Drink red wine: Gypsy Sangria

Sangria is a cool drink red wine-based, preferably semi. Besides wine, other liquor leads to a much lesser extent to give greater strength, may be pisco brandy, rum, etc.., Depending on individual taste. Most orange juice is bled but in this case, this type of bleeding presented replaces it with sparkling wine to enhance the freshness. Try it, it will be different but very nice.

Ingredients:
1 bottle of medium dry red wine.
1 bottle of sparkling wine.
2 ounces pisco.
4 strawberries cut into slices.  Read the rest of this entry »

Lordship of Nevada, Vintage Selection 2005

When we think of select, test and recommend wines, the task is not simple. Our country and other producing countries result in products of excellent quality and this is precisely the case of the three varieties today: Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Tempranillo.

Vendimia This bottle is selected; it is left to stand for a year in new French oak barrels and then packaged in bottles of Bordeaux Storica.

In this wine, let me emphasize two things (among many I could choose). The first is color, a defiant tone with red violet edge, that adjective as alluring, enticing. Read the rest of this entry »

Bordeaux 2008: “The wine is good, buyers cautious

“Wine is good, but it depends on the price at which it will be charged,” said John Avery, president of Avery’s UK distributor and a regular “early”, a special case of Bordeaux first grands crus, but also the trend for the entire chain.

For five days, the annual campaign of early 4500 allows importers, trading and journalists from 36 countries to assess the quality of the vintage. Castles announce in the coming weeks the price at which traders can buy “en primeur” wines, almost two years before being placed on the market. Read the rest of this entry »

Fruits red or black fruit?

There is a certain kinship in the aroma and texture, between Grenache and Merlot, at least in my opinion.

The two varieties, in fact, normally wine with aromas of red berries, recalling for example strawberries, with plenty of roundness in the mouth and a certain charm. Read the rest of this entry »

The wine street has really made a lot!

Today we can have on our tables, wines that come from Australia, Africa, wines that take in a few hours’ flight “contained in glass bottles, in order to achieve intact and awaiting only be stappati, maintaining unchanged is the taste that flavor. Read the rest of this entry »