Fickle Palate Archives: September 2007
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21 September 2007
An Accidental Foray into Cupping
My aunt was very excited to meet my fiancé for the first time. We’d arranged to have coffee one afternoon when he was visiting me in San Francisco, and we convened on an unusually sunny afternoon at a corner coffee shop in Laurel Village. We ordered our drinks, engaged in the typical skirmish of who [...]
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17 September 2007
From Big Shoulders to Blue Glass: A Guide to Wine Bottles
Have you ever wondered why wine bottles have all those different shapes? Some of them are so tall they hardly fit in the refrigerator but others fit quite nicely. And some of them are blue. Why?
For the simplest answer to these questions, we’ll have to go back in time at least 100 years, and beyond.
At [...]
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16 September 2007
The Noble Shiraz
When we try to describe the characteristics attributed to the noble Shiraz, it’s almost impossible to do so without using words that are equally appropriate for human nobility. Rich, bold and assertive come quickly to mind.
A wine is considered noble if it is made from a grape that has a thick, aromatic skin that is [...]