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Vineyard treasures

by Raluca Bauer on 15 September 2010 · 0 comments

When we are talking about vineyards, our thoughts are flying immediately to the grapes and the wine we can produce. But a vine plant can offer more than it’s fruits. Here is a summary of the large benefits of a vine plant:
The leaves:
Culinary purpose: vine leaf rolls, chicken or fish covered with vine leafs, bread baked with vine leafs, etc
Treatments against: hypertension, menopause disorders, obesity, phlebitis.
The sap:
The sap is used from time out of mind for skin (psoriasis, skin cancer) and eyes treatments (cataract, conjunctivitis).
The wood:
Try to make a barbeque using wood from a vineyard- genius aroma!
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Cork-connections

by Oliver Bauer on 11 September 2010 · 0 comments

Lately I read a lot of discussions (in blogs, newspapers etc.) about wine-closure systems and in particular about the natural cork – of course ! For me, every rational and argument based discussion about wine themes is more than welcome. But unfortunately a lot of people are still spreading a lot of stupid nonsense concerning this item. I would like to set aright some of the big untruths those “experts” (usually paid by the industrie to keep a “free” view …) are still defending and to point out what the main problems are.
I am starting with something I cannot .....

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About decanting – the “Voodoo” wine-treatment!

August 25, 2010

First of all I would like to thank Răzvan Avram for bringing up a very interesting subject (you can find his article here). Also Mihnea faced this phenomenon a couple of weeks ago but with the same wine. Now, I don’t want to have a closer look to the wine but to the phenomenon itself, because this is the thrilling thing here. We are talking about necessity aeration of wines. Not this common, stagily emptying of bottles (mainly filled with more or less expensive red wines) in a glass-carafe. In general, there is way too much causeless “decanting” in our .....

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Why data of degorgement on the label?

March 2, 2010

(question from Razvan, 01.03.2010)
The data of degorgement tells you, when the champagne/sparkling wine was separated from its yeast and closed with a natural cork. The big majority of sparkling wine producers are recommending, to consume the wines within a couple of years (normaly 2-3) after the degorgement. Of course, there are some champagnes/sparkling wines, which can also benefit from further years of cellaring after this procedure, but this number is very limited and in the end you have also to like the character, bouquet and taste of a sparkling wine aged under a natural cork.
But why does a bottle with .....

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Nivele de umplere

February 25, 2010

De ce sticlele de vin isi pierd din conţinut?
Un dop de plută perfect natural trebuie sa fie absolut dens ceea ce înseamnă că nici un lichid sau gaz nu pot intra sau ieşi din sticla. Din păcate, aceste dopuri de pluta perfecte sunt doar un vis frumos pentru orice oenolog. Prin urmare, cu timpul, vinul se evapora din sticla şi lasă un volum liber. În condiţii de depozitare perfecte şi cu dopuri de înaltă calitate, acest proces este foarte lent şi poate dura zeci de ani. Dar exista. Problema volumului liber din sticla este faptul poate intra aer şi implicit .....

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Categorii de pret

February 22, 2010

Categoriile de preturi(Euro/sticla)
Nu vom afisa pretul exact pentru fiecare vin deoarece preturile sunt diferite in functie de regiunea sau tara din care sunt cumparate. In locul acestor preturi exacte vom folosi un sistem de clasificare international pentru a le grupa. In acest fel puteti sa aveti o incadrare de pret.
Grupele de clasificare sunt :
entry-level regular level premium levelsuperpremium levelmegapremium level Icons
4,99 Euro de 5,00 Euro la 9,99 Euro de la 10,00 Euro to 24,99 Euro de la 25,00 Euro la 49,99 Euro de la 50,00 Euro la 99,99 Euro peste 100 Euro
Group I Group II Group III Group IV Group .....

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