AltWeeklies Wire
How Local is Local?new
From barley to bottle in Virginia.
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
11-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Drinking From the Gardennew
Incorporate summer produce into cocktail time.
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
06-21-2011 |
Food+Drink
How Do You Smell 200 Things at Once? Drink Winenew
The average human detects 2,000 smells, and experts estimate that there are 200 smells in wine. Compare that to only four tastes, and you can see that wine-tasting should really be called wine-smelling. So why do we rely so much on taste?
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
09-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
We Come to Praise Burgundy's Other White Grapenew
Seldom in a starring role, Aligoté is more often found as a component of Crémant de Bourgogne or in the ubiquitous French cocktail, kir, which is one part cassis and deux parts Aligoté. However, leading a quiet Aligoté revolution in his village of Bouzeron in southern Burgundy is Aubert de Villaine.
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
09-16-2009 |
Food+Drink
No Need to Wait for Cooler Weather -- Go Ahead and Throw Your Red Wine on Icenew
There are still a few rules to this seemingly unruly idea -- the first relates to temperature and the other pertains to type.
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
08-26-2009 |
Food+Drink
Viva la Vinho Verde! Cheers to Portugal's Green Goddessnew
Termed "green wine" for its youthfulness rather than its color, Vinho Verde is low in alcohol (typically 9-11 percent), high in acidity, and often retails at less than $10 a bottle. Your goal is to drink it within a year after bottling, at its first flush of youth.
C-Ville Weekly |
Megan Headley |
07-08-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Vinho Verde, wine
