..for
your enjoyment from helmut's diaries...
WINE
RECOMMEN-
-DATIONS
AND
STORIES
Yes you are right! You can't order pasta here. You can't get
any soup to go and the desserts are nothing but words. How about the wine? What helmut the
waiter serves for your enjoyment, to enrich your life, is knowledge he paid for with sweat
and time on the job.
"May
your visit on the internet be a fun time of reading and sharing of uncensored information
... !"
WINE RECOMMENDATIONS
& STORIES
WINE SAMPLES
...I let the customer sample and tell me what
he thinks about the wine instead of my telling
him what he should taste...
ZINFANDEL
...unknown in Europe, but highly successful in California
POUILLY FUISSE
...ladies are saying the most awesome words trying to pro-
nounce Pouilly Fuisse...
WRONG COLOR
...this fellow, the host, is a very nice man, but unsure of
himself...
SERVING
WINE BY THE BOTTLE
...before I take any wine to the table I look at the label,
check the year...
WINE
BOTTLE SIZES
A table shows the most common bottle-sizes
for wine...
UNCORKING A
WINE BOTTLE
I hold the bottle with my left hand, while the right
is easing the cork out...
HOW TO OPEN
CHAMPAGNE
* SPARKLING WINE * SEKT
...shake the bottle...
...never use a Japanese officer sword to behead a French
champagne bottle...
SCREW TOPS
"Why not? All your beers have them?" she said...
HOW TO
CARRY GLASSES
Examples of carrying clean glasses and dirty glasses...
THE
BEST OF A MISTAKE
If wine lands on the floor I tell my guests...
WHEN TO
DECANT
I prefer to decant only on the customers request...
HOW TO DECANT
I use a simple candle for light and a carafe with a wide
opening to do the decanting...
MONTEREY WINE
COUNTY
...vineyards stretching as far as the naked eye
can see...
...vines -- god Bacchus army -- lining up...
...and below find some links which I think can are worth exploring...
Become a member at WINE
ALLEY
or
ABOUT WINE VARIETIES...here
is a link to an Austrian website, which I find to be an excellent learning tool regarding
grape varietals. Have fun, when you get there tell em helmut sent you...
or
Wine Spectator .com ...the site for wine...
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04/01/11
