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93Coffee Snobs, Wine Connoisseurs and a Fancy Maitre D'
Here you are, a young girl from the country come to live in the city and make a name for yourself. You are inexperienced but you don’t care, you are paying the bills, holding down a job and generally...
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82Pear in a Bottle
I read a very interesting hub by Cosette entitled What Foods These Morsels Be and I enjoyed seeing the little pears that were grown into the shapes of Buddha. I was telling my husband about them on the way to...
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76Making Wine Bottle Cheese Plates in Your Kiln.
After enjoying a little fruit of the vine.... These unique serving dishes are excellent for entertaining and spreading good cheer; always a great conversation starter. Bottles display beautifully while not in use. The top is raised slightly, making it very easy to handle.
70A history of wine making
The art of making wine was known in Egypt as long ago as 4000BC. This wine was made and fermented in earthen ware pots which were called amphorae,the pots were unsealed. the greeks later perfected the...
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74The Many Uses Of Cork
Cork is the thick, spongy bark of the cork oak, a tree which grows mainly in Portugal and Spain. Half the world's supplies come from Portugal, where the cork oaks are grown either in plantations or in natural forests. The trees are not very tall but have quite thick trunks, and about forty-five pounds of bark can be taken off at one stripping by a man using a sharp knife and a special axe. Stripping can only be done every ten years, so the growing of cork oaks is combined with farming.
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82Best Portuguese Recipes - Port Wine Recipes
Me and the Port Wine - It all started when some relatives offered me a bottle of port wine. I immediately saw myself drinking it all but my wife had other plans for that precious drink. - "I warn you, this time I will make some food recipes with that wine so don´t you dare to start drinking it!"
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66How to Build a Wine Rack
When you are an avid wine drinker there is nothing more annoying that not having a place to display your prized collection of vintage wine. With a wine rack you can proudly display and keep track of those...
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75Wine Openers
If you enjoy a bottle of fine wine as much as I do, you know that the first trick is getting the bottle open. There is a wide selection of wine keys on the market these days, ranging from $5 corkscrews, to...
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61OH IT'S LADIES NIGHT
Host: Party PrimadonnaWebsite: http://partyprimadonna.theaspenshops.comTime: 7:30pmLocation: MY HOUSEReason: OH IT’S LADIES NIGHT This is the invitation that all ladies dream of coming in the...
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86How Wine Is Made
It starts with the grape. But not just any grape. A carefully and specifically chosen grape whose vine will complement the soil and the climate. At Telegherry they've chosen the Pinot Gris. But they...
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