"I would rather pair the right wine with the right person rather than the dish, " he said.
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For the oenophile wanting a viticulturally inspired challenge, Naples throws up an interesting tussle, as its greatest culinary gift to the world, the pizza, is one of the hardest food and wine pairings to get right.
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All right, everyone, take a seat, and have a glass of wine -- (laughter) -- all right, because I'm going to sell you guys out. (Laughter.) They were passing around a little glass, and I was like, what's that? (Laughter.) So please feel free.
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Unfortunately for Croatia, its neighbor Slovenia also claims the country has no right to produce and market another famous wine, Teran, once it joins the EU. The EU has ruled that the name is protected and belongs to Slovenia.
More often than not, they cared less about choosing the right match with their food than choosing a wine that came with a good story attached.
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Everything is covered with a certain lacquer: the meal is delicious, the wine flows, the emcee hits all the right notes.
There are miniature bronze replicas on sale at almost every shop, right next to the inevitable keychains, shot glasses, and wine openers with strategically-placed corkscrews.
All right, but how much of an impact on the world can wine possibly have?
With the right mood music playing, as well as the correct balance of wine and incense, I can see valuations like Apple, Rackspace, Zynga, Facebook, the list goes on and on, being just fine.
There are, right now, numerous Grenache wines waiting patiently on the shelves of your closest wine store.
Conservative foundations finance conservative newspapers and provide scholarships for right young things (one conservative impresario compares funding young conservatives to building a wine collection).
The beauty of oversized format bottles is that they are fun and festive in their own right, the kind of thing you are only opening for company or celebrations, and the wine itself hardly matters, with the exception of some mass-produced warehouse store or budget wines that are occasionally sold in magnums.
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He had seen a lot of wine cellars where people didn't spend the money on a proper system or use the right insulation.
As wine producers, the family is at the mercy of nature but every now and then the right amount of sun, rain, warm days and cool nights will work to produce the perfect grape.
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