Some highlights:
CHAMPAGNES: J. LASSALLE: Brut Réserve sans année (NV): Pale gold, with abundant, lasting bubbles, it offers full, fresh scents of apples with a pleasant overtone of cocoa. Toasted brioche, clean, fairly rich on the pallet. Zippy acidity and apple fruit combine in a creamy flavor and long, clean finish. Grapes: Pinot Meunier, [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 31, 2009
Kermit Lynch Wine Trade Tasting: Highlights
May 9, 2009
Better Butter?
The chef of a restaurant opening in Oakland is thinking about churning his own butter. He tasted various milks for flavor consistency throughout the seasons and found a farm with great year round cream. He will use the left-over buttermilk for house-made bread. I wonder, will it be cost-effective AND taste better than say, Strauss [...]
May 8, 2009
1984 Bonny Doon Sweet Muscat Crap Shoot
Grape image borrowed from: www.thewinenews.com
A few months ago my husband and I were walking on Lakeshore avenue in Oakland, CA when we decided to pop into a liquor store and browse the selections. I headed to the back and let me eyes scale every inch until a few dusty, splits on the top shelf caught [...]
May 5, 2009
High Fructose Corn Syrup
(Image borrowed from: http://www.leftoverqueen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/hfcs_no.jpg
From the Washington Post (Wednesday, January 28, 2009):
Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies.
HFCS has [...]
