legs break and run down the sides of the glass. No tears, light tears, a few tears tells me a low alcohol content. Does this mean you can have more than 1 glass? Possibly!
Thanks Chrissy for the bottle of great tasting wine! Tell your cousins to get ready for us! http://www.wilhelmwinery.com Stop by and visit their winery or visit their website. You can order online if you like!
ps....I am sitting propped up in bed with my laptop blogging away and just noticed that along side me is this empty bottle of wine......no glass in sight, they might think I drank it straight from the bottle! now, I must take this immediately to the recycle bin, for if I were to pass on of natural causes unexpectedly and they were to find me like this.....what do you suppose their first thoughts would be!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Wine Barrel Flooring!
Wine Barrel Flooring! I found this great site yesterday of a company who makes flooring from reclaimed wine barrels which are 6-50 years old. What an interesting item to have within your home! Upon reading I found they are suitable for 
any flat surface and are tongue & groove connected. The site I stumbled on is Wine Cellar Specialists Phone: (972) 454-0480
Fax: (866) 788-5185
Email: info@winecellarspec.com
Address: Richardson, TX 75082
Vintage Estate Wine & Beer of Boardman, OHIO
If you are in the Boardman, Ohio and have a need to get out and about from being indoors with all this snow, drop by Vintage Estate Wine and Beer store at 7317 South Avenue for their Christmas Wine Taste. It all begins at 4pm and ends at 7pm, Sautrday December 18.They will as usual have great wines for you to taste. Cost at the door is $10 (where else can you taste wine for that price!) They also will feature live entertainment.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
WINE STAINS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Have you ever had a party and once everyone left...you were left with wine stains on your carpet, counter tops and maybe your pretty white blouse or dress? It is bound to happen. I learned many years ago that if drinking red wine you should have a bottle of white wine or club soda close by, just in case. For the carpet and clothing if you have spilled or had someone spill red wine on it the white wine will work wonders removing the stain. Next choice would be club soda but I have found this does not work quite as well.
Then of course we have the counter tops and table tops which gather drippings. for laminated tops any all purpose cleaner which has a bit of clorox in it will do wonders immediately! Without any elbow grease!Let it set a few seconds and wipe and rinse. Mr Clean magic erasers are wonderful to have on hand for this!
Now with all the kitchen remodels being done with marble and granite counter tops, you need to get to these FAST! They are more porous and the stain will sink in deeper. Even if it is sealed. If the stone cleaner you have been using will not lift it out for you try this. Tap water can leave a residue so if you have any distilled water on hand wipe the stain with this and take some WHITE paper towels which have been folded into a padding and soak these with hydrogen peroxide. Cover in plastic wrap and tape down on the counter. Then say a prayer....chuckle....or maybe no chuckle....Seriously, after 1 day remove the plastic and let the towels sit on the stain and dry naturally. This may take another day. Remove, rinse and dry....you will be surprised at your results! I have cleaned houses for many years for a living, or should I say mansions, and this is what they had me doing and at the time I thought it was senseless...but it did work.....Sometimes there is nothing as good as the all natural way, not only in eating but also in cleaning!
Hope this helps you....I hope no one really has to use this information....try to keep all those luscious drops of wine inside the glass so you enjoy your party thoroughly!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
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How many times have you seen a wonderful wine club you wanted to join, offering 12 bottles of fabulous wines to try at an astonishing price of $60-$89 ? and then when you go to order and join their club only to find out you can not join because of the liquor laws in your state not allowing wines to be shipped to you. FRUSTRATING for the consumer and the winemaker. Check out this site and do your part if you would like these laws lifted. There are not many states left in the union who do this, I happen to live in one of them and you may also. I don't quite understand that they do call this America.....Land of the FREE....
WINE CELLARS
Vintage Cellars was featured in Wine Spectator November 30th issue. The above YouTube videos are some of their speciality work. Oh to have my very own wine cellar with a tasting table of marble! I would spend many times entertaining there rather than my kitchen or living room. A wine cellar is very important if indeed you have a large collection of wines. In order to keep wines fresh they need to be stored on their sides as to keep the cork moist so not to dry it out and cause deterioration and allow air to slip in and goodness to slip away. The end result over time will be a bad tasting bottle of one of your favorites. Plus wines need to be kept at just the right temperature which can be tricky. So take a tour of the work of Vintage Wine Cellars at the above YouTube collection of theirs. Then go to their site and dream a little dream!
design above is from Vintage Cellars site
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