Friday, April 29, 2011

Available at Segar Spice Route, Toronto. RT @viewpointewines: Perfect Mother's Day wine? Viewpointe 08 Auxerrois....

Available at Segar Spice Route, Toronto. RT @viewpointewines: Perfect Mother's Day wine? Viewpointe 08 Auxerrois. Available only fr the winery. - http://moby.to/pe3tch

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Fantastic wine & food. U R blessed! RT @zoltanszabo: Remoissenet Père et Fils '06 Chassagne-Montrachet luxurious ...

Fantastic wine & food. U R blessed! RT @zoltanszabo: Remoissenet Père et Fils '06 Chassagne-Montrachet luxurious w squid ink lobster chitarra & tomato @Malena120

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Traditional Spanish Sangria recipe... Ingredients: A bottle of affordable Spanish red wine A similar quantity (o...

Traditional Spanish Sangria recipe...

Ingredients:
A bottle of affordable Spanish red wine
A similar quantity (or slightly less) of 7up, Sprite or other sparkling lemon drink
A glass of liquor (ideally brandy, whiskey or cointreau)
A peach
An apple
An orange
3 oz of sugar
Cinnamon
Preparation:
*Rioja would be fine

Chop the fruit and soak in the liquor in the fridge overnight (optional). Any liquor will do (well, perhaps not vodka or gin). If you are worried about mixing your drinks, stick to grape-based beverages and choose brandy. You can be adventurous with the fruit - kiwi is popular and I've seen banana used. But peach is always good - the flavor nicely infuses into the drink.
Pour the wine, liquor & fruit and lemonade into a punch bowl and add lots of ice. If you are preparing immediately before serving and you'd like it to stay slightly fizzy, pour the lemonade into the bowl first and pour the other ingredients in slowly.
Add half the sugar and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Taste. If it doesn't taste sweet enough, add more sugar. You'd be surprised how much sugar is necessary.
Add ice and serve.
Note that the quantities are not very exact. There is no science to making sangria. Just see what tastes best!

Notes modified from the original at About.com (by http://gospain.about.com/bio/Damian-Corrigan-19784.htm

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Thx. I'd been wondering RT @mattkantor: @thewinebaron actually - quite nice. Solid food. Great list, markup low considering the venue (2.5x retail )

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Yes! Here's another star - RT @zoltanszabo: tasted sparkling wines fr this country? sm r surprisingly gd

I was there. Nice wine, Larry. RT @eatinwell: Having a 08 Horne Bros Meritage with dinner. Only way you can get 1...

I was there. Nice wine, Larry. RT @eatinwell: Having a 08 Horne Bros Meritage with dinner. Only way you can get 1 is if you know Larry Horne, or his brother... - http://moby.to/w9khp2