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September 12

Buying vintage wines to commemorate a special year - an overview
Author: pippym1122

I remember back in my wine retailing days being besieged by requests from customers for bottles of wine from the years of their children's births. I also had customers requesting wines commemorating wedding aniversaries, christenings, and almost any other occasion you can imagine.

In the last couple of months, both my wife and our office cleaner (the later something of a wine nut, which gives our nightly bin emptying sessions a whole new flavour) have made similar requests.

So what do you need to think about when you're after this type of present? In no particular order, the following all need to be taken into  consideration:

1. (IN GENERAL) THE YOUNGER YOU BUY, THE MORE AFFORDABLE THE WINE WILL BE 

Are you a newly appointed Godfather? Thinking about buying some vintage Port? Good idea, but buy for the Christening, not for your Godchild's 18th birthday. Buying immature wine, that is not yet ready for drinking, is generally far better bang for your buck. Just make sure you store the wine well.

2. REMEMBER NOT EVERY YEAR IS A GOOD VINTAGE YEAR, AND NOT ALL WINES AGE WELL 

Although the majority of wines are vintage dated (i.e. they are not non vintage/blends of more than one year), many wines are not produced with long term cellarage in mind. Additionally, those wines that are capable of ageing (Clarets, Burgundies, Rhone wines, top end Californian wines etc) typically don't have fantastic years, year on year (despite what the winemakers may tell you). If you want to buy a vintage wine, and plan to lay it down (or plan for the recipient to lay it down), ask the seller you are buying it from of its cellaring potential.

If you are spending a lot, also check that the vintage you are looking for is deemed to be a successful one. Vintage charts abound on the web - the Berry Brothers and Rudd website has a particularly useful section dedicated to this. Do remember however, that pronouncements on vintages are risky. Some wines fare very well in vintages that are otherwise known to be unsuccessful. It can pay to look at individual, objective feedback from wine critics on particular wines.

3. REMEMBER THAT WINES (AND SPIRITS) THAT ARE LABELLED 10 YEAR OLD, 20 YEAR OLD, 30 YEAR OLD ETC GENERALLY DO NOT DEVELOP IN BOTTLE

Famous wines that fall into this category are Tawny (wood aged) Ports, and of course Whiskies of various types and styles. These bottles do not benefit from further storage (and as a result of this, don't appreciate in value significantly).

4. USE THE INTERNET

The internet, particularly the Wine Searcher website, is great for searching for older bottles of wine in particular. Enough said.

5. WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, GO FOR A VINTAGE ARMAGNAC 

Trying to source a wine from a generally duff year? Worry not, those clever producers in Armagnac produce vintage Armagnac year in year out, and due to the nature of Armagnac production, generally produce a consistent spirit.
Pip Martin manages and produces International, UK-wide and London wine tasting games and other specialist events for the corporate events industry.

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August 29

Delicious Chicken Restaurant At Almaden
Author: brookethom

What constitutes delicious? What constitutes a delicious chicken? What constitutes a delicious chicken Restaurant? Answer: Almaden Sonoma Chicken Coop. Why ? Answer: Each Chicken is hand raised and massaged on a daily basis. All our chickens are put in individual dietary regimen based on their own needs which are determined after a full genetic gene make up is done.  DNA samples are taken and run though our labs at Sonoma Chicken Coop Almaden, where we have developed our own chicken DNA splicer that returns information back to us within 7 minutes.


Once we have the results, we go over the information with our team of 4 that is assigned to each individual chicken. The team consist of Dietician, Exercise Coach, motivational coach to keep the chicken in a good frame of mind and massage therapist.


Sonoma Chicken Coop is proud to be on the cutting edge of Chicken Technology.  Our staff is sent to Sonoma Chicken Coop University for training. At the university they are each is given a baby chicken upon entry. They sit, live and sleep with the chicken and upon graduation, they eat their chicken.  It may seem cruel to the average eye, but this step is necessary to toughen them up for their journey and work on the Almaden Coop Ranch.  Where they start their careers as chicken wranglers and learn various chicken calls that are necessary for the strict chicken discipline. Without disciplined chickens they would just run amuck and be very hard to handle, making it virtually impossible to massage.  Just to get the chickens use to the massage table is a job in itself as they are always very reluctant to keep their feet still when when getting Swedish massage therapy. 


So in conclusion, when it comes to chickens Catering Businesses, Sonoma Chicken Coop Almaden is at the top if it game and will not be knocked off its perch.



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May 13

Wine and Romance


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