Day 1 of the Coffee project. Am I going see anyone. Will I see You!.
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Day 1 of the Coffee project. Am I going see anyone. Will I see You!
First off let’s say I despise coffee shops, I mean if I unable to make a reasonable cup of coffee at home for 1/10 of the price why would I go to a coffee shop. Yet here I am convinced by a friend that this would get me “out there”. Divorced, dateless, and far fromContinue reading “Day 1 of the Coffee project. Am I going see anyone. Will I see You!”
About
About.
You won’t believe how little you need
thinking, planning, packing, rethinking, re packing, rethinking, ahhhhhh packed all fits. Well go through each bag over the next few days. Than I will have no choice but to live with what I have packed.
Are my actions the same as my words, my thoughts?
What better wine to contemplate this thoughts than a Italian Chianti. Normally this wine for me is a second choice, however on this circumstance of thought and actions it fits the bill perfectly. Chianti is made to share with food, this is when the true essence of the wine comes to life, Unlike many newContinue reading “Are my actions the same as my words, my thoughts?”
When does the adventure begin
As soon as one opens a bottle. ” What is wine but liquid optimism, every bottle a new adventure? “ Cheers
Selection of Wines
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Connecting wine with Emotion
Emotional Connection to Wine “I cook with wine, and sometimes I add it to the food,” Winston Churchill. Many Wine masters will tell you wine was designed to pair with food, I say that although these persons are highly acclaimed (and admired by me); they are missing out on some very key life events. IContinue reading “Connecting wine with Emotion”
Savoring Wine
Savoring Wine Do you taste wine? A human brain can recognize over 10,000 possible scents and given that the olfactory (smell) senses are connected to our oral (taste) passage we both smell and taste our wine. We smell, fruits, spices, vegetal, flora nuts, wood, mineral, undergrowth to name but a few. We taste sweet, sour,Continue reading “Savoring Wine”
The grapes are grown, now What?
The grapes are grown now what? Ripen grapes are harvested when they achieved the desired degree of brix. Brix (pronounced bricks) is a scale measuring the total dissolved compounds (concentration of grape sugars) in grape juice. The balance of acids and sugar levels at harvest corresponds to the quality of wine produced. Grapes are pickedContinue reading “The grapes are grown, now What?”