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PROMIS As in the native Piedmont, Angelo Gaja's goal is to produce wines that are true to their origins, reflecting the distinctive qualities of their   unique terroir. Tuscany's south of Livorno, is one of Italy's most dynamic wine regions. Cà Marcanda, the Gaja family's newest wine estate, is located in the famed Bolgheri district in the commune of Castagneto Carducci. Bolgheri's hot summer days,  by brisk sea air and cool nights, create an ideal climate for Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Syrah vines. The estate is characterized by two distinct soil types -   terre brune   (dark soil), predominately loam and clay, and   terre chiare   (white soil), which is richer in limestone and filled with stones and pebbles. Recently I had this outstanding delicious red wine PROMIS   Fruit and spice in the nose, fruit and leather in the taste and smooth on the back end. Earhy in the nose and smoth through the mouth with really silk tannins s...

Based in the     hamlet of La Combe, Jean-François is making some incredible Jura wines from recently-certified (Demeter) biodynamic vineyards. In 1998 he returned to the family domaine after a period spent working in Burgundy, with Jean-Marc Morey. These wines are naturally made, with the reds receiving no sulfur dioxide additions, and the whites only a tiny amount. These are true terroir wines, and they are thrilling – especially the remarkable Savagnin. Cotes De Jura Poulsard 2010 Orange/red color very bright seem at first glance a rose wine. Warm, spicy nose with some roasted notes. The palate is fresh and pure with some cherry fruit backed up by complex minerally notes and high acidity. An elegant wine. I cooked with this fabulous biodinamic wine a orecchiette with a flathead tail and poached prawn with cherry tomato with grated oyster mushroom on top all confit.

Poulsard  (also  Ploussard ) is a red  French wine   grape variety  from the  Jura wine  region. The name Ploussard is used mainly around the town of  Pupillin  but can appear on  wine labels  throughout Jura as an authorized  synonyms . While technically a dark-skinned  noir grape , the skins of Poulsard are very thin with low amounts of color - phenols  and produces very  pale colored  red wines, even with extended  maceration  and can be used to produce  white wines . Because of this, Poulsard is often blended with other red-skin varieties or used to produce lightly colored  rosé  wines. Additionally the grape is used to make  blanc de noir  white wines and  sparkling   cremants . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Poulsard is an authorized grape variety in the  Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée  (AOC) wines of  Arbois AOC ,  Côtes du Jura AOC ,  Crémant du...

JACQUESSON Champagne The NV Brut Cuvee N° 735 is a gorgeous, fleshy wine laced with radiant fruit. Lemon, white flowers, spices, satisfying Champagne. A round, creamy finish wraps things up in style. The 735 got better and better over time, always a good sign. The 735 is 72% 2007 juice, 47% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir and 20% Meunier. It is a bit richer, rounder and express very well the terroir where is coming from. It is a wine with richness and power. The touch of steel give a great final bite. I drank the bottle with a basmati risotto with saffron e leeks to start and finish with poached spring onion    blenched in butter with button mushroom caramelized on honey and fennel pollen dehydrate. look this video a bit rude about Jean Herve Chiquet talking on Italians spoken second language, envy perhaps for our beautiful climate and land...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuhW1Hs8_FY

                                                   green is green                                                 verde è verde....                                            don't destroy the nature take care of it... Please...

SOLE e CLOROFILLA                                                            burn photosynthesis chlorophyll Sun violent 

Pinot noir cool climate new world Burn cottage web-site: While Burn Cottage celebrates the diversity of wine styles around the world, the estate is a passionate believer that the true genius of any site can only shine through wines of balance, wines picked at balanced levels of potential alcohol, and which receive only judicious use of new oak and the application of minimal technology. Burn Cottage believes that the greatest expression of terroir is built upon the accumulated expertise of thousands of years of winegrowing world- wide and applied by those with a sense of humility and dedication to achieving the purest wines possible. Recently i had the chance to try two a beautiful pinot noir from a cool climate region one was coming from Central Otago in New Zeland on the bottom of the south island really concentrate in color with a great finesse, precise fruitiness as a cherry and mulberry jam. My mouth was full of fruit with a perfect smooth tannin, show in back of the m...

Street food in Bejing awesome stuff... Only thing looks dirty, however will not be Street Food Enjoyable... Hunan food on xiang river region in China, one of the 8 different stlyle of cooking in china a bit spice... very hot.

From the website of the winery: http://www.huet-echansonne.com/Accueil/index.html Le Mont 2010, Domaine Huet Vouvray Aoc In modern agriculture, with the race on for so-called viability and for ever-more intensive productivity, the use of chemicals is constantly increasing. However, the use of chemical weedkillers, insecticides, acaricidal pesticides and systemic compounds (which penetrate into the plant's circulatory system) completely destroys the balance of the soil and the environment. When you kill insects, you also wipe out their natural predators. When you use weedkillers, you destroy all the flora, good and bad alike. The roots remain near the surface of the soil, making the plant more susceptible to drought. The water table becomes polluted. Wine growers and fruit growers are reduced to treating their crops dressed up as astronauts in order to protect themselves.   Rural farmers are constantly approached by salesmen from the huge multinational...