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The perfect combination of food and wine can turn a simple dinner-date into a romantic one, a small gathering or celebration into a fun-filled and memorable party, virtually any ordinary occasion into an extraordinary event.



There are really no rules to follow in deciding what food to serve and what wine to buy. And, because there are no strict rules, pairing food and wine can indeed be a challenging and difficult task. It requires not only some familiarity with food and wine, but more importantly, some creative thinking.



It would be helpful to remember the basics: white wines are best served when chilled and are perfect with fish, pork or chicken, and red wines are best served with red meats such as grilled beef or lamb. These are not strict rules, however, so you can always reinvent and discover new exciting food and wine combination.



Experts suggest that the weight or taste of the food and wine should complement each other. It?s not good to match very dry and strong wine with sweet food, because the strength of the wine will overwhelm the taste of the food.



It is a known fact that white wines are too acidic, so they are perfectly matched with oily and salty food especially seafood dishes with rich cream sauces. Acid reduces oiliness and saltiness in food. Sweet wines have an acidity of around 1%, while table wines have 0.6 to 0.7 % acidity. Most wines are not sweet and have a strong flavor, so they are best matched with sweet food. Grilled foods that are bitter to the taste match well with a slightly bitter wine ? like a dry red. Wines made of grapes that are grown in colder regions typically have low sugar content and a high acidic content, while those grown in warmer climates are lower in acid and higher in sugar.



If you can?t decide what wine to buy, settle for a sparkling wine. This kind of wine has higher acidity and a delicate taste and is low in alcohol content. It goes go with almost any kind of food.





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Tax glossary (FT.com via Yahoo! News)

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:45:26 GMT
Excise duties are chargeable on beer, wine and spirits according to their volume and/or alcoholic content. For example, since 22 March 2006 the rate of tax on spirits and some high-alcohol wines has been £19.56 per litre of pure alcohol, the rate on other wines has been from £53.06 to £229.55 per hectolitre (of wine rather than of alcohol), and the rate on beer has been £13.26 per hectolitre ...

Beer Giants Molson Coors, SABMiller Merge Operations (Fox News)

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:52:12 GMT
The new MillerCoors will compete with industry-leader Anheuser-Busch, and projects having combined annual U.S. beer sales of around $6.6 billion.

Heading west for wine, food (San Antonio Express-News)

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:47:06 GMT
Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta in New Mexico proves worth the trip.

Hooters wins 3-year battle for beer license in Arlington (Dallas Morning News)

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:14:01 GMT
The beer never stopped flowing at the South Arlington Hooters. But now the restaurant can charge for it.


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Gourmet Wine Gift Baskets


Another heady gift basket that can bring smiles is the gourmet wine gift basket. A sure-fire hit with boss, family, friends or business associates, they toast any occasion with ?lan and encourage the art of hedonistic living! Weddings, Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year?s, housewarming or birthday, get-well-soon wishes ? all are appropriate occasions for these generous gift baskets.



Elegant gourmet wine baskets offer interesting wines with a snack or food combination that heightens dining pleasure. You can select your own match or pick a ready-made basket according to your budget or preference, and the occasion. Usually, light wines work with easy snacks and heavy wines for heavy food. Highly spiced foods restrict your choices, as the alcohol in the wine can clash with the spices on your palate. It?s all about trusting your taste buds while experimenting, as well as looking at the region?s favorite combinations.



These baskets usually cater to universal tastes, with red, white or dessert wine or champagne accompanying crackers, cookies and chocolates. Interesting packages can also be created with assorted nuts, tortillas, chips, pretzels, smoked salmon, gourmet sausages, cheese, jelly, savory breads and dips. Other medleys include sauces, purees, extracts, syrups and spreads, exotic coffee or tea, oil and vinegars, herbs and spices, ethnic food ranging from Indian and Japanese to Spanish and Italian, or desserts and sweets.



Ready-made meals with that perfect wine can be presented as a surprise gourmet wine gift offering. Soups, salads, grilled or cooked meats, casseroles, fondues, pies, pastas, desserts and an accompanying wine or two can instantly lighten up an evening. So a Chicken Picata with Chardonnay or Kung Pao chicken with a cool Gewurztraminer, chocolates with port or apricot custard with Sauternes can bedazzle your friends like never before!



The baskets can be elaborately decorated with ribbons and satin trimmings. They can even include hand-painted glasses, wineglass charms, hand-carved wine art, wine ceramics or other wine accessories to give it that exclusive touch. Delectable, divine or plain sensational, you can never go wrong with a gourmet wine basket unless it is bequeathed to someone who abstains from alcohol or whose religion forbids it. Check your foreign business contacts? cultural background before presenting something that should ideally cheer and uplift.



Light up the candles; lay out the charm, soft music and gourmet wine basket magic ? that taste of wine offers a taste of Heaven!





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Beer Wine in the news

What part of beer don’t you understand? (Realbeer.com)

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:28:10 GMT
Garrett Oliver, brewmaster of The Brooklyn Brewery, has signed on as the Editor-In-Chief and leading author of the The Oxford Companion to Beer , to be published by Oxford University Press in 2011.

Italian winemaker Piero Antinori is poised to make his own Napa Valley wine (San Francisco Chronicle)

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:50:22 GMT
This tale begins, as many do, with love at first sight. In 1985, Marchese Piero Antinori helped a British beer conglomerate examine potential vineyard sites throughout Napa Valley.

All alcohol types add to breast cancer risk (The Record)

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:32:52 GMT
All types of alcohol - wine, beer or liquor - add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said recently.

22 students, including eight from Clarence High School, face underage drinking charges (The Buffalo News)

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:58:15 GMT
Beer and wine were the drinks of choice for 22 underage drinkers arrested this weekend at a house party in Clarence, according to Erie County sheriff’s deputies.

Crushed Grapes finds sweet fit in Edwardsville (Belleville News-Democrat)

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:12:15 GMT
After years of distributing wine and beer, Len Scaturro decided to open a wine and spirits store in Edwardsville store, which came to be known as Crushed Grapes. Eight years later, Scaturro and his wife, Arlene, have expanded their operation to include 2,000 labels, micro-brewed and imported beers and wine classes. Scaturro recently talked with reporter Will Buss:

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