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Carbon Footprint of Wine
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Ever think of where your wine comes from? Ever consider the ramifications on the planet because of shipping practices of your wine?
Here are some interesting articles on the subject and National Geographic this month has an interesting piece.
http://www.livescience.com/environment/081110-wine-carbon-footprint.html http://www.drvino.com/2007/10/30/calculating-the-carbon-footprint-of-wine-my-research-findings/ Rules of Wine 1. Buy Local 2. See where your wine comes from and assess shipping.
Ron Zacapa Centenario 15 Year Rum
Sunday, December 21st, 2008 | Uncategorized | 6 Comments
Ron Zacapa Centenario 15 year Rum
This rum has only a limited export to Switzerland, so I was happy to get one of the 12 bottles sold in my region of Switzerland. Switzerland it seems has a hard time importing some of the smaller brands (smaller, as in not as common in Europe, not size of establishment).
This rum is unique in two ways:
1. It is not made from molasses, but pure sugar cane “honey”. This “honey” is the juice from the first sugar cane pressing.
2. This rum goes through a painstaking and extensive aging and barreling process to achieve it’s unique and full bodied flavor.
Color
Amber, cherry wood richly oiled and aged. Beautiful color.
Smell
This rum smelled heavenly of sweet sugar, sunshine, vanilla, spices and a little earthy.
Taste
This rum was like velvet in my mouth, tantalizing my tongue and really filling my mouth. As the flavor hits you can taste vanilla, sugar, oak and a slight hint of oak and cocoa upon finish. This is one of the smoothest rums I have every tasted. It was a little sweet for me, but as an after dinner or special occasion rum it was magnificent and to be honest, I could get used to the sweet. This rum is an excellent choice to serve to non-rum drinkers. It has almost no burn and can be taken neat as its own flavorful drink.
Color- 4
Smell- 4.5
Taste- 5
Feeling 4.5
This is one of my favorite rums ever! Which can either mean it is good, or I need to try more rums.
In the coming weeks…
Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments
In the coming weeks dear readers I will be visiting Italy, Greece, and Turkey. We will be sending reports on local wines and liquors. Depending in internet connections we will upload from the road.