Saturday, March 19, 2011

How Much Protein A Ribeye Steak

Amarone 2004-Duett


We corks up two pieces Amarone from 2004 to compare styles and quality. Le Ragoses 16 hectares plantations are the highest in the Valpolicella and Amarone della Valpolicella their comprises 60% corvina, 20% Rondinella and 20% other grapes, after a long maceration (20-30 days) and the initial years of stainless steel , has been kept to the 4-5 years of Slovenian Botti.
Tenuta Sant'Antonio selezione Antonio Castagnedi made up to 70% corvina, 20% Rondinella, 5% and 5% Croatina oseleta has been fermenting for 25 days and remained two years in new French tonneaux.


Amarone della Valpolicella selezione Antonio Castagnedi 2004 has a look that is dark, dense and dull deep red with faluröd periphery. The scent is similarly dark, dense and dull with sweet licorice, asphalt, tobacco, high-octane chocolate and heavy streaks of dried fruit. A large, almost overwhelming scent, which developed in the right direction with some time in the glass - healthier elements of menthol and a bit brighter örtighet eases up event after a while. Large plant and extra roomy to fragrance package of style typical markers, but in the end fades the sweet Sun Maidtonerna bit over the top for my taste.

A real muscle Packages with much force and clear alcohol heat that gives a fiery arc of the mouth and with an apparent affinity of fortified wine. The fruit feels sötmogen but never directly sleazy, the acidity of extremely discreet, non-existent tannins and the finish is slowly fading to dark chocolate and cigar Orok the base. A powervin that has a lot of problems with balance in both the nose and mouth.

Vintage 2007 on the SB for 249 Dollars and units No 28 002 .

Amarone della Valpolicella 2004 (Le Ragose) is deep ruby \u200b\u200bred with lighter brick shades. We immediately put a much brighter palette with concentrated cherry fruit, very intense, with wide open paint buckets and brushes in white spirit. Violent Italian in its image with the tones that can be found in most quality districts, though this is a clear extraction giveaway. little dry side notes of gypsum, lime and dust clean away any excess fruit sweetness. A meaty and intense nose that still appear smoother and with more than gracilitet Sant'Antonion.

flavor has a completely different tone in this wine, with slender fruit acidity and some tannins slender. Powerful? Yes, but it dances on your tongue, and tilt the balance even without arcing. Aftertaste heals slowly and leaves a neat dryness after him with currants and candied citrus. This is an Amarone that plays in another league - GRAND smaller but with all its elements in balance, and plenty of charm.

Le Ragoses amarone held Carlo Merolli and also costs 249 SEK.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Vitamin C For Rosacea

Etna Rosato 2009 (Tenuta delle Terre Nere)


Setbacks, in the form of few inches of snow, is well a sign of spring almost anything? Well, most of it has already melted away again and soon gets really warm spring sun re stint and PERK shoots and buds impatiently to burst out into flower and foliage.
After this prologue vårystra feel that the atmosphere is established for the pail pale lava juice, just about, everyone's favorite volcano.

Terre Neres Rosato made up to 98% of nerello mascalese and 2% nerello Cappuccio. The grapes taken from Feudo di Mezzo, Guardiola and Calderara - crunamn starting blade familiar by now - 700-900 m asl on the northern slopes of Mount Etna. The must have a light skin contact and then spend 6 months in stainless steel. The annual output is around 10 000 bottles.

ink has a nice pale lökskalston and a vibrant glow. One can quickly see that this is a Rosato with attitude and plenty of nerello-nature - stone fruit, fresh sour, bright berries, rhubarb, crackly minerality - a very vibrant fragrance that captures and seduces. The aroma has none of the sweet sweet damparfymtendenserna which was detectable in Etna Rosso-zero ninth grade, here we are talking freshness and freshness.

Healthy and fresh are also the two appealing attributes of the mouth. Fine citrus acidity with both height and depth that kickoff saliva production significantly, gorgeous little volcanic mineral outbreak transforms the oral cavity to a smoldering fumaroles.
This is really cool and with a much clearer sense than basrosson originating from the same vintage, but without the tannins of course. Monolithic spring and sommarvin.



Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Funny Congratulations To Baby

Falanghina 2009 (Norman Court)


When you drank a Falanghina last? You stumble at some point over a southern Italian white wine, it's like a Fiano and Greco from Campania or a Carricante or cataratto from Sicily. It was like a little bias on solbakad fruit sweetness and manic vinmakardesperados who prints in lots of ekchips before they lose their cheap boxbrygder. Such delusions are often put to shame, if you buy their wines at the right place.

We test a Falanghina from Corte Normanna. DOC: n Sannio units and is located 40-50 km straight into the country from Naples, the grapes are growing at 250-300 meters, and will spend four months in stainless steel before bottling.

A dull golden color and an aroma that is dominated by tropical notes like pineapple, passion fruit and pomegranate. Herbs and green apple filling. Lots going clean and neat nose, which even offers a crackling and other minerals and musselskalssälta.
acids are very high and mineralsältan applies nicely in the aftertaste. Amazingly fresh and lively wine that can handle a classic fish stew with flying colors. Sold by Carlo Merolli and costs 75 SEK. Very good buy, but the ultimate significance is still Villa Martina Friulano 2009 with its virtually unlimited versatilitet and ridiculously low price.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Gold Value In Mustafa

Italian Wines 2011 Köpenhamn


Year Vini d'Italia was held in Copenhagen, which started to equip itself to receive the spring with open arms. This year was the policy's house at the Town Hall which hosted the event and proved to work well for this purpose, although last year's Tivoli locality reached a higher comfort factor. Saturday's lunch passes was well attended, but without becoming congested, free-or scuffle, it was easy to at all the booths and visitors showed up an exemplary festival etiquette, which means that they get their glasses filled, notes a few quick words with the importer and the slopes then removed so that the next person arrive.

intensity of the wines were generally very high, vintages 2006, 2007 and 2008 has proven to be good in most parts of Italy, and the geographical range was nicely mixed with everything from Trentino Traminer the Etna-nerello .

It is always difficult to find the approach best suited for this type of assembly-line testing - will be the beta of the district, grapes and types of wine with some sort of predetermined methodology, or should I invest in clean freeblowing and just see what happens? I went in to run freely, but took some inspiration for the evaluation of this old FV-mail , although it applies to behavior in a blind test context, but that can work quite well in one like this passport overwhelming situation that is actually a festival scenario is:
Do I like the wine? Why? Is it made with the emphasis on fruit, terroir and aging wine? Incredibly relevant criteria as it obviously should always ask but rarely does.

notes became However, very sporadic, and probably only to the delight of myself, but one or two gems / pole shot, I dare to share.
We tried a whole flock barbera and top spot on the podium shared between Barbera d'Alba Santa Rosalia 2009 (Brezza) and Barbera Sori del Drago 2008 (Brovia). Two really clean and fresh wines in a sparkling light fruity style that has spent Growing up in stainless steel. Superbly delicious with both charm and depth, Brezza Santa Rosalia in 2009, we will definitely fill up with - Casing Edwin sells for around Danish dog ring.
Another charmer was Petroios Fattoria Chianti Classico 2007, lovely sötfruktig nose which wastes strawberry fruit and morello, a height archi anti. Really good Rosso di Montalcino is found in La Manella in 2007: a round, rich and generous, it seems almost impossible to go wrong among the Tuscan 2007: hands. Both are in Le Papillon where you also find the wonderful wines from Antichi Vigneti di Cantalupo. Colline Novaresi Agamium 2005 is a simple and healthy nebbiolo with sleek minerality and real isterspräckarsyror, Ghemme Collis Breclemae 2000 is their top wine with a complexity and a finlir which unfortunately did not come to the right of fair electoral events - heady stuff though!
Carlo Merolli was in place and had gone its own way with a bunch of Lambrusco, which was a welcome refreshing element. My favorite was Stopai 2010 with abundant fruit and perfect frizzante as well as served up an imaginary picnic right before your eyes us, with birds singing, cool shade, checkered cloth and chicken salad - an absolute must that we'll soon climb up the long, relaxed and languorous warm vinsommarsäsongen.

Theis Vine showed a strong range where Bruno Giacosa Valmaggiore 2008 Coppo Barbera d'Asti l'Avvocata 2007 and Accordinis Ripasso 2008 made an impression - three hearty, fit and undisguised matviner of high class. Jermanns Chardonnay 2009 stunned with its pinot grigio-meets-arneis-aromatik, fresh citrus and pears in a sweet mellow style.
Another very nice chianti-acquaintance was La Spinosa whose Chianti Colli Fiorentini 2007 pulses of juicy acidity with a lazy fruit bordering on the frivolous, and it would be even worse: Riservan Prunaiolo 2006 was a particularly extroverted crowdpleaser that pushed all the right buttons and was easy to love. Very good stuff Casing Edwin sell.

Disappointments as be mentioned is Cagiorgnas Etna Rosso N * Anticchia 2007 seemed a bit too simple to match the price of 369DKK, reminded almost on a somewhat overworked TdTN normale. Monsanto Chianti Classico 2007 performed well and felt again, although a bit toned down label, while their pure cabernet sauvignon Nemo IGT in 2006 was far too anonymous, would almost have come from any continent at any time. The first thing you ask when you get to Nemo in your mouth is: Why?
As for Fora Doris Teroldego Rotaliano 2006 I can authenticate Ingvar's testimony if a large fire tone that I linked up with an intense fatprägel, shame on an otherwise nice wine.
Fèlsina Fontalloro 2007 is definitely worthy of mention, in fabulous sangiovese extracted style but with elegance and almost perfect balance. Barolo Giachini 2006 from La Morra producer Giovanni Corino was also a wine well suited in this context.

Another difficult issue, a day like this, arises when you come home and wonder: What we drink to käket tonight? No Italian, we agree on and immediately stand a Cotes-du-Rhone 2007 from Saint Cosme on the table. For the grill pan fried lamb roasting steak, it is well OK but all sötsliskig fruit, medicinal herbs and the power of the mouth turn over a little, you get tired as well, you want to open a barber ...
Second, and considerably more substantial impression from Vini d'Italia can be read here .

Friday, March 11, 2011

Red Velvet Recipe Sprinkles

pin Barolo 2003 (Schiavenza)


Schiavenzas successful zero threes are välbloggade and in the next few break hugged of us by now. However, this is nothing to prevent us from providing space for another celebration. Neighboring blogger Lord looked lately to his nolltre-trio that lacked Perno in the lineup, a maneuver that caused us to pick up a copy för att study the status of the topical denna. In the comment thread till inlägget lämnades some valuable resources info on Schiavenzas Monforte-parcel which bustle quite fräckt kopierar och lays the i have:


About Perno (better late än aldrig): Luciano Pira, Maura Schiavenzas man says The house that owns a quarter of a hectare in the zone Perno (Monforte municipality). Production is around 2500-2600 bottles per year. Vines are around. 20 years old.
vintage 2004 and 2005 was not bottled as wine from harvest 2006 was released in 2010. Approximately 8% of the entire 2006-production took the path to the repository in Holte.



We pour and air in good time, Perno 2003 is bright orange red, almost amber-periphery. The aroma is rich in fruit sweetness and offers generously in the form of the bazaar spices, strawberry cream, leather and spearmint. A powerful nose with a lot of authority and class. We've tried a couple of bottles in the autumn which had more of mature broth and soy toner, but this bottle certainly holds true with the impressions of barely a year ago .

tannins are the the larger side and took a huge grip on the tongue, oral cavity and tonsils - a real test for the non tannintolerante. A sting of alcohol heat in the background but does not interfere directly, the acids are included but do not dominate. This is a charming and maximum vital Monforte, Barolo albeit with vintage typically rough and a bit edgy mouth feel.

Again a stable delivery from one of our favorite producers. Last time we called Prapòn of Merlene Ottey, five years ago and Pernon for a wise old librarian. We still perceive some glen check, rocking chair, baby shoes and snugger but overall impression is very life-affirming and boldly. Do not panic having to empty the warehouse, we hereby Upgrade from a librarian to Sophia Loren, fifteen years ago.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Student Biology Laboratory Guide

The new Shinkansen: The Hayabusa arrived


E 'came into use in new shinkansen: the Hayabusa, or peregrine falcon, which will cover trafficking Tokyo / Shin-Aomori in just over 3 hours at a speed of 320 km / h.
(If the Narita Express reminds me of a caterpillar, this new train reminds me of a pike!)
However, great credit to the Japanese to "always have the best.
Davo almost for granted that the JRP did not give the opportunity to travel on this train and instead read here that you can think! Not that we had planned to travel north, but you never know ... Trying
this information I found on this site a lot of video nice use of the JRP .
Just for lovers of anime, I add something: Hayabusa is also the name of the machine by Ken Hawk! (Al TatoTato nothing escapes!)


Horrible Foot Pain When Skating

Triss the bra bruksfriulier

Simple, useful , rustic and not the least expensive. Three wines that accompany vardagsragùn, table cheese or maybe a big chunk biroldo ? Who you gonna call?


Friulano Collio DOC 2009 Finely tuned yellow fruit with nectarine, a little pineapple and a pleasant tone of sambuca who are arguing in the background. Good fullness, nice acidity and delicious freshness. This works just fine for obese salume and mild cheeses. Carlo Merolli sell for absurd 40: -/flaskan and tells initiated on friulanodruvans name intricacies here . Better "bang for the buck" is probably hard to find?


Refosco Friuli Isonzo DOC 2006 (Villa Martin) & Refosco Friuli Latisana DOC 2006 (Zaglia) Here are a few real workhorses of the local grape Refosco. At first noskontakten they tell us that we can forget about all forms of sensory sensations or complex inhalations - front with the food! And the pasta and dad at home tucked salcicce falls mostly on the spot. Villa Martina's version is somewhat more aromatic and herby while Zaglias is the one with the tougher acids that cleaves the fat with one hand and tame the saltiness of the other. This is the type of wine that probably will be downgraded directly by SB's buyers - barren wines with generous acidity and clean fruits. Wines that go away in the testing context and at trade shows but that reigns at the dinner table. Fortunately, there are two of Carlo for a very reasonable money and his advice on the application is priceless: "drinking a til alt og gerne solo ".
Do not miss the olive oil from Majnoni Guicciardini, model year 2010 is still quite primary, with its new mown grass, their örtiga wild flowers and a very subtle bitterness at the back of the throat. Luscious young Tuscan peak oil to be eaten as is, with good bread alone, and while it is still in his innocence phase. 169 - 0,75 l, also in Carlo Merolli.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

How To Not Burn On Vacation

Barbera, som det smakade forr ... Aimone


Backwards is the new forwards. While upgrading the storm blows over, the 2000s come to be a gradual turnaround for many winemakers in Piedmont. Many are those who have been on and thinking a barrique and allowed themselves to be seduced by high scores in various guides as their wines have become more and more sötfruktiga and extracted.

Two names, however tirelessly stood like sturdy lighthouse spotlight fixed on tradition, authenticity and district identity is Bartolo Mascarello, Giuseppe Rinaldi - two archetypal Barolo Partisans, who along with Teobaldo Cappellano and Giacomo Conterno, are among the absolute most formidable names in Piedmont, or for indeed the wine world in general. Tonight we'll try Barbera d'Alba la Bartolo e Beppe the 2006 model year, and we skip the blind goat - with this kind of wine in the glass must be my soul know what it is you enjoy.
Barbera d'Alba Vigna San Lorenzo 2006 (Bartolo Mascarello) 2006 Maria Teresa other "own" vintage since Bartolo's death in March 2005. Father modus operandi is preserved intact but some old Botti has been replaced with new ones in recent years. Barbera grapes are grown in the old cemetery of San Lorenzo in Cannubi.

dull ruby \u200b\u200bred and fairly close together. Already in bottle mouth flying it a distinct puff of purest bigarråparfym. In the glass there is plenty of lively cherry fruit in the center, which rub shoulders with nail polish, turpentine, hazelnut, maraschino and fresh menthol. Richly and generously offering it out without becoming levity. A very ethereal powerhouse with plenty of character and elegance.

Exquisite rigor with razor sharp acids and a sweet pillar of bright red bärfrukt surrounded by peppermint, a juicy, refreshing and at the same time intense and powerful flavor packets that you swallow greedily in big gulps. Tannin structure is not amiss, but biting into a bit of gum and cheek. The barbera can be this good ...
Barbera d'Alba 2006 (Giuseppe Rinaldi) Mayor's Son Giuseppe has, in addition to their four acres nebbiolo, just over two acres in Barolo and Novello freisa, Dolcetto, Ruch and barbera. The grapes for this Barberans has probably not grown far from Mascarellos San Lorenzo fruit. Storage has of course been at large, used Botti .

Medium Tight with a darker tone that leans towards purple. Although this puts fragrance cavalcade started bums with big catch of fresh herbs, plastic padding, sweet licorice and a bit darker bärfrukt. The fruit seems a bit softer and the minerality is prominent with wet stones and chalk dust. Super-string of the Calvados develops later in the glass.

Munkänslan is considerably more rounded with ripening acidity that feels lighter and less bite as Bartolo Juice. Fruit body is voluminous and bulky but slim and graceful. This is also a great wine with great munfyllnad and who probably find themselves in a just a bit more mature stage.
summary, we note that we have drunk greatness tonight. And at a very affordable price - Mascarello-Barberans costs € 19.90 and € 14.90 in Rinaldin BaroloBrunello.com . Extremely great enjoyment for the coins - currently know about not Mascarellon was the best barbera d'Alba I've ever drunk.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Andrey Izosimov Fetish

Vermentino di Albenga 2007 (Vio Giobatta)


It was actually Etna-domptören Frank Cornelissen, who told us that if he could start over, he would grow vermentino in Liguria instead. This has aroused our curiosity for the Ligurian wines in general and vermentino in particular, but the available supply here at home is not exactly impressive, but there are one or two Sardinian interpretation of grapes available. We have, after all, has his sights on a Ligurian Biological variation in the order range from producer Giobatta Vio in Bastia d'Albenga which we must try.

Albenga is quite due south from the Piedmont and the Langhe seen, the family has grown grapes and olives on these plots since time immemorial, but only produced its own wine since 2000. It grows organically and has, in addition vermentino, even a couple of different pigato in the portfolio.
We tried to cook delicious salted cod with pea purée and fennel salad, actually given us a clear taste combo from it, in this context, oddly enough television program Go'kväll .

Aimone is a light yellow, some light veil of wine. The scent opens up directly with a delicious palette of black olives, hot tire rubber, diesel, citronzest and ripe golden delicious - it feels like equal parts ripe Mosel riesling and Vouvray, Chenin Blanc. Lovely complex fragrance that develops all the time and is hard to tear themselves away from.

In the mouth we meet of an oily texture and a high acidity with a solid fruit body in the middle facing up. Good fill, impeccable balance and a long finish with subtle lemon acidity. Not absolute measurement requirements despite its high acidity, this is so much backbone that stands on its own. Very interesting, opinionated and above all enjoyable wine. A taste hereby brought!


Leg Numbness After Gallbladdersurgery

the Japan Rail Pass!

After thorough research on "where, how, when and how" of the JRP, I decided to proceed with the purchase of the 14 days pass by. We are left then via 15 the day of return will be discovered. But never mind: this way I can take away the desire to travel on the new Skyliner!
better or worse, the cost of the pass are the same. Who applies an exact exchange yen / euro, adds a tax agency, while those who do not seem to apply this tax, in contrast, applies an exchange rate higher. Here, then, we must add the shipping costs for those who can not go to personally pick up the pass. In fact, retailers of JRP in Italy are not many and they are still in major capitals such as Milan, Rome or Florence.
Taducendo this argument in a nutshell, in the end you get to pay from 420 to 450 Euros for a 14 days pass by.
have happened by chance on the French site Vivre Le Japon where the pass costs € 388. There are no agency fees, nor charged for payment by credit card. The shipment is done with a Fedex € 10.
The site seemed to me serious and I decided to buy. Payment made on the evening of March 2, P made the three, pass the envelope arrived this morning, March 4th! There 's been good!


Wednesday, March 2, 2011

How To Get Tilt For Your Lacrosse Helmet

Récit Roero Arneis 2009 (Monchiero Carbone)


Monchiero Carbone are known to make really good Roero Arneis. We really liked the cru-arne ice Cecu d'la Biunda 2009 long ago and thought to try little brother Recite 2009 before we fill the depots.

Recite (little king) pick grapes from 10 acres scattered in Canale, vezz and Priocca. Arneis is a fast-ripening grape that quickly loses the acid at the high level of maturity, so as to maintain the delicate acidity of through vinifieringsprocessen finesses of malo and stores only to steel.

Very sheer pale yellow with neat green stick. One can hardly read a arneis-smaknot without the pear is first scent impression mentioned and as is the case with Recite. Mature sugar sweet pears in August and sour fresh green apples fills small fruit basket. Adorable pure and innocent, but nonetheless intense and aromatic fruit with seltzerporlande puffs as well as accentuates and draws one's attention to the minerality.

Fairly focused mouth with marked acidity that happily lets her clothes in pear, mango, nectarine and an ounce of grapefruit. Very healthy and with a slight saltiness in the background that may be thought to hover around a big bowl COZZE Vesuviano or why not spaghetti alle vongole .
little shorter and less robust but more distinct and refreshing than Cecu d'la Biunda. Very good and is hereby appointed to the House arneis!

No. 71 984 of BS and costs 139 SEK.