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| IS THIS MAN FOR YOU? Judging a Man by his Wine |
Sure, you could judge a man by the car he drives, the size of his biceps or his astrological sign.
But our love match profile reveals more about your man than you'll ever discover by a look at his
bank account or daily horoscope. Here's how to judge your man by the wine he drinks.
Cabernet Sauvignon - As a young man, this guy might seem a bit abrasive. But don't let his
immaturity overshadow his essential depth of character. As he ages, his true self is revealed.
He's an asset in business and financial concerns. He'll make a loving husband and caring father.
This is a man who's good for the long haul. |
| WINE FUNDAMENTALS IN A FEW SPARKLING PICKUP LINES |
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Ooh, you're a nice vintage mature but young enough to take advantage of right now.
Vintage refers to the year that the grapes were harvested and turned into wine. For a wine to be
labeled in the U.S. with a vintage year, 95% of the grapes have to have been harvested that
year. Non-vintage wines are blends of wines whose grapes were harvested in two or more years.
Most people think a vintage wine is always better than a non-vintage. That's just plain not the case.
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| RESTAURANT FAUX PAS TO AVOID |
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Referring to the sommelier as "that piece of ass with the cute little silver cup hanging around
his neck" ... While the characterization may be accurate, why antagonize the person who holds
the keys to the wine cellar? The sommelier is the wine steward in a fine restaurant whose job is to
help you select an appropriate wine for your meal and budget and then to carry out the wine-serving
ritual with a high degree of professionalism and a low level of pretension. And the cup hanging
around his neck on a ribbon? It's called a tastevin - French for, you guessed it, "taste wine."
The tradition goes back at least a couple hundred years to the cellarmasters of Burgundy who
developed the silver cup to sample wines in the near-dark, candlelit cellars. The dimples in the
silver were designed to catch and reflect light to make it possible to check the color and
clarity of the wine. Alas for today's sommeliers who might enjoy a small cup of wine at each table,
the tastevin is more ceremonial than practical.
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| WINE TRENDS ALL DIVAS SHOULD KNOW |
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Any sister worth her Jimmy Choos recognizes trends when she sees them. Not that she has to follow any
of them. Just being able to identify them and talk about them over lunch at The Ivy is enough to
establish herself on the cutting edge. These are some trends she might bring up to impress her
lunch pals.
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| SCREW CAPS |
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The fashionistas are doing it. Kim Crawford Bonny Doon PlumpJack. They - and a host of other
forward thinkers like Fetzer, Sonoma-Cutrer, Argyle and Murphy-Goode - have replaced corks with
screw caps. And not just on their $10 Rieslings - but $100 Cabernets. Unlikely as it might have
seemed only a couple years ago, screw caps are gaining momentum. Wine drinkers in Australia,
New Zealand and the UK have already welcomed them into their hearts. And pocketbooks. With one
out of every 20 bottles of wine ruined by a tainted cork, some consumers were tired of getting
screwed, and started unscrewing instead. We're not talking about mere twist-offs, you understand.
They're state-of-the-art screw caps (called Stelvin closures, in case you do want to impress your
lunch companion).
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These ladies really know their wine!
Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher "Tastings" Columnists,
Wall Street Journal and authors Love By The Glass
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Drink up, girls! For women-friendly wine advice, The Saucy Sisters are it!
Nancy Mills, The Spirited Woman Workshops
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Not everyone can tell you how to find a wine, drink a wine,
and lose weight from drinking too much wine all in one wild night!
Candy Paull,The Art of Abundance
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