Do you have any suggestions for a TDES mission statement? STICK NEWS: loonie matches US dollarAsking Acadia: What do you think of the Axe? cws: Wine tasting eventqa: mission statementsSorry to the people we asked who were sitting in the sun - it's not much fun squinting into the camera ... we should really only ask people in the shade.English script: http://thedailyenglishshow.wor press.com/2007/09/20/show-505-thursday-20-september/日本語： http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/dai yenglish/diary/200709200000/Deutsch: http://germantdesscripts.blogs ot.com/2007/09/show-505-thursday-20-september.htmlShow 505 Thursday 20 SeptemberThe Daily English Show http://www.thedailyenglishshow.com/
Nikolai and Lee put on another zany and fun wine tasting at the Dive Bar. To attend a wine tasting check out DiveBarNYC.com or join the Monthly Newsletter. This video also features fresh music from local artists Mano and Reeno! Featured here first! You won't hear this anywhere else. (mixed at Spazzoid Studio!
Virtual Wine Tasting Clip: Bloody Good Red 2004Wine Tasting Clip of Bloody Good Red 2004 selected from Oddbins on 27 June 2006.WINE: Bloody Good Red 2004VINTAGE: 2004PRODUCER: Bonny DoonGRAPES: 25% Carignane, 13% Petite Sirah, 10% Cabernet Franc, 11% Sangiovese, 8% Zinfandel, 7% Barbera, 6% Syrah etcREGION: CaliforniaCOUNTRY: USAONE WORD: JammyTASTING: A full, slightly jammy mish-mash of black fruit, spice and green stalky aromas and a full bodied, rich palate. Definitely not one for the faint hearted!FOOD MATCH: Venison with wild mushrooms and rosehip jellyFOOD MATCH FROM: "The Gastro Pub Cookbook"
Wine Tasting Clip of Gemtree Tadpole Shiraz 2005, from the Virtual Wine Tasting Event, 'Season Opener 2007' held on 03 Feb 2007.WINE: Gemtree Tadpole Shiraz 2005VINTAGE: 2005PRODUCER: GemtreeGRAPES: ShirazREGION: South AustraliaCOUNTRY: AustraliaONE WORD: IntenseTASTING: Aromas of mocha, crushed raspberries and coconuts, full bodied with concentrated dark fruits, hints of menthol and soft velvety tanninsFOOD MATCH: Five spice aromatic duck
Today Gary does a blind wine tasting using the bags from www.baggedwine.com and does the top five $50 wines in honor of IPTV's Top 50. Sit back and enjoy one of the most outside the box episodes in a long long time.
Hardys is an Australian household name. The winery has been around for over 150 years. In fact, your lowly was invited to celebrate with Bill Hardy in a private tasting when he came to Vancouver a few years back for his round the world 150th anniversary of Hardys wines tour. Wow! Bill LOOOOOVES talking and I mean he LOOOOOVES talking! When the birthday cake came with the candles lit, he made a speech but the speech turned out to be longer than the Great Wall of China. All of us were watching the candles burning away...then one of the ladies had to step forward to signal him from talking further and asked him to blow out the candles immediately. Phew! I thought the fire alarm would go off any seconds...The Tintara series is a premium economical line from Hardy. This wine when observed already gave a slight bricky colour. The wine has a typical nose of black current and black plum of a cabernet but has a scent of minty eculyptus mixed with green pepper and green stalk in the background. Medium to full body with slightly elevated acidity. It had soft tannin but not overly complex. What followed was dark chocolate character but like some other Tintara shiraz I tasted, bitterness and astringency (probably from over zealous wood treatment) came out that overpowered the fruit. The higher acidity and astringency made the wine a tad inbalanced. Still, all in all, this is a solid quaffer of good quality. Drink up your stock if you have any. (Rating 84-86 points) by Michael Lam of the Beverage Review.
Talomas and Kiraala were joint projects between Robert Mondavi of the USA and Rosemount of Australia before they scraped the project when Mondavi was sold to Constellation Brands in 2004. The remaining stocks were sold off quietly and I, liked the rest of the wine vultures in Vancouver, managed to get a case of the 2002 Syrah/Cab (as well as their Chardonnay/Viognier and Cab/Merlot). Good creamy blackcurrant cassis with cola were detected from the glass. Upon tasting, upfront and vibrant black currant, wild blackberry fruit emerged followed by spices and black pepper. The wine has good acidity and good backbone. This wine was reduced by the importer from $25 to $9 when the Talomas/Kiraala project was terminated. Definitely one of the biggest BARGAIN in my wine buying history! Drink it up in the next 2 to 3 years. (Rating 89-91 points) by Michael Lam of the Beverage Review.
Bordeaux wines from Thirties, Forties & Fifties + NZ Cabernets from Sixties, Seventies & Eighties. Attended by wine makers and wine lovers from NZ, UK, South Africa, USA, Switzerland & Portugal, some of whom volunteered to open the bottles. The wine was decanted before serving.
This Talomas Chardonnay (83%) / Viognier (17%) came with a musky buttery nose mixed with very faint gasoline and the usual tropical fruit and pineapple suggesting the wine has gone through malolactic fermentation. The wine was surprisingly fresh, refreshing and crisp unlike many California chardonnays which are OTT (Over the top): Smokey, oaky, full body, with full blown malolatic buttery and off dry fruit -- I call it being suffocated by Dolly Parton's bosoms...Although this Char is not too complex as expected, I believe the Viognier has contributed the wine with much vibrancy and spiciness. The lifted but balanced acidity also means the wine is versatile with a large variety of food. The wine was reduced in BC from $21 to $7.99 in the summer of 2006 after Mondalvi was bought by Constellation brand in 2004. It's still available at private stores such as Central City of Surrey in BC at $12. What a mark up (!) but still fair in price I guess. Drink now like the way I quaffed it down after filming! (Rating 87-89) points by Michael Lam of the Beverage Review.
DiveBarNYC.com did a Wine and Cheese pairing that turned up more than just wine and cheese.Surprise to everyone when it turned out to be more than just wine and cheese. In fact, each person had their own personal platter of various cheeses, seafood, bread and fruit with a really great wine host and educator, Nikolai Konick. Nikolai shared some intimate "wine and cheese" moments and gave us some valuable and interesting facts on a particular cheese. Produced by: Kimbakat www.myspace.com/172936455Music produced by: Reeno spazzoid.comDive Bar is located at 732 Amsterdam Avenue (96th St)Dive 75 is located at 75th and Columbus
