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WINE PAIRINGS FOR YOUR CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN VinePair Staff @VinePair     February 6, 2016       As a rat you are quick witted and incredibly versatile, just like  Malbec . While born in France,  Malbec found its true home in Argentina , showing off its versatility and its ability to surprise and delight, just like you. According to the Chinese Zodiac, the year that you’re born has a lot to do with the type of person you’ll become. And those unique traits determined by your birth year are not only relatable to you, they’re also relatable to specific wines. So here is your ideal wine, based on your Chinese Zodiac sign. Year of the Rat Year of the Ox Oxes are known for their perseverance in the face of long suffering, and  Riesling  in America has experienced the same. While celebrated in  Germany , it has long been overlooked in the U.S. by consumers who assume it’s too sweet, but every year it continues to perseve...

- This article is written by a journalist on a journey of discovery - and on a mission to learn about wine. image: http://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2015/07/Noble-rot-630x420.jpg Noble rot By  Yiyao Wu from Shanghai – the Chinese perspective Use the where to study map on the WSET website to see which courses are  available near you . About ten years ago quite a number of wine consumers in China would add soft drinks such as Sprite to wines because they believed it would make wines taste softer, sweeter and more friendly to beginner drinkers. While some believe this was an innovative, local-know-how to boost wine consumption, many would frown at such methods of “blending” regarding it as a crime against nature. In recent years as more wine varieties are known and accessible to consumers, blending soft drinks into wine is rarely seen. For those who would love a glass of sweet wine, there are a variety of different metho...

10 Years After – Bordeaux 2006 © Bordeaux Index At a recent tasting,  Adam Lechmere  finds the decade-old Bordeaux wines to be in fine shape. Posted Wednesday, 03-Feb-2016 The 2006 vintage in Bordeaux was destined to be difficult. Apart from coming straight after the already-legendary 2005, the weather was far from ideal – a warm start, a broiling July (hotter, on average, than the heatwave of 2003), then a damp, cool August, a blast of heat in early September and then rain for two weeks until the end of the month. The ripening process had been so protracted that bunches were unevenly ripe, and the rain just before harvest increased the danger of rot. It was a season when diligent – and costly – work in the vineyards, and rigorous sorting when the grapes arrived in the winery, was essential. "It was a very expensive harvest," Florence Cathiard at Smith Haut Lafitte said. "We had to select almost as if it was Sauternes." Related stories: 10 Years...

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2016年1月25日 星期一 波爾多級數酒偉大巡禮 2005年水平品飲 (2016 1月23日) 2016年 1月23日下午，傳說中十年最冷的霸王寒流來襲，還是依舊抵不過2005波爾多列級酒莊品飲會的魅力，從新竹出發冒著冷颼颼的天氣加上持續不段的大雨，最後抵達位在景美站附近的會場。這場難得的品飲會是由"尋找Bacchus"臉書社團主辦，主辦人是Oceanus Lin。 詳細的豪華酒單就引用一下臉書活動頁原本的敘述: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 左岸 Marguax區 ♥ Pavillon 2005 ~馬歌紅亭，五大堡中馬歌堡的二軍酒。 Pauillac區 ♥ Pontet Canet 2005 ~5級莊，2級實力的酒莊，09、10年拿下RP滿分後，終於證明其實力。 Saint-Julien區 ♥ Talbot 2005 ~歷史悠久的Talbot將軍酒，4級酒莊 (因為主辦人帶錯酒啦  所以改成龍船 ♥Chateau Beychevelle 2005 ， 4級酒莊) Saint-Estephe區 ♥ Montrose 2005 ~<稀世珍釀>第3版第30號酒，2級酒莊。 Pessac-Leognan區 ♥ Smith Haut-Lafitte 2005 被忽視的波爾多南部產區，09年拿下RP滿分 被列為Graves產區的 Grand Crus Classé 級數莊 右岸 Pomerol區 ♥ Certan de May 2005 ~<稀世珍釀>第2版第24號酒，老派Pomerol的經典代表 Saint Emillion區 ♥ Canon 2005 ~<稀世珍釀>第2版第44號酒 Premier Grand Cru Classe B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

酒評佳文分享：會當臨絕頂，一覽眾山小 本篇文章將分享一位大陸酒友的品酒心得，此文是一位代號：杰神，來自大陸南京傑森洋行的資深酒友寫的妙文。經作者同意授權轉載，特此聲明。 推薦本文原因： (1)    作者閱歷豐富，文筆銳利，比喻到位，鞭辟入裡 (2)    文章陳述非常寫實，不搞鄉愿立場、不搞曖昧觀點 (3)    可做為高價酒品鑒前重要參考的導文，實至名歸   以下為原文原圖陳述 (已由 簡體轉繁體，便於閱覽 ) ，一字未改，有興趣的酒友請耐心閱讀並予以收藏，待他日品到相同酒款可調閱對比。看看對岸的觀點是否在葡萄酒的世界裡與我們一致。   從小到大我就明白一個道理，人生在世無非為了兩張嘴。人窮其一生就為了這吃喝與嘿咻兩件事情，其他所有的一切，藝術，思想修為，金錢等等都是為了更好的修飾與幫助這兩件事情。孟子說：食色，性也。從達爾文的角度來說，吃喝是為了生存，嘿咻是為了繁衍。這是本性。可是僅僅滿足於解決饑渴，會使得生存與繁衍這兩件事索然無味，從而厭倦。所以吃好吃的，喝好喝的，嘿咻漂亮的才是生命的意義，這會使得人無休無止的在此道探索練習下去。繁瑣的裝逼卻不能直接使吃喝嘿咻受益的事情，無論這逼裝得如何天花亂墜，都只是短暫的笑話而已。當然有人要抨擊我膚淺，要列舉各種大家來論證人家追求的是精神境地，是藝術，可是可是可是，他們面對精美的食物與酒水不垂涎三尺嗎？他們面對舉止撩人的尤物能不發生公知認為的醜惡生理變化嗎？我每每遇見各種大牛逼人物，見他們討論真知灼見，顧盼自豪的時候，總在想他們脫了褲子聳動的樣子還是跟你我一樣的，說不定舉止更惡俗拙劣而已。越是道貌岸然的，我越會想他脫掉褲子的樣子。其實，大多數跟我所料無差。為什麼呢？雖然在專業的領域他們是牛人，可是終究是個人啊，裝逼的時間是有限的，對本質的需求是剛性的。但大家往往被裝逼的表像，忽略了他們人的本質。就像大家喝酒的時候往往關注如何拿杯子拍照，而忽略了酒的內容。說到這裏，大部分人應該看不下去了，會想這個 Jayson 就他媽是個瘋子，低俗的痞子，噁心；也有的人想要看下去，因為我說的話使他們心中暗爽，明裏要跟大家一起批判我，暗裏對我說的話深深贊同。這是 Peer pressure 我理解。   今天寫這個，不...