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Once upon a time, 5 reasons to try non-alcoholic wine
All right: have ever heard of ALCOHOL-FREE WINE? No. Really. Alcohol-free wine do exist. Maybe you just learned something, and this is precisely the essential purpose of our article. So let’s continue. Non-alcoholic wines are real wines with the alcohol...
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Once upon a wine, in the Catholic Church
In High Antiquity, wine and religion have always been closely related: Judaic religion used it as an object of sacrifice and sacrament, while Islam, considers wine as a forbidden and repulsive product in the same time as a supreme reward for muslims once...
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Once upon a time... biodynamic
Let me talk about Stéphane Bentura's documentary "The bios of the vineyard ", presented regularly since November on TV5. These 50 minutes show the work of wine growers committed in various organic or biodynamic practices in France, in Italy and in Slovenia....
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Once upon a time... China dancing tango
Happy new year to you all!! Yes, it’s a bit late, but nevermind.. Do you have good resolutions this year? I do not, but I was wondering if Bordeaux does. It’s just that I sometimes wish Bordeaux could be a bit humble and look out what are the competitors...
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Once upon... Floating vineyards!
What do you think is common between Thai wine & France? Yes there is wine even in Thailand, and they even have their local grape varieties. If Chenin Blanc and Shiraz performed well here, it is the MALAGA BLANC that is mainly grown. The Malaga blanc can...
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Once upon.... the VinMonopolet!
Have you ever thought about “Do I drink too much?” [Believe me, studying wine is not an easy task.] But how do we measure alcoholism? True, economic crises, Europe dissolution, Steve Jobs death…We need a drink! And what if we had three month of darkness...
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How to make your own wine...
If you like wine, you probably love food as well...! Let's try to understand wine as a recipe! 1. Pick up a certain quantity of matured grapes (99,9% of all wines of the world are made by grapes.) 2. Put those grapes into a container, clean of course!...
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Once upon a wine, a wine that rocked!
For my first year in wines retailing, I was taught the work by a female colleague. She was a passionate. Wine meant so much for her, that she conveyed her love for wine to me. She conveyed to me her love of those moments when you share wine with others,...
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Once upon a wine ... tasting
Visual examination of a wine Techniques of visual inspection: Observe the clear: to detect potential problems, the taster observed on black, wine lit side. A limpid wine is not necessarily transparent. Observe the brightness: the brightness or brightness...
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Once upon a time... a Capital vineyard
Have you ever seen a vineyard in a Capital? I don’t mean the small vine stock to decorate a bar, a pub, a restaurant, or whatever..! I mean a real vineyard, with harvest and production of wine... and yes in a Capital..! You are asking which Capital?......
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Once upon a time... portuguese wines
Portuguese wine production is not just Porto or Vinho Verde (white wine with green hint). After hundred years of British monopole in the Douro Valley, producers are now going independent and developing excellent red wines that deserve to be discovered....
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Once upon amazing wine labels...
The label is a tool for business development. It must make people want to buy the product. My opinion? The label must meet three criteria: The hook that should attract the consumer's eye. It corresponds to different worlds (traditional, local, pattern...
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God Save the Sparkling...!!!
You will be probably surprised but Great Britain not only produces great whiskies and amazing beers!! Not only!!... GB produces wine as well. Never has English wine been so widely discussed. Many vineyards are planted in the UK. The climate and the soil...
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Once upon a time.. US distribution system
Legacy of Prohibition, the distribution system in the United States is very complex. Before reaching the final consumer, the wines are marketed through many intermediaries. This system is so named THREE-TIER SYSTEM. This triangular distribution system...
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Who we are
Once upon a wine, when we discovered wine. Wine can sometimes seem like a V.I.P: you dream of it but never reach it. To help you to fulfil it, here we come, 4 French students, in live from our wine M.B.A to take you to this faraway world… Wine is our...