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 Everyone is familiar with the French Paradox: the French eat a diet rich in fat, but have a low rate of heart disease. Another French paradox is why Alsace Riesling is not more popular in the United States. By all rights, it should fly off the shelves
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Saturday, October 21 @ 05:51:42 MST (3116)
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 Only a few tons are produced every year by a small business located in the lush foothills of the French Pyrenees and you won't find it in any high street supermarket. But the cheese made by the Etcheleku family from the milk of their own ewes has beaten off the big boys from Camembert, Stilton and Gouda to be named this year's supreme champion in the World Cheese Awards.
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Sunday, August 06 @ 13:28:14 MST (6606)
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Toronto, Canada has an entire convention devoted to Wine and Cheese, now going on for more than 20 years. Both products are made from living substances and improve with age, both are a product of fermentation, the process by which yeast cells introduce chemical changes and both reflect their terroir. 'Terroir' refers to the combination of soil, climate and region from which the product comes.
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Sunday, June 25 @ 12:52:10 MST (3202)
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| Wine, like anything else, will always change over time. The trick is to control the rate and types to produce desirable changes and avoid harmful ones. The variables needing to be controlled are air, temperature, light, vibration and humidity,so that's a few wine storing principles need to understand
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Sunday, June 25 @ 12:26:48 MST (3046)
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| The selection of a specific type, year and brand of wine is a matter of individual taste. But differences aside, there are some broad guidelines on which there is agreement, within the confines of price.
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Sunday, June 25 @ 12:13:27 MST (2860)
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Riesling wines vary widely in style reflecting both where the grapes are grown and when. Many wine aficionados, including Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson, believe Riesling's wide variety of styles qualifies it for one of the world's most outstanding wines.
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Tuesday, May 30 @ 14:57:34 MST (3297)
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 Tests in Alsace using genetically modified rootstocks were given the go-ahead by the French agriculture ministry last week.
The tests, by the National Agricultural Research Institute (INRA), will begin in Colmar, Alsace, in the autumn, with the intention of understanding whether GM rootstocks can halt the spread of fanleaf degeneration, or fanleaf virus.
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Sunday, May 07 @ 03:01:09 MST (2805)
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Nested in the heart of the numerous vineyards, Ribeauville stands amid the valley, surrounded by the three castles of Ribeauvillé: The Haut Ribeaupierre, built in the top of the mountain more than eight centuries ago symbolised the power and strength of the seigniories. Maintained till the fifteenth century, the circular keep remains.
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Tuesday, April 11 @ 08:41:12 MST (3218)
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| Obernai is like nearby Rosheim directly dependent on the Emperor. It was in fact, fortified by a double belt of protective walls and towers, still visible from the shade of the linden-lined avenues. Before even entering the city, the tourist, pacific and modern besieger, can make out the tiled roofs, pointed gables, pinnacles and bell-towers…
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Monday, April 10 @ 09:20:04 MST (3263)
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| In the heart of the seventh century, Adalric, duke and sovereign of Alsace and feudatory warrior, known for its inner violence and lack of self control, murdered St Germain, abbot of Grandval in Montbeliard. In order to expiate his guilt, he built a monastery.
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Sunday, April 02 @ 14:38:50 MST (4181)
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