Is wine good for you?

Is wine good for you?In moderation and as part of an overall healthy diet, the short answer is yes!

Thanks to its alcohol content and non-alcoholic phytochemicals (natural occurring plant compounds), wine has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, certain cancers and slow the progression of neurological degenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.......

Cabernet Cobbler recipe

4 oz chilled Cabernet Sauvignon red wine
1 tsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp superfine sugar
2 oz chilled soda water

Dissolve the sugar in the lemon juice and the water in a large wine glass. Add cracked ice and pour the Cabernet Sauvignon wine. Stir gently. Garnish with an orange slice, and serve....

Blackwood Ridge Shiraz 2007

Colour: Fresh, transparent blood red.

Scents: Juicy dark plum, spice and dark berry.

Taste: Hints of spice, plum and cherry.

ABV: 14% (Late Harvest)

This is quite a fruity shiraz that lacks the usual depth of flavour and intensity that you would expect from a decent red. As a big shiraz lover, and in particular a fan of the reds that come out of MacLaren Vale and the Barossa Valley in South Australia, I was expecting a lot from the Plunkett Blackwood Ridge and was disappointed. ......

Red Wine Sauce

Here are two versions of the same sauce. Both are easy to make and don't take that much time and the quick recipe cuts down the time even more. In a restaurant, they would have on hand demi-glace or a reduced brown sauce to make these sauces but most of us don't have the time or energy to make them at home. It is a time consuming process but the results are spectacular....

Red Wine Sauce w/ Mustard & Thyme

Grilled Lamb T-Bones with a Red Wine Reduction Sauce

Ingredients

* 2 teaspoons olive oil, plus more for brushing grill
* 2 teaspoons minced shallots
* 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
* 3/4 cup dry red wine
* 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary, plus 4 sprigs for garnishing plates
* 1 1/2 cups lamb or veal stock
* 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
* 3/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
* 8 lamb t-bone steaks
* 8 tablespoons Irish Cashel blue cheese (about 4 ounces)
* 1 recipe Guinness-Battered Onion Rings, recipe follows
* 1 recipe Country-Style Potatoes, recipe follows

Directions

Place a 1-quart saucepan over medium-high heat and add the olive oil to the pan. Once the oil is hot, add the shallots to the pan and saute for 1 minute. Add the garlic to the pan and saute for 30 seconds. Deglaze the pan with the red wine and add the chopped rosemary. Cook the red wine until it is nearly evaporated, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the lamb stock to the pan and season with 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Bring the sauce to a boil, and reduce to a gentle boil. Reduce the stock until its volume is 1 cup, about 10 minutes. Set the sauce aside and keep warm while you prepare the lamb.

Preheat a grill to medium heat, and brush with oil to prevent the lamb from sticking. Season the lamb t-bones on both sides with the remaining teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper. Place the lamb on the grill and cook for 2 minutes, then rotate 45 degrees. Cook an additional 2 minutes before turning over and cooking for a final 2 minutes.

To serve the lamb, place 2 t-bones over a serving of the Country-Style Potatoes in the center of an entree plate. Scatter blue cheese over lamb and potatoes, then drizzle the sauce over the top. Garnish with the Guiness-Battered Onion Rings and rosemary sprig.

Popular and Important Beverage

Wine is a popular and important beverage that accompanies and enhances a wide range of European and Mediterranean-style cuisines, from the simple and traditional to the most sophisticated and complex. Wine is important in cuisine not just for its value as a beverage, but as a flavor agent, primarily in stocks and braising, since its acidity lends balance to rich savory or sweet dishes. Red, white, and sparkling wines are the most popular, and are known as light wines because they are only 10–14% alcohol-content by volume. Apéritif and dessert wines contain 14–20% alcohol, and are sometimes fortified to make them richer and sweeter. Some wine labels suggest opening the bottle and letting the wine "breathe" for a couple hours before serving, while others recommend drinking it immediately. Decanting—the act of pouring a wine into a special container just for breathing—is a controversial subject in wine. In addition to aeration, decanting with a filter allows one to remove bitter sediments that may have formed in the wine. Sediment is more common in older bottles but younger wines usually benefit more from aeration. During aeration, the exposure of younger wines to air often "relaxes" the flavors and makes them taste smoother and better integrated in aroma, texture, and flavor. Older wines generally fade, or lose their character and flavor intensity, with extended aeration.Despite these general rules, breathing does not necessarily benefit all wines. Wine should be tasted as soon as it is opened to determine how long it should be aerated, if at all...

Red Wine Sangria Recipe

This is a red wine sangria recipe that is based on the top fruits often found in many red wine varietals, making for a "low risk" approach to fruit and wine pairing via the sacred sangria!

Berry Sangria Recipe

* 1 bottle of red wine (750 ml)
* 1/2 cup raspberries (fresh or frozen)
* 1/2 cup blackberries (fresh or frozen)
* 1/2 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
* 1/2 cup strawberries (sliced)
* 1 12 oz. bottle of ginger ale
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 2 oz. blackberry liqueur

Preparation: Toss the wine, the berries, the blackberry liqueur and the sugar in a pitcher, cover and place in the refrigerator overnight. Pour in a bottle of chilled ginger ale just prior to serving. Add ice in either the pitcher or individual glasses. Enjoy!

Sweet Wine and Dry Wine

What’s the Difference Between Sweet Wine and Dry Wine?

One method used in some areas of the world to produce very sweet wine involves picking the grapes before they have fully matured (to preserve acidity) and then drying them in the sun ....

How to Make Apple Wine | eHow.com

Making apple wine is a straightforward process and this can be a great wine for the novice winemaker. Any type of apple, or a mixture of different apples, can be used to make sweet apple wine, so experiment with the flavor and have fun....

Love To Know Wine

Wine is usually made from one or more varieties of the European species Vitis vinifera,
such as Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot...

Blended wines are not necessarily considered inferior to varietal wines; some of the world's most expensive wines, from regions like Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley, are blended from different grape varieties of the same vintage.

Vitis labrusca (of which the Concord grape is a cultivar), Vitis aestivalis, Vitis rupestris, Vitis rotundifolia and Vitis riparia are native North American grapes usually grown for consumption as fruit or for the production of grape juice, jam, or jelly, but sometimes made into wine.

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