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At long last, this edition of the college football season will commence this evening…And in doing so, not only will it end an entirely way too long bowl season, (can I get a hallelujah, followed by a hell yeah) but it will also leave us feeling like the lovely ladies working the corner of suck & fukc. Now don't get me wrong, we all love climaxes, (right fellas) this game tonight although it will officially end the season…Although a climax is a long way from being reached!
All the BCS games have shown is what basically we already knew…Illinois had no business going to the Rose Bowl! Hawai'i was just a fraud…They were Boise State wannabes! Two BCS games that that couldn't rake in more viewers than a Brady Bunch Marathon on Nick at Nite! Am I the only one who still has a thing for Marsha after all these years? No…Let's not have Georgia and USC in the same game…Two of the best teams in the country. Two teams that deserved to play each other…No lets not do that! Well, that just makes too much sense, so I'm going to stop right there! Though I will say DAMN YOU ROSE BOWL…DAMN YOU BCS!
How awesome would it have been to see a West Virginia-Kansas matchup…My guess, um…Pretty damn good! Perhaps then I wouldn't have been stuck with eating my Orange Bowl tickets for this year, (sad, but true story…not that I'm bitter or anything). Damn, two games, four worthy teams of staking their claim towards the nations best team…Oh well, tonight once again we are left with so many questions than answers. Hell, this is worse than having driven down to the corner of suck & fukc, having "Victoria" get inside the vehicle…Paying the piper for whatever "floats your boat", (or should I say "shakes & rocks" your ride) and having her say "time's up" and flees your ride like a bat out of hell with you sitting there, with, well shall we call it "unfinished business"
Some say "that's the beauty of college football"…Huh? Now, we all loved playing the game "eenie-meanie-minie-moe" when we were little ankle biters, but is this really the answer to crown a National Champion? I'll be honest, I prefer duck-duck-goose myself…Or how about picking teams out of a hat? Whoever Miles Brand picks out of that hat is the National Champion! If that doesn't float your boat, how about picking a number between 1-119, (or however many teams are in I-A…Yes, I said I-A). "Musical Chairs" might be a nice touch! Honestly though, I must say I'm a big fan and totality biased towards duck-duck-goose with the participants being "one hit wonder" Bill Stewart , Pete Carroll, Mark Richt, and Mark Mangino! Sounds comical, I know…Truth is, it makes a hell of a lot more sense than what we're going to watch this evening! With both L-S-WHO and O-S-WHO quite simply being the benefactors of what is pure ridiculousness…Nothing more, nothing less! Although at least the BCS is consistent…For this same bullshit happened last year when the Gaytors were by-products of the system! Only difference is/was…Both polls last year went along with that bull shit and looks like this year only one will because all the coaches don't have enough grapes to say anything!
So Co-National Champions…Again! How awesome does that sound! Again! What a shame! We witnessed undoubtedly what was the single greatest college football season ever only to be left at the alter…Again! It's for this reason, and this reason only why "bowl season" keeps getting less and less important to me! It doesn't make my blood bubble like "Victoria" in the Buick Regal! At least she stays and finishes what she starts! God love that dirty hoe!
Honestly, (I hope I'm not turning gay of something) but I've actually watched more hockey than college pigskin throughout the "bowl season"! Now that's some scary shit! How awesome was that Winter Classic? Surprisingly the bowl game that I'd watched the most of was, get this, the New Orleans Bowl. Why? Long story! It seems that's the growing trend and annual answer at seasons end of the college football season too…Tonight included!
So who's the best team in college football for 2007? Is there really an answer to that question?? All I do know is that the two teams who are taking the field tonight, one of them will be crowned National Champions…Now is that title deserving? Let the debating begin my friend…That's if it hasn't done so already!
See ya next year for the same bullshit song and dance!
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Human Resource Minister Smriti Irani did darshan of Kedarnath and Badrinath along with her husband Zubin Irani.
She had breakfast in the canteen of National Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) and also appreciated the work done by NIM. Smriti and her husband Zubin arrived Kedarnath at 8.40 am on Sunday morning and did darshan of baba Kedar.
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Melbourne coach Paul Roos and Collingwood counterpart Nathan Buckley have joined the growing chorus of calls for an overhaul of the AFL's three-strikes illicit drugs policy.
The league's illicit drug code, which is separate from the one covering performance-enhancing substances, currently results in players being suspended only after a third failed drug test.
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"Would the AFL say that you can steal a car once and you can steal a car twice, but on the third time you steal a car we're actually going to (do something?)," Roos said on Tuesday.
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It was Tuesday, under the sign of Pisces. The US president was Woodrow Wilson (Democratic).
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After the last two rounds Jason Bright was pleased to be back on familiar ground today – the V8 Supercar Top Ten at Queensland Raceway, Ipswich.
Races at Townsville (July) and Darwin (June) were less than satisfactory for Team BOC especially following two emphatic wins at Winton (May) and Perth (June).
Now Brighty, along with Andrew Jones who drove the first two practice sessions, believes the team has hit its stride again after finishing ninth this afternoon.
Qualifying for tomorrow's race starts at midday.
Jason Bright - Team BOC
"I'm sure we didn't put our best foot forward at the end there but everything made sense and I'm happy with the pace that we've shown.
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Drafts Scheduler Updated, Again
It's been a long time since I updated here, and I need to get back to it.
Drafts Scheduler seems popular with people who use it, and it's been updated to version 1.5 – however there is a glitch in the WordPress.org repository that doesn't show the accurate last modified date. It should be April 2011, not January.
The latest version fixes a bug where Drafts Scheduler would post all of your content on saving, not scheduling them.
Thanks to Ralph for finding and suggesting the fix for the bug, and everyone else for believing in the plugin.Read More
Drafts Scheduler updated
Today I released version 1.3 of my WordPress plugin, Drafts Scheduler. I had initially numbered it 1.2 and added an Undo feature that was noted as missing by BlueFur in his review. Seemed like a good idea. I had noted that there was no undo feature in the notes and of course it caused people some issues.
So in v1.2, I added the ability to undo the most recent set of scheduled posts. If any of those posts were already published, the plugin doesn't reset their status. It was simple. I'd started out making harder than it needed to be, but after ignoring it for a week, I found the solution.
In v1.3, I added 2 new features to Drafts Scheduler, both suggested by users who sent feedback.
- Check for the existence of drafts before showing the options.
- Schedule an exact number of posts per day in "Surprise Me" mode.
I also moved the menu option from the TOOLS area up into the POSTS area where it makes more sense.
Anyway, I hope these features work for everyone and I look forward to more feedback.Read More
New Plugin – Drafts Scheduler
I released a new plugin for WordPress today that's pretty simple. It does just one thing – schedules your drafts.
Based on your settings, starting from a specific date it will schedule all of your drafts to be published at some time in the future.
You can schedule drafts sequentially in the order they were written, or randomly, at specified intervals, or they can be scheduled entirely randomly – but with a few guidelines. The fully random option lets you set a maximum posts per day, then chooses a random number between 0 and that, and also lets you set the start and end times of the day when the post is made.
That's about all it does, simple. It is now available in the WordPress repository for download. I'd appreciate your feedback – you can leave me a comment below or contact me directly if you wish.Read More
Standout Comments Plugin updated
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As with most things WordPress, it's been a community effort. Not only with John and Alex helping me get it done and marketed, but also with the awesome users of the plugin sending in bug reports, feature requests and suggestions. It's truly amazing in a way I hadn't imagined.
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- Nearly all text and styles can be customized to suit your blog.
Anyway, version 0.95 was just released today and expands on the features we have, and finally includes the Unsubscribe option. Yeah, it should have been there from day 1 but wasn't.
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I think someone forgot to tell Tommy most FREE Products span only 30 pages!
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After reading on I found the information provided very helpful. I also found it easy and simple to follow.
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Excellent eBook Tommy!
Thank you for reading,
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8 Simple Steps to a DIY Holiday Wreath
Posted by RYOBI Outdoor on 12/03/2014 at 4:06 PM in DIY Inspiration
Create a DIY Holiday Wreath using RYOBI String Trimmer Spools!
We made this cute holiday wreath using:
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8 Simple Steps:
1. Trace the top of your Home Depot Bucket on a flattened cardboard box.
2. Trace the bottom of the Home Depot Bucket about 1/2 inch inside of the 1st circle you made.
3. Cut around the outside of the larger circle and the inside of the inner circle so that you are left with a ring
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DIY Place Settings // The Log Blog
Posted by RYOBI Outdoor on 11/05/2014 at 5:19 PM in DIY Inspirationchainsaw for home decor? ...but logs are everywhere this season. Lets face it: bringing outside in is in this year. So we put the RYOBI 40V Brushless Chainsaw to work creating some lovely log-inspired designs for the home. First project? Log sliver place settings!
This project couldn't get any easier. We used the RYOBI 40V Brushless Chainsaw to cut slivers of a dead, dry log that were each about 1" thick.
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After just about 20-30 minutes of initially starting the project, we were ready to stain the wood. We followed the directions provided on Read more
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Not only will you be saving yourself money and pesticide health risks, but you can also save yourself calories by growing your own garden! You'll be more likely to make healthy choices if fruits and vegetables are readily available in your backyard. Check out some great garden-fresh recipes here.
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March 31, 2010
Andalusia day 3
So right now I am sitting on their terrace enjoying a wonderful view at my phone. And when looking up, there is a beautiful landscape presenting itself. The sun is quite strong and I have taken off 2 layers, leaving me with one and no, it is not a bikini. But maybe it will be chances for that later on or down at the beaches.
Sorry, there is no photo yet, ( of the landscape, not the bikini) that will be the next step for me to figure out.
However! Costa del Sol is known for much of what is not appealing to us. That is why we have chosen a place in the interiors - and the area is truly beautiful. Closer to the beaches, the landscape is unfortunately being destroyed by buildings everywhere. The further in you get, the better it gets !
As we are higher up it is also a bit cooler, making some 3-5 degrees C. Which explains the layers...
The previous two days we have seen the white village of Casares and Ronda. Both really worth a trip! Houses, seemingly hanging in the mountains... A bit scary as we also have seenconsiderable road damages and washed down mountain areas due to the heavy and long winter rains.
Think, I better send this here now to see, if it really woeks before I continue.
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March 27, 2010
God Bless America
Today I got my magazin again. Thanks, Lena. Real Simple. Once a month, I find a little piece of America in the mailbox. And it makes me happy. It is fun to see different styles and to read about a different culture. It is the in-between-lines that I like so much. The jokes, the ability to laugh about one's self.
Unfortunately, I hardly ever get to try the recipes, as I am too busy for new recipes. But the time will come...! However, the magazin is nothing fancy and nothing fashionable and it has not much to do with wine. It is about practical matters, it is useful and down to earth, the everyday kind of thing. But it connects me a little to how life is over there. I still miss it at times. Even though I have now been in Sweden for 7 years (can't believe, how fast time goes by) and currently on my way out.
When we first moved to the US, it was shocking in many ways. Everything was so huge! Everything. We had come from Zurich, from a wonderful appartment in a house of typical high Swiss standard and where the parking garage was in the basement. As it is in many other buildings, simply to save space. First arriving the Detroit area, we were out to find a house. The real-estate-lady came and picked me up to check 10 houses she had prepared for us after the vague specifications we had given to her. (What a luxury! We talked to one realtor and that person gets your home for you. In Germany, we are calling all realtors to see if there is one home for us.) The houses were big, more like small school houses... Well, we took the smallest of them and it was still plenty of room... Finding that wonderful home, was the occasion where I got my first American Chardonnay, by the way, (before my life was strictly limited to Riesling, sparkling and still), heavily oaked - phew! I believe, such wines are not even existing anymore today...
Buying butter the first time: Oj! Before in my life there had been butter. Now I was standing in front of a seemingly never ending row of butter, butter, butter...... After some 20 min studying all the labels I asked a lady which one to take. The milk came by the gallon (!) (3,75 liters). And so on. And so on.
Hardest though, was to see how energy was being wasted. I grew up in a household with a dad that had gone through WWII as a little boy with no food and extreme lack of everything for quite some years of his life, since his own father never returned from the war. My dad would always go and switch off the lights in every room where we kids had forgotten to. And mind us using too much water while brushing teeth or washing hands. Germany was one of the first nations to separate garbage, and boy were we thorough with that at our home! For many, many years. And now I suddenly was confronted with people starting their car engines 5 minutes before driving off, just so the car was warm and cozy (winter) or cold and fresh (summer) before they jumped in. Air conditioning running full speed, only to be interrupted during winter periods, where it instead was the heating running full speed in houses with rather poor isolation. At the supermarkets! - 20 plastic bags came home with me after one grocery-shopping tour. It was painful. I tried: came one day with my little shoppingbasket that we used back home, and people around me would stand still, shouting in surprise: oh how cute! What is that? But I know that has changed since then and more and more people are having their own bags or boxes with them when going shopping. (And actually: also in Sweden there are surprisingly many plastic bags...) And besides I firmly believe that this country will be great with alternative energies, etc. once they have really set their focus to do it. And I know that a lot has improved since back then.
Even while still there, I also got to meet people who were very energy consious and who were shopping organics, it went all the way to washable baby diapers. And that is what I want to come to: America is a place of options and choices. One will find anything there. You decide. All is possible, and that I like. We used to say though, that you need to have a certain income and you need to be healthy to make it. So I am glad for those millions of people who are in need for health insurance that this big step has been achieved. We all understand, it is not perfect yet and not finished. But it is a huge step in the right direction. Bravo!
Of course, why should I care, I am not living there anymore. But, besides that my two step children (well... they are not really children anymore) are living in SC and CA, we made some nice friends too. Like my friend Kellie who introduced me to real Margaritas (hicks)...
And, even if it only was 4 years: it was intensive. I met new life in America: my two babies were born there. I had a blast! Being pregnant in America was phantastic! People opening doors for you. Everyone telling you how cute you look (until you started believing it!). Never would I pass the registers when shopping, without being asked when my baby was due. Waiting at the doctor's offices, people would talk to me. Complete strangers. Oh how I loved that part of America! So, so easy going...
I also met death while in America: my dad got very ill back home in Germany and passed away. I could never see him in his final days and I will always miss him and I am carrying this loss around with me wherever I go. And then there was 9/11. The only day while living in America, where my husband had to go to NYC. I did not know where he was, but something told me, he was not at WTC... However, when the cab driver called, the lady that was supposed to pick him up at DTW after his returnal from NYC (which never happend, because all flights were cancelled for days and days), and told me that he was in her prayers and that God should bless him, I did get somewhat nervous. I did not hear from him until the end of the day, when he finally got a phone line out. And it took 4 days for him to get a rental car to be able to drive back to MI. But of course! What was that in comparison to all the families that had gone through much, much worse. A sad, sad event that really connected me with America. The spirit of the people in the days and weeks to come. Amazing. Truly amazing.
Palin and Obama: also America. The day she will be president though, I will have to re-consider... However, she is fun. I liked that little list on her hand the other day.
Wine. One of my husband's favorites is Rutherford Hill, I need to see if I can get hold of those wines somehow... It'll be interesting to see if I still like them today, now that I understand wine a little better. One memorable wine we had at one of our favorite restaurants, The Five Lakes Grill in Milford (which seems not to be existing anymore - bad times in the area...), was a Riesling Auslese from von Buhl from the 70s. Now: we did not choose it because of its age. It was the only one available from Pfalz.
Photo from the website Rutherford Hill
And once we paid 20 $ or so, for a bottle of mineralwater 'Ramlösa', which costs nothing here in Sweden, but we just needed it back then. Are we crazy or what?!God bless us and God Bless America!
March 25, 2010
Wine. Made in Sweden.
The atmosphere in the (winemakers'-)country reminds a little of what it must have been during the Gold Rush. Many highly motivated people who are investing loads of time, energy, work and money, into a not-quite-so-sure enterprise. With some of the odds against you, probably - as critical voices might say.
Please explain for us: What makes one wanting to produce wine in Sweden, especially with so much wine being produced world wide?
When did Sweden officially become a wine producing nation?
I believe, that was in 1998.
Tell us about the Swedish Winegrowers Association. Is that an official institution, guaranteeing quality standards?
The association works to guarantee quality and the website lists all Swedish wines that have been approved at the Swedish wine assessment in 2009. The work is continued to devide Sweden into different regions to achieve regional wines and then Quality Wines, but this process will still take some more years. Which also explaines why all Swedish wine is currently sold as Table Wine.
Are the ambitions to change this within the nearer future?
We should not rush it too much. It takes time to learn how to make wine. My guess is, we still need some decades before we can make Quality Wine in Sweden. Regional wine we can get within some few years.
There is no tradition of winegrowing in this country, no experience to look back to as in most other wine nations... You are practically starting from zero.Which grape varieties are working here in the north and how are those picked? Is there any one (or several) leading grape variety?
There are some grape varieties that have proven to do really well here in Sweden. The green one is Solaris and the black one is Rondo.
Are there first results confirming that certain grapes really work fine up here, or is most still experimenting?
Both, Solaris and Rondo have achieved high scores at awards both in Sweden and Danmark. To me this looks like we are on the way to establish a standard.
What quantity (hl) of Swedish wine is made today (grown and produced here, that is)?
Between 500-1000 hl.
Is it increasing quickly? Are there prognoses for the next 10, 20, 50 years?
Yes, it is increasing quickly. My guess is it is doubling per year for the next 10 years.
Are there any contests where Swedish wines have been tasted by qualified panels?
Swedish wines have been judged by leading sommeliers in Sweden and Danmark, but so far there are no international awards.
Which wines have earned prizes so far? Is there any 'leading winery' in the country or is it more balanced and prizes are shared among a few?
One leading winery is Klagshamns Vingård in Malmö. We are very happy to have started a cooperation with them and all their wines are today produced at our winery in Åhus.
Is a Swedish wine typically expensive? Can you name a price-range for a bottle 75 cl?
The price for a bottle ranges from 200 SEK (ca 20 €) and 400 SEK (ca 40 €).
What is your own personal favorite Swedish wine - could you please even describe it for us?
My favorite is a white wine from Solaris that has been fermented in stainless steal tanks. It had undergone cold maceration during 24 hours and has a wonderful fresh taste. We have not yet launched it on the market, but had the pleasure to taste it at the winery.
Well, and I had the pleasure to taste last year's (vintage 2008) rosé and really liked it very much! It was nicely fresh with good acidity and had nice raspberry aromas, I still remember those.
Thank you, Ronny, for your time. I am looking forward to our next interview about your winery which is very special in several aspects.
March 24, 2010
Andalusia 3
Thanks to my education with the Spanish Wine Education programme, which I greatly enjoyed last fall, I got to meet Javier Arauz from New Spain Wines who was kind enough to send me some tips around Andalusia.
Traveling as a family, there needs to be a lot of not-wine-related to do, otherwise no one will want to ever go with me again... so key is to keep the balance!
The Andalucian horses show we understand this is a must!
Photo from the official website
La Alhambra - of course!
It was clear from the beginning that we will do Jerez and he gave me two bodegas to visit, hopefully, I will be writing about that later on.
Fun, that he sends us to Ronda as the 'new' very old wine producing area. Because this is not far from where we already had found a wonderful place to stay. Also in the area is:Generally, we expect many great views.
Then there are several nature reservation areas, great for the family bird-photographer. (balance-husband)
And of course.... a pool... (balance-kids)
I am still impressed by how many sides there are to Andalusia and Spain in general. Always only traveled the islands before, except of course BCN and Lloret de Mar when much younger.
This is, I'd say, a great example of how the interest for wine really opens up new places and entire worlds to one all the time! The best: it never ends...
Stay tuned for Andalusia 4.
Twitter Wine Tasting Sweden
My former teacher of the Gustibus Sommelierschool Anders Öhman (see his blog here) is initiating this.
Now, this Friday at 20:00 hrs (CET) a Twitter wine tasting will be held from Sweden. No film is going with it, all is concentrated on the participants' tweets.
These are the wines being tasted:
USA, California: McManis Viognier 2008
Spain, Priorat: GR-174 2007
France, Monbazillac: Grande Maison Cuvée des Anges 2007
If you live in Sweden, here is your Systembolaget shoppinglist
Friday, 26-03-10, 8.00 p.m. CET
March 23, 2010
Bellingham Chenin Blanc, South Africa
Bellingham, Paarl, South Africa
99 sek (ca 10 €)
A dry white wine with straw yellow color. Rather oily appearance. Intense buttery and yeasty nose with pear aromas and hazelnuts. Medium-full bodied, with flavours of pear, hazelnuts and bitter tones. Very soft tannins from the barrel ageing. High acidity. Long, warming finish with ripen citrus notes. 14% abv. Chenin Blanc.
A nice alternative to an oaked Chardonnay.
I can't find this wine on the winery's website and wonder if it is produced for Sweden?
To learn more about the wonderful area of Franschhoek, click here.
March 20, 2010
Signs of Spring
Due to tomorrow's confirmation of my best friend's daughter, I got a nice reason to fly home for a short visit. The Pfalz, with the city of Neustadt at the center of the Deutsche Weinstrasse, has experienced an extra-cold winter, just like many other places. But now spring has arrived. The temps went up to 20 degrees C the last couple of days and the almond trees are starting to bloom. Which in its turn sets the date for the year's first winefest to come. In the little village of Gimmeldingen, outside Neustadt, the wineries will open their doors and besides the locals, thousands of people will come from Heidelberg, Mannheim, Frankfurt, to enjoy nice wines in an absolute picturesque setting. For many years, we have spent that particular Saturday or Sunday at Weingut Mugler and/or Weingut Christmann to chat along with nice friends, meeting new people and just feeling great about life. I have many memories of bright, sunny days - the first after the winter, which makes this fest so particularly intense. Charming is that no one ever knows, which weekend it will take place - that is entirely determined by the onset of blooming. To read more: http://www.gimmeldingen.de/ This year's seems to be happening next weekend.
Same time signs of spring in Sweden: my husband, a devoted hobby-nature-photographer (out at 4 a.m. in the mornings before he goes off to work) sends me this sms: 7 cranes spotted in the nearby biosphere reserve of Kristianstad, 3 herons just flew by our house. Temps are at 10 degrees C, getting warmer there too.
And from Andalusia, where we are off to next week, I hear that the mimosas and daffodils are in bloom.
Spring is here.
March 16, 2010
Bordeaux in 5 minutes
With this post, let me just scratch the surface a little...
Bordeaux is located in the south-west of France. The area is divided by the rivers Gironde, Dordogne and Garonne. This is why it is often referred to the left bank and the right bank... So, to get an orientation, the map is a must, download it here. It also gives a good, quick overview about where the reds, whites, sweets come from.
Bordeaux is $160.000, the auctioned price for a bottle of wine from 1787 from the famous Château Lafite, to Le Cardinal, with 69 sek (ca 7 €) currently the cheapest Bordeaux red available at the Swedish monopoly.
Bordeaux has, for the average consumer, something stiff, distanced, dusty and old fashioned around it. It is something 'for the rich' and for those with grand wine cellars, temperature controlled. It often appears to be intimidating, because we have no clue about a Bordeaux wine. What is it in the bottle? Château blablabla - aha? So What! Give me my Merlot! (Thanks god for the New world, giving us the grape varieties! Suddenly, we know what a Chardonnay is and we know that we like Pinot Noir - well... truth is, that is what we think to know, but more to that another time...)
Bordeaux wines are mostly blends, though varietal wines can be found as well. The reason for blending different grapes has to do with - among other - unstable climate resulting in vintage variations. By blending, this can be compensated for to a certain degree. The wines are designed to reflect the indivual brand's (chateau) style. They are typically matured over a period of time and the barrique barrels are standard procedure. Some wines can appear very hard and tannic, the traditional ones are made to be stored in many years before they reach their peak. However, to me a nice Bordeaux wine is of elegant nature and I like them good enough to want to understand more.
Bordeaux is a style of wine the rest of the wine-world is peeking at big times. We hear about 'Bordeaux blends' from Chile, Stellenbosch, Australia, California - you name it. The main grapes from Bordeaux, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot have gone out to the world, being parts of blends in regions today, where they not at all were found before. Italy, Spain, Germany... (And now we are talking reds only.)
Bordeaux has understood that the wine-world gets smaller by new regions popping up and becoming popular. Currently, a lot is happening to present the region younger and now they are opening up - the doors of the Chateaux as well as on information. Just go to the homepage www.bordeaux.com and you will see.
Bordeaux produces 2% of the world's wines, about 25% of France's wine, ca 5.7 mill hectolitres in 2007 (Click for more figures!) The big, famous names make only a small part of this masses, then there is a lot of not-worth-mentioning (and worse) wines and some that are real value-for-money products. How to find?! That is where experience and patience comes handy. But: you got to start somewhere. Be open-minded. Be brave. Like me. I will go out to try lots of different Bordeaux wines over the years to come and I will read and hear what others have to say.
What can be of use though, is to understand the classifications a little bit, to help demystify the label of a Bordeaux bottle...
Cru: Better to top wines have the 'cru'-word included. Cru = growth. Bordeaux' classification of growths started shortly before and due to the Exposition Universelle 1855 (World Exhibition) in Paris. To present the best wines of the country, Napoleon (the guy with the funny hat) ordered each wine region to classify their wines in order to come up with the best ones to impress the world.
The châteaux of Bordeaux were meassured by their reputation and market value of sold wines of the past, and sorted by different ranks, the levels of Crus. So they came up with 60 Crus of the Medoc area (plus 1 in Graves) at that time, which have been the same ever since, except for one change, in 1973, when Chateau Mouton-Rothschild was upgraded.
The 1855 classification:
5 Premiers (1st) Crus (Château Lafite, Latour, Margaux, Mouton-Rothschild, Haut-Brion in Graves)
14 Deuxièmes (2nd) Crus
14 Troisièmes (3rd) Crus
10 Quatrièmes (4rd) Crus
18 Cinquièmes (5th) Crus. The complete list can be seen here...
At the same time, 27 sweet wines of Barsac and Sauternes were classified into
1 Premier Cru Supérieur (Château d'Yquem),
11 Prémier Crus and
15 Deuxièmes Crus.
- As one can see, this counts only for a small (nonetheless exclusive) number of Chateaux.
In 1932, the Cru Bourgeois was established as another classification. It includes today over 200 houses in 3 categories:
9 Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel
87 Cru Bourgeois Supérieur
151 Cru Bourgeois
As explained with my post about Chateau de Malleret, the word goes back to the 12th Century, when the Bourgeois, the middle-class, first appeared in Bordeaux. They were the merchants under British time, earning lots of money and thus able to purchase good lots of land, which they were allowed to keep even when the French took the area back over again. They counted 444 in 1932 and were down to 94 after the war (from the official Bordeaux.com homepage). The classification is being updated every 10 years, so the goal is. However, since 2007, they are working on a new project, which is supposed to start in 2010, with the vintage of 2009. But, somewhere, I read that was not happening. We are in France! It is complicated, but we stay tuned and try to figure out... Still: this group of Crus stands for some 40% of the vines of the Médoc.
1959: Classification of Graves
No ranking. Wines listed are called Cru Classé.
1955: Saint-Emilion-Classification
The Châteaux of the right banks were classified with this one. This one is different, because it is integrated into the AC system - the official wine law that includes all wines of France. The official AC is called Saint-Emilion Grand Cru and the chateaux within are classified in 3 levels:
13 Premier Grand Cru Classé - devided into 2 classes 'A' and 'B',
with Château Cheval Blanc and Château Ausone the two top names
55 Grand Cru Classé
Grand Cru
- This classification is revised and updated every 10 years.
Crus Artisans
44 family businesses that grow, make, market and sell their own wines. A fairly new classification which is not widely known yet.
- Sounds charming to me, worth looking out for!
AC or AOC = Appellation d'Origine Controlée
The highest level a French wine can attain within the wine laws that regulate any produced wine of the country. (This system has been copied to many other wineregions in the world, even if with adjustments.) It regulates the areas of production, the grapes permitted, the growing and production methods allowed, the max. yields per hectare, the min. alcoholic degree.
Bordeaux has some 57 ACs in 3 levels. The (lowest ranking) generic (Bordeaux AC), the district (i.e. Haut-Médoc) and the (highest) commune level (i.e. Pauillac). Chateau names are not considered here, that is why every big name chateau will also name the AC it belongs to.
If the word 'supérieur' is named with the AC (! not with the Chateaux or Cru name), it indicates that the wine has 0,5-1% more alcohol.
- So a wine labeled with 'Bordeaux AC' indicates that it comes from the lowest level of the AC system, but to find out, if it also is of worst quality and taste is for us to explore.
5 minutes are over.
More confused than before? Starting looking for the labels will help to let this sink in, it can actually become a sport. Now, let's go out to the supermarkets and monopoly-stores to look for some wines to try.
Write me about your favorite Bordeaux wine!
- Go to Schiller-Wein, for some information about the vintages, i.e.
- A German blog, working with the topic just now: baccantus.de
- For the lucky ones living in Sweden, go to my former wine school Gustibus and do a 'Bordeaux initiation course'
March 14, 2010
Kim Crawford SauvBl, Marlb., NZ
Kim Crawford Wines, NZ
129 sek (ca 12 €)
Pale straw-yellow-green color. Medium intense aromas of blackcurrent leaf, gooseberry, grass on the nose. Palate is very fresh and clean, with crisp acidity. Apple, pear, gooseberry, citrus and herbal notes, with some minerality. Dry and light-medium bodied. 13% abv. Drink now.
A nice wine for seafood, sallads. I can see it as an aperitif with veggies and nice herbal dip sauces. We had it with some salmon-pasta with avocado - perfect.
(Ok, we know, I have not tasted a gazillion wines, yet, but:) So far, I have not tasted any NZ Sauvignon Blanc that did not confirm their reputation of being some of the best in the world. Clean! Crisp! Fresh! The country being big in dairy before starting wine production as late as in the 70s, was well equiped from the beginning with best stainless steel tanks, etc. They knew what 'clean' meant and it was easy for them to apply the standards on their wine industry as well. A background that I found very interesting since hearing about it for the first time...
Kim Crawford has only started in 1996 and is already today well known. They seem very good with their marketing and there are lots of activities one can join in on, like their own social-network, etc. Check out the website.
I like their slogan:
When the grape is at its peak, preserve that moment in the bottle and have it come alive in the taste. Kim Crawford wines.
100 Grad Oechsle Winetasting
It was fun! The technique worked very well, the stream was really good, sharp with clear picture and tone. I had problems with twitter though, which showed 'overcapacity' several times. But, since it was possible to make comments via fb as well, it was not a big deal.
It was amazing HOW fast time went by and the show was over. Good atmosphere, easy going, not too serious and a fast tempo - I like that!
Maybe I expected more wine analyzing, I did not really see it as a winetasting, but more as a wine-talkshow. Great fun and interesting themes! Particularly regarding all the wines being drunk too young...
I am sure there will be many more to come and I am sure TV will take on that kind of formate, too, they'll just have to!
Big compliment to Dirk Würtz & Team
March 13, 2010
Twitter & Virtual Wine Tastings
Twitter wine tastings: Heard about it before, but got really interested in interactive wine tastings since reading about it at the Schillerwein-blog. Go and read about it there!
So, tonight will be my premiere: I'll be trying to follow Wuertz-TV. It will be held in German and starts at 20.15 CET. The idea is obviously, to have the particular wine yourself too, so you can follow adequately and even twitter your comments. Once you get behind the secrets of the #hashtags, etc... I will have to do without the wine, as I heard too late about this and would not have been able to get the bottle in time. However, it will be a good training, even if a 'dry-run'. No! What am I saying... I have already put a bottle of NZ Sauvignon Blanc on cooling, fitting the topic somewhat, as the last virtual tasting with these people was about NZ wines...
March 12, 2010
Chateau de Malleret, Bordeaux, France
Intense, ruby towards garnet colour. Developed and rather intense nose: very nice cedar tones and ripen red fruit, prunes, hints of tobacco. On the palate cherry and plums in wonderful harmony with a good acidity and velvety tannins. Medium bodied. Elegant. Long harmonious finish. 13% abv. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot.
I am not a Bordeaux nerd and well aware of the fact that there are many great wines out there for much higher prices... So we are not going Bordeaux-ing here - what I am doing is putting this on my own personal list with all other wines tasted since december:
But, I know, Bordeaux is a difficult topic, normally we like to leave it to the wine-snobbs. It is so much easier to identify ourselves with the more modern, hands-on, grape-variety-naming wine world.
Still! I say: go for it! Give it a chance! Go see, if your tastebuds detect any difference.
This wine was aged in French oak barrels for 12 months, which can make some wines very tannin-pronounced, depending on the style the winemaker is wanting to achieve. However, this one was very gentle and soft. Which also has to do with the fact that it had been maturing on the bottle for some years, after coming out of the barrels and before released on the market.
It is an excellent partner for steaks and stews. Typically, people will recommend it to cheese - well, not every cheese in that case. (Cheese is very often better off with white wines.)
We had it with some nice entrecote and oven-baked veggies. So basic. So good. Gott in Frankreich, as we say in Germany...
Château de Malleret is situated on the left bank of the Gironde, in the Haut-Medoc area, where some of the world's most expensive wines come from and where red wines are made exclusively.
It has some 54 hectares under vines, which have an average age of 35 years. Go visit the homepage, but don't get scared by the music, which to me is too powerful with regards to the elegant wine...
The classification 'Cru Bourgeois Superieur'. I am going to explain in a separate post, together with the other Bordeaux classifications. Only so much now: The word goes back to the 12th Century, when the Bourgeois, the middle-class, first appeared in Bordeaux. They were the merchants under British time, earning lots of money and thus able to purchase good lots of land, which they were allowed to keep even when the French took the area back over again. They counted 444 in 1932 and were down to 94 after the war (from the official Bordeaux.com homepage). But, we are talking about France, so of course there is some fighting included before the whole picture can be explained. Let's get back to this soon...
March 11, 2010
Water - message on a bottle
March 10, 2010
German wines - and others - in Sweden
However: it made me curious. Which wines from Germany ARE there anyway in Sweden? The good thing with Systembolaget (name of the monopoly) is, that it is so systematic: easy to go to the website www.systembolaget.se and browse and look for any kind of wine. This is what I found...
Flickorna Fläderblom, Malmö
I am thinking Gewurztraminer......... Viognier........ Sauvignon Blanc when stepping in here... That would be some of the wines perfectly suited to accompany the food of this place....
Flickorna Fläderblom (the Elderflower Girls) - a little, tiny place in Malmö. Some 5 bigger tables, 5 seats at the window and a little Hippy-corner. That is all the seating you'll find. If at all, because it is mostly full, when I get here. Here goes a thank to my friend Heike, another German who recently moved from USA to Sweden and who actually introduced it for me...
While I have never been so seldom at restaurants before, as since living in Sweden (Swedes are usually very domestic people and many of them cook like gods), if there is any lunch-restaurant-country: well this is it! It seems like everybody is out eating lunch. And it goes very fast, usually: 11:45-12:00 the places are filling up quickly and by 13:00-13:15 it may happen you are sitting all by yourself. :-)
Flickorna Fläderblom do not sell any of the above mentioned wines - no alcoholic drinks at all, unfortunately. (No one would want to drink for lunch anyway - we are not in Switzerland.) But the food!!! It is so real. So solid. So fresh. So tastebuds-friendly. All pure ingredients, most of it (if not all?) is organic. The girls stand there and cook and bake bread at the same time. So it is also transparent. The furniture has seen a lot. Nothing goes together - which is giving it all it's charme. Phantastic contrast to all the designer-styled places (which are also great!).
The veggie-buffée - which I like a lot. The colours, the spices...
Today's risotto...
...and salat. Yes, I am a vinaigrette-girl, but this lime dressing was good too...
real bread... (Hello, Lena!)
For a virtual visit: the homepage And for a real visit: come to Malmö!
March 09, 2010
Black Granite Shiraz, South Africa
Darling Cellars
Coastal Region, South Africa
Medium intense, blue-red colour. Rather intense on the nose, with burnt tones, blackcurrent, blackberry, spices, liquorice. On the palate, dark plums, smoky, liquorice and green herbs, eucalyptus. Tannins from oak gentle, fruit tannins coming little after, also still gentle. Good acidity. Medium bodied. Warm, rather long finish, dominated of the green eucalyptus part. 14 % abv. 100 % Shiraz. Drink now.
A what I would call 'mainstream wine': made to suit many palates. Rather bold. Big in Sweden and big in 3-liters-bag in box. (Sigh)
We served it with pizza and it worked. Would I buy this particular one again? No. I am sorry. But I would certainly give their Chenin Blanc a try and maybe one of their better wines from the Oynx line, too!
Darling Cellars started as a Cooperative in 1948, but is since 1997 a privately owned company with about 20 shareholders. They have around 1500 hectares under vines. The Darling area used to be dominated by dairy production and is also known for its wild flowers.
March 07, 2010
1520, when Sweden was still united with Danmark, Gustav Eriksson Vasa came to the region of Dalarna to seek for support from the people who were known to be more rebellish than in other areas of the country. He was speaking to the crowds in front of the church of the city of Mora, trying to get them to stand up and fight against the Danish king, Christian II. But they did not want to get involved. He was forced to flee before the Danish soldiers, that were already after him, would catch up with him. On his skis, he headed for Norway. At Sälen, some 90 kilometers away, 2 Mora brothers came after him. They reported that the people had changed their minds and that they wanted to fight at his side. The 3 of them rushed back on their skis to Mora. 1521 the war against the Danish was started and won 2,5 years later. Sweden was a free country and on the 6th of June 1523, Gustav became king of Sweden.
1922, Anders Pers, a son of Mora, formulated the idea around a ski race with the historical background of Gustav Vasa's escape. The idea was picked up and the first race started 19th of March, 1922, with 119 participants. It took 7 hours, 32 minutes and 49 seconds for the winner to manage the distance of 90 kilometers.
Today, there were 15702 people starting at Sälen in the morning. Anyone can be part of this biggest cross country ski race of the world. Your own physical condition, strength and will decides... The winner, Jörgen Brink, made it in 4 hrs 2 minutes and 59 sec. Susanna Nyström was the fastest lady of today, with the result 4:33:07. Congratulations!
For information go to the website.
And what does this have to do with wine?
Yes: our friend Mats was in the race today and made it all the way! 90 kms on skis. A whole long day... We are so happy for him and proud to be his friends. That we celebrated with a blottle of Château de Malleret, which I will be reporting in my next post. Skål and cheers to Mats and all the other great sportsmen and women!
March 05, 2010
Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet, Australia
Penfolds, South Australia
89 sek
A wine made in the most-possibly same style from year to year, to suit many palates around the world. Nothing wrong, nothing exciting. It doesn't create that smile in your face, but it works.
One of the starting-small-growing-huge stories: Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold, an English emmigrant coming to Australia in the mid of 1800 was the one planting the first vines that he had taken with him from France. He planted them around his stone house, called the Grange, named after the English home of his wife. The first wines were fortified wines, made for medical purposes. After his death, his wife continued the work and by 1881 they are said to had some 500.000 litres of wine stored, almost 1/3 of Australia's entire wine storage at the time. It wasn't until the end of WWII that the company, still in the family's hand, changed to produce mainly table wines instead of the fortified ones. In 1951 they produced the first Grange Shiraz, still today an Icon wine, known around the world among connoisseurs. In 1962 the company became a public one and since 2005 it is owned by the Foster's group, a beer giant. Today they make some 1.4 mill cases of wine ranging from 9-300 A$/bottle, covering many different price-segments, the one here belonging to the lower ones. See all the different wines here.
Brunello Il Poggione, Tuscany, Italy
Il Poggione 2003
Franceschi, Tuscany, Italia
29 € (Italian Delicatessen)


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February Seasonal Living List
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New world order isn't working
New world order isn't working
I know many people who are really wondering what is going on in this world of ours today. Their concern is on many fronts, but centered in the "mass confusion" of the antics of the world. The rise of unconstitutional "executive orders," the crazy wars with so much lack of stability by adherence to law and order, not to mention climate and earth tremors among other things. It really does seem to be nothing to hang onto as truth anymore. We all need truth to grasp and use for our guide easily seen by sports; play a game without rules of law and it ends up a free for all and no more game. So it is today with so many doing what they want instead of what is true.
Many blame Obama for a lot of what's going on, especially in America. It is true, he has accelerated the rise of anarchy but it was the first Bush who first started openly pushing it with his "new world order." This concept, starting with his NAFTA plan, was then moved on by the communist leaning Clintons, added to by the second Bush, and now quickened by Obama.
This "new world order" is leading to a One World Government led by the "elite" amongst us so the whole world will become "equal." No more superiority by any nation, especially the United States. You don't think so?
Just look at oil, for example. Our prices at the pump never were tied to world market prices before all this "new world order" propagation was exhibited. We have higher milk prices because we are selling our milk to China so they can have more. We are "investing" business-wise by the billions to bring up China's standard of living while bringing ours down to "equalize" the world.
The world is based on lies and manipulation today, just as the Bible said it would be. It is experiencing weird weather just as predicted by the Bible; and not by the lie of "climate change" either. Wars and more wars, just as predicted by the Bible and determined to be "the beginning of Sorrows." Yes, just the beginning. Things will get worse with great famine and diseases spreading. Why? Because man has decided to act as God, not realizing the fact of His control of the Earth and His love for us all.
Where are we in time? We are fast approaching the end of man's rule and the return of Jesus Christ, who will bring back stability, decency and peace. Many nations will be destroyed soon, by the Bible's prediction again. All of them listed in Ezekiel are Muslim nations, but all the world will be affected. Men must realize God, in Christ, is in charge and His ways are the right way to go.
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This is a cover that raises a lot of questions. Let's analyze this.
Only the left, we can clearly see Dwight aiming his signature crossbow at Rick, as Rick is firing his gun. The same image is shwon on the right, this time from behind. An obviouis answer for this is that Dwight is litterally shooting Rick in the ass. However, I don't think this is the case. We all know from reading issue 118 that Dwight has revelaed all of the Saviors outposts to our heros, which cause an ambush on it. The men stationed at the outpost had no idea of this, causing them to be slaughtered. I doubt Dwight would kill many of his own just to get an easy shot at Rick. We also know that Sherry, Dwights wife, is one of Negans wives now, and that the left side of his face was given the iron, also by Negan. Both these would give Dwight a reason to work with Rick. Perhapse he got what he wanted and is now finished with Rick and his group? We'll have to wait and see.
Ezekiel is also shown on this cover, pictured in the middle. He appears to be holding a walking stick, mostly likley the cane/sword hybride we saw in Issue 110. He appers to look sadded, probably because of Shivas death, but I'd except her death to be looked upon in an earlier issue, like 120, than one this late. I really don't know what to make of him being pictured.Here is the cover for Issue 124. This can be talkign about in a later post, but it's here for the Dwight reason. Rick is pictured here, and not Dwight, hinting that if Dwight did try to take Rick out, he didn't execute his plan well *pun intended*. Negan also appears to be surrendering to the Hilltop. Interessting...
- UPDATE* Issue 123's teaser is "Whose side is Dwight REALLY on?", as pointed out by an unidentified commenter. This almost certainly adds to the possiblity of a backstab, or arrow throught the head *RIP Abraham*