Cooking With Wine
Posted on April 21, 2008 - Filed Under Food and Drink | Leave a Comment
If you are a gourmet cook in the making then you know what cooking with wine can do for a meal. Cooking with wine adds that special something to a meal that spices cannot, enhancing flavors to some of your favorite recipes. Sure there are some wines that advertise as being made specifically for cooking but why not use a good wine that you drink? These wines have a tendency to deliver a less than favorable salty flavor with added spices and additional herbs added. This will not give you the flavor that is sought when using wine to cook with.
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Posted on February 12, 2008 - Filed Under Food and Drink | Leave a Comment
Wine making has been practiced in one form or another for many thousands of years with pottery jars found in Persia (modern day Iran) dating as far back as 5,500 BC showing evidence of grapes use for winemaking. Additionally, jars from Jiahu in China dated to between 6000 and 7000 BC have also been discovered containing wine made from wild grapes.
However whether we are talking about ancient or modern wine production, a number of the same conditions apply and not dissimilar techniques are used as the chemistry of the humble grape is an eternal quality.
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