Alcohol

Alcohol, in the context of human consumption, most often refers to ethanol. Ethanol is the alcohol component of all alcoholic beverages. It's known by such names as ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol, and grain alcohol; ethanol has a pungent odor, and it's flammable, colorless, and slightly noxious. Ethanol is manufactured by yeast fermentation of sugar. Luckily for alcoholic beverage companies, ethanol blends well with essential oils, flavorings, and fatty additives. In other words, it's a very good solvent.

Wine Cellars or Wine Racks?

Wine racks are essential to your wine collection. Without wine racks where would you store your wine? You could just pack various refrigerators down with wine but then how would you find it? In this article I am going to help you figure out your options. Should you use a wine cellar or simply use wine racks?

How To Preserve A Wine Collection

Storing wine with cooling units is easy. This is also something you should do to preserve your wine collection. Many times people do not realize the importance of proper wine storage and how it is done. There is no substitute for wine storage with proper wine temperature and the only way this can be achieved is through a wine cellar or wine room with a cooling unit.

How To Serve Wine

After you have prepared your wine to the proper temperature, it is ready to be opened. Begin by removing the metal foil that surrounds the cork. This can be accomplished with either a specialized foil cutter or a sharp knife.

BYOB - Changing the Definition

The notion of Bring Your Own Bottle isn't limited to social gatherings and get-togethers; spreading its grape seed it has spilled out into the restaurant industry, causing people to look differently at those they go to dinner with. While people were once concerned with keeping company of someone polite, nicely dressed, and with no affinity for chewing with an open mouth, these days, it's not who's on your arm that matters, it's what's in your bottle.

The Blaggers Guide to the Internet- Brewriana

I love getting freebies, anything will do. If its free I have a hard time resisting temptation not to accept, even if its total rubbish! As a result of this, I spend a great deal of my time on the net, actively hunting them down. When I started, it was for entirely different reasons, mainly that I begrudged paying my monthly Internet bill to AOL for my access. I came upon a plan to offset the ongoing cost by trying to get the most out of it and try my hand at getting loads of bargains and items for little or no price. Now, I have it down to a fine art, and nowadays I could not do without it! Here for the first time ever, I will reveal my secrets of what you have to do to get yourself some quality goodies from the web, without it costing hardly anything, and blogging your way around the various companies for unadvertised stuff!

Vine Clones And Rootstock At Lafond Vineyards

In the late 19th century European vineyards began dying and for a while it looked like curtains for the wine business, and then, somebody noticed that a native vine in the US seemed impervious to the disease. Why not graft this resistant rootstock to European vines? The disease was called Phylloxera and the vineyards of France were saved.

The Early Secrets of the Green Fairy

A look at the early history of absinthe and its profound impact on French society.

Proper Vacuum Wine Storage For Left Over Wine

If you drink wine you may recognize this issue. You drink half a bottle after entertaining guests or family. After the guests leave or you are done with dinner you re-cork the bottle of wine. Four days later when you go back to drink the left over wine you find that the delicate aromas and flavors are gone and that the wine is about half as good as it was on the first day. Vacuum Wine Storage may be an easy simple solution to your problem.

Spirit Wines Guidelines

The alcoholic drinks are generally said to be very bad for one's health. The truth of the matter is that there are some types of booze, which may even improve it. Let us look at wine for instance. It may very well make the blood less likely to clot, due to its anticoagulation effect.

A Custom Wine Gift Basket Makes the Perfect Impression

Giving a custom wine gift basket to a special friend or business associate will let them know you care. Find wine gift ideas and helpful tips for creating a custom wine gift basket that will be remembered!

A Metal Wine Rack Brings Style To Your Home

It’s part of human nature to desire to fix up our spaces; to inject our own brand of style into our home’s decor. One of the most creative ways to achieve style in the home is to combine functionality with visual appeal. Something that works well and increases your efficiency – and manages to look great at the same time – can transform a room and give you, the consumer, more bang for your buck. For those who enjoy wine, and subsequently have a few bottles around the house, wine storage can become something of a space dilemma. So a wine rack that displays bottles beautifully and offers a compact, minimally invasive space in which to do it, can be one of those great pieces with dual functionality.

Valentine's Day Gifts for the Wine Enthusiast

It's that time of the year again! February is the month of love and the perfect time to spoil your favorite wine enthusiast. Even if you think that they have everything that they could possibly need, there are sure to be items that they would still love to have or that could top off their collection of wine items.

A Loaf of Bread, A Jug of Wine

When a rare opportunity opens up to you, grab it-even if it means remembering it was never the best of ideas to begin with.