WINE-TORIAL: WINE
& MOVIES
On snowy days
I enjoy opening a bottle of wine and relaxing by watching a
movie at home. Likewise
on hot summery nights. However ,Movie-Wine
matching is not usually as easy with wine
movies
such as Pinot Noir
& SIDEWAYS or Malbec & EL CAMINO del VINO (The Ways
of Wine). Here
are three hints:
2] What is
its genre? Is it an adventure flick or chick film? For the
former a “masculine
wine”, for the latter a soft, a feminine one works better.
3] Match the
seasonality/weather in the film e.g. Rose or Sauvignon Blanc
with Summer/Beach
scenes; Cabernet Sauvignon or Chateauneuf du Pape for
Winter/Skiing scenes etc.
Please note: As with a multi-course meal, this option may
require several
bottles! J
WEINGARTEN
#2 SUMMER
2014
1. WEINGARTEN SELECTIONS
2. WINE NEWS & TRENDS
3. WINE & FINANCE
4. WINE 101
5. FOOD & WINE PAIRING
6. WINE TASTINGS & EVENTS
7. THIS AND THAT
8. WINE QUIZ
1. WEINGARTEN
SELECTIONS
BODEGAS
BLEDA DIVUS Old vine
Monastrell 2009
Jeroboam 3L VieVite Extraordinaire 2013 ROSE
75% Grenache; 25%
Cinsault
2. Wine Guy: 2014 outlook brings growing thirst
for variety
Wine
& Sex: The New Tupperware Party
3. Don’t
be conned when investing in fine wine
4. 17
disgusting descriptions for delicious wines
Wine
bottle's back
label reveals much about quality
The Long
and Tasty Path
to Wine Expertise
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Guide: How to pair
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6.
We have been so
busy with our tango that we have ignored our wine writing.
The following highlights
a few of the many wonderful wine tastings we attended this
year to date.
Intermediate
term
we plan WEINGARTEN as a quarterly and write special articles
such on our
upcoming wine tour of …..
WINES
OF PROVINCE
After
enjoying the selection of over 70
Roses from Province as well as a most delicious luncheon at
Lafayette, the
bottom line is: Province IS more than Fun in the Sun. While a case can
be made for Asian cuisine
and Rose, I still prefer to think of Rose both for Valentine
’s Day and an
elegant picnic wine. That is why we are looking forward to
the importing of
more MAGNUMS which is quite popular both in France where
more Rose is drunk
than White wine and in the UK.
Fun Fact:
75% of Americans think of Rose
as a mixture of white and red rose. Heaven’s
forbid!
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GREAT PORTUGUESE
WINES NY Public Library Tasting by Wines of Portugal
Happily there is a wide variety of many
high quality old
vines at very attractive price points.
One reason is that fortunately Portuguese wineries
failed in making Chardonnay
and Cab Sauvignon.
Instead they went
back to over 250 native varieties, a refreshing choice for
Terroir oriented
wine lovers such as yours truly.
Here I
found two of especial interest:
1)
JORGE Nobre Moreira POEIRA
2010 Old vines Douro -
finesse
and power yearning to come out with age,
elegant velvety at the moment.
2)
Nieport Vinhos
Vintage 2011 Douro
Four vineyards
80 to 100 years. As Weingarten readers know, I prefer older
vines. This mixture
of 100 years with youth (like an older man with young arm
candy)-obviously
tastes good! J)
NYC
Kosher Food & Wine Experience 2014
This is an
excellent wine tasting and
always highly recommended.
If you did
not know the wines were kosher, you would not be able to
guess in most cases.
Given an excellent importer, there are many wines here to
enjoy: As for
kosher food, it was very tasty- miles
above the boiled chicken my mother loved.
We recommend non-Jewish wine lovers also attend (as
well as enjoying
some of these wines on their dinner table).
Wines
from Castilla-La Mancha
Zagarron
is a winery we first enjoyed last year at a winemaker
luncheon. It
showed good promise. Both their
Tempranillo offerings selling under $15 are obvious bargains
and potential
candidates for house wines.
7. WHAT
KIND OF WINE
DRINKER ARE YOU?
WINE MARKET council breaks up wine buyers
into: 1) High
Frequency &
2) Occasional. The “new”
definition of “occasional” refers to those that drink wine on
or for
“occasions”.
High Frequency is no
longer weekly but drinkers who drink daily or several times a
week and who
don’t need an excuse to imbibe.
Five great (and free)
wine apps
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8. Which wine matches best with Gruyere?
A) Beaujolais B) Dole C) Gewurttzetrainmer D) Pinot Noir
Which cheese(s) match with Pinot Noir?
A) Aged Cheddar B) Camembert C) Gruyere D) Muenster
Which of the following Cheeses do NOT match
with Malbec?
A) Cottage Cheese B) Manchego C) Stilton C)
Taleggio
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