How to Clean Wine Glasses

Cleaning delicate stemware is indeed a delicate matter. Though it may be time-consuming, wash stemware in the following manner to avoid damage.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Things You’ll Need

  • Mild Dishwashing Detergent
  • Wine Glasses

1. Prepare the sink by placing a rubber mat on the bottom of the sink and a rubber guard on the faucet.

2. Wash the glasses one at a time using a very mild dishwashing detergent and water.

3. Rinse in warm water.

4.Dry each glass by hand immediately after rinsing using a soft, dry dish towel.

 

Tips & Warnings

  • Avoid exposing cut glass and crystal to high temperatures.
  • Do not wash stemware in a dishwasher.
  • Do not place stemware upside down to dry. Always dry by hand.

 

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The Truth About Tannins

An important component of red wines, they can be plush and pleasurable or mouth-scrapingly awful. Why?

By Brian Heard

At a party recently, I watched as John bet Chris that he couldn’t manage to swallow a teaspoon of ground cinnamon. I wish I could say that the participants were kids, but they were fully adult members of a Port club. In any case, Chris lost.

Cinnamon is impossibly astringent. On its own, it will make your mouth seize up and refuse to swallow even just a small amount. This makes sense, as cinnamon is derived from the bark of certain trees from Southeast Asia. From the tree’s perspective, it wants to discourage animals (or idiots) from eating it.

It was an amusing and useful demonstration of astringency from tannins, that essential component of fine wines.

Tannins are polyphenols, which are produced by plants, grapevines included. Polyphenols tend to cling to proteins. In our mouths, tannins find protein in saliva—the very proteins that provide saliva’s slipperiness. Formerly saliva-coated mouths turn uncomfortably rough and dry.

Vines have a chance to thrive thanks in part to the defensive properties imparted by tannins. Animals generally dislike strongly astringent experiences, but if this warning is ignored, there is a backup plan: Tannins will sabotage nutrition by seizing crucial digestive enzymes. So the tannins discourage pests with astringency or by reducing its nutritional value—pests “learn” that it’s not worth eating.

Tannins are important to wine in a number of ways: They preserve it for long-term aging; they provide structure (reds with too little seem flabby); they add a slight bitterness for flavor complexity; and their astringency extends a wine’s finish.

But that astringency is what makes many people avoid red wines. Why some people at some times, and not others? One variable is human chemistry—differing levels of salivary proteins and differing abilities to replenish it. Another variable is in the nature of tannins themselves.

Tannins in wine can create sensations in the drinker’s mouth that run a spectrum from velvety plush to silken to neutral to burlap-like to cheek-sucking chalk dust. For years, scientists thought that this spectrum was mostly due to the molecular size of tannins, but that thinking is being revised; scientists are looking into the differing properties that the tannins in the seeds and the tannins in the skins impart once the wine is in the fermenter. And that turns out to be a major mystery. The chemical reactions between tannins and all the other compounds in wine become so complex and unpredictable, University of California (Davis) Wine Chemist Doug Adams calls it a “chemical train wreck.”

Winemakers and growers have any number of methods to to harness the tannins in their wine, but ultimately their great skill and experience is wrestling with chance.

And once the wine is bottled, what actually happens to tannins over time? Why do they mellow? The classic explanation is that their grip relaxes as tannins bind to the wine’s color pigments, ultimately precipitating out of the solution as sediment. But scientists are questioning that conclusion as well. The exact chemistry is still not entirely clear. It’s a mystery, happening in exquisite slow motion.

By Winemag.com

 

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Baja Wines Club

Are you ready to be part for the first Baja Wines Club? 

Travel with your taste buds across the border and try fantastic wines from the Baja California Region, the prime wine region from Mexico .

Baja Wines Club members will sample a wide variety of exquisite selections from some of the premier wine vintners in Baja from the comfort of their home.

The Baja Wines Club has designed two special WINE CLUBS just for you, just pick the one that most suits your taste buds and sophistication.

Two types of WineClubs:

1) Discover Baja – WineClub 

Starting Only at $39.99 per month*

 or Save More for Prepaid 3,6 or 12 months!

For the avid wine lover, we invite you to discover the greatest wines from Baja California. This is the perfect Wine Club to get a feel from the best top-value wines from the region, taste wines from over 15+ local vintners, and start tasting and understanding what you really like with great varieties.

  • Month to Month $39.99 *(+ s&h)
  • 3 Month $161.97 *(s&h included)
  • 6 Month $319.15 *(s&h included)
  • 12 Month $628.70 *(s&h included)
  • Free Registration
  • Membership is Personal or you can Send as a Gift
  • Club Members Welcome Kit
  • Two bottles each month selected by our wine experts
  • Choice of two red wines or one white/rose and one red
  • Detailed Tasting Notes in each shipment about the wineries and wines along with food pairing ideas
  • Special Discounts and Rebates in all our online store
  • Specialized Newsletter for Wine Members

 

2) Baja Select -WineClub 

Starting Only at $59.99 per month*

or Save More for Prepaid 3,6 or 12 months!

For the wine enthusiast, we have our Selected Wines from the Best Wineries and Regions from Baja. This Wine Club is for more sophisticated palettes, taste premium wines from over 15+ local vintners, to open your senses to this new region and its great varietals and blends.

  • Month to Month $59.99 *(+ s&h)
  • 3 Month $215.97 *(s&h included)
  • 6 Month $424.75 *(s&h included)
  • 12 Month $835.10 *(s&h included)
  • Free Registration
  • Membership is Personal or you can Send as a Gift
  • Club Members Welcome Kit
  • Two bottles each month selected by our wine experts
  • Choice of two red wines or one white/rose and one red
  • Detailed Tasting Notes in each shipment about the wineries and wines along with food pairing ideas
  • Special Discounts and Rebates in all our online store
  • Specialized Newsletter for Wine Members

 Additional Wine Club Details:

  • Convenient delivery to your home or office – a signature from a person at least 21 years of age is always required
  • We’ll tell you it’s on the way - make sure your email or your gift recipient’s email is on file with us and we will alert you each month when your club has shipped
  • For Gift Giving – an email notification is sent along with your gift message within 24 hours of placing your order and will also ensure timely delivery since an adult signature is required
  • All club shipments usually ship during the 3rd week of each month but no later than the 27th
  • Ongoing memberships are shipped monthly until cancelled, you may cancel at any time prior to a shipment being sent
  • Pre-paid memberships are shipped monthly for the selected pre-paid duration
  • During extreme hot and cold temperatures, the club shipment may be delayed to prevent heat or frost damage

*Month to Month does not include shipping & handling or taxes. Prepaid plans include shipping and handling, but no taxes. US Shipping states available: AL, AZ, CA, DC, FL, ID, IL, LA, MO, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, OR, WI, WY . Sales taxes per state vary and are not included and will be calculated at checkout.

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Top Wine Videos of 2011

Favorite clips—entertaining and educational—from the past year

Every year, Wine Spectator’s video department brings top winemakers from around the world (and sometimes rock stars!) into the studio for tastings and conversation, heads out into the vineyards and cellars to teach you about key regions and their wines, and taps chefs to provide recipe demos and tips on great food and wine matches. We also recruit our readers to share their wine videos—humorous, informative or both—and vote on their favorite submissions.

Without fail, the Top 10 Wines countdown videos are the most popular clips each year, but we always like to check out the top views in other categories. Take a look back with us at the best of the vintage, and see what you may have missed along the way.

For the fifth year in a row, our readers showed off their talent for filmmaking. The nine finalists ranged from Divorce Honeymoon (shot on an iPhone) to a sassy talking grapevine to undercover agents who investigate counterfeit bottles. The winner—from Paso Robles, for the third consecutive year!—humorously conveys what’s distinctive about Zin from this California region.

Bordeaux Values video

Editors’ Tastings: Bordeaux Values
How can you find delicious red Bordeaux that doesn’t break the bank? Join senior editor James Molesworth as he shares some of his favorite value producers from this prestigious French region.

 

Cooking for Wine—Sauvignon Blanc and Shrimp Ceviche video

Food Pairing: Cooking for Wine—Sauvignon Blanc and Shrimp Ceviche
Wine Spectator’s Cooking for Wine series continues with a winery chef whose job is to make great pairings. Ruth Van Waerebeek, who works for Concha y Toro in Chile, demonstrates a simply elegant seafood dish that is perfect as an hors d’oeuvre, a first course for dinner or a lunch with a salad. Get the recipe in the link below the video.

Argentina Primer--Andes, Altitude, Diversity video

Wine Regions (International): Argentina Primer—Andes, Altitude, Diversity
The Andes Mountains define Argentina’s wine regions, making for diverse styles of Malbec and Torrontés, the country’s signature red and white grapes. Learn the basics as Wines of Argentina president Alberto Arizu joins Wine Spectator’s Gloria Maroti Frazee.

 

Rock 'n' Wine from Queensrÿche’s Geoff Tate video

Wine Regions (U.S.): Rock ‘n’ Wine from Queensrÿche’s Geoff Tate
What can happen when an introspective rock legend returns to his roots in Washington? And how is making music like making wine? Lead vocalist Geoff Tate, who started the Insania brand, answers these questions and more in his tasting with Wine Spectator’s Jennifer Fiedler. Also, check out this 2011 video with rocker-winemaker Maynard James Keenan (of Tool, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle), who runs a vineyard and winery in Arizona.

Transforming Tuscany video

Learn Wine, with Worksheets: Transforming Tuscany, Talking Ripeness
One of the hottest issues in wine is ripeness. Consulting winemaker Stefano Chioccioli, who has worked with clients such as Tua Rita and Ruffino, describes the evolution of how grapes are grown—and how that affects ripeness—in the popular Italian region of Tuscany. Get the worksheet below the video.

Wine Experience 30th Anniversary video

Special Reports: Wine Experience 30th Anniversary
Since it was founded in 1981, Wine Spectator’s Wine Experience has come to be much more than a wine tasting, for the participating wineries, chefs and wine lovers—as well as for the universities and charities that benefit from the annual event.

 

By: Winespectator.com

 

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Tips on How to Choose the Right Tasting Wine

If you are that type of person who loves wine in every meal, then this is the article for you. Whenever you are confronted with a variety of wine bottles in your neighborhood shop, sometimes, you tend to let go of the thought of purchasing because you can’t determine which is which. There are wines that came from foreign countries with names you can’t even read.

Sometimes, these types of wines are those that taste exquisite and therefore shouldn’t be taken for granted just because of your lack of understanding. Sometimes, you tend to choose something that you have already drank and swore never to drink again. In order to determine that a wine tastes as good as it looks, you have to know 8 factors which can make wine tasting all clear to you and to be able to make the right choice.

Educate yourself

If you know nothing about wine, better ask someone to do it for you or else, you can just spend a sum on something that has a similar taste with polluted water. Read about the different kinds of wines which are assured to tickle your taste buds. There are tons of books readily available to help you gain knowledge on some of the most reputable wines.

Free taste

For one to know how it feels, one must endure it first. That is why, whenever there are free tasting of wine within your area, grab that once in a lifetime opportunity. Events like these usually advertise good tasting wines which are offered cheaper compared to other brands. You local wine store can host evening sessions of wine gatherings. Through this, you are expanding your knowledge regarding the various types of wines.

Depend on dependable sources

If you have the money for it, you can just go to wine establishments and ask for advice on the kind of wine that will suit your taste. Some of the elegant wine stores have services that will filter you with information about different kinds of wine. You will find yourself inside a cellar that’s full of wine laid horizontally on compartments that prevents that wine from being exposed to heat and light.

Watch out for bad advertisements

As much as possible, do not go for commercialized wines because these are usually poor in quality and you’ll get lesser in taste. Do not settle for wines bragging about their labels because these can turn out to be just gimmicks. It is still best that you go for those local wine stores for they have some of the most exquisite wines not available anywhere.

Be aware of the importer

Wine bottles which are imported are required by the law to have certain shipping information printed at the back of every bottle.

Be an avid wine drinker

Sometimes, all you need to do is try it. To be able to determine the right kind of wine which completes your taste buds, you just have to make wine tasting your hobby. Frequent drinking can indeed put you in a lot of spending but if you have the amount for it, then go for the idea. You don’t need to use up the entire bottle.

A glass of wine is enough for you to identify the kinds of wine which tastes superb.

By: Wine Tasting

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Happy Holidays Wine Lovers !!

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Wine & Food Festival San Diego Bay -November2011-

 

Bajawines present in Wine & Food Festival, San Diego Bay

Have you been in the Festival ?? What do you think about wines from Mexico ? …

Thanks everybody to make it happen!! “Wine & Food Festival” was our first wine festival and it was AWESOME, too many people could taste Mexican Wines and they LOVED it!!

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Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California!

  Region Map

 

The map shows Baja Califonia’s Guadalupe Valley with surrounding vintners and some points of interest, like restaurants and hotels.

You may print this map for your personal purposes.

 

… We are certain you will love Baja California !!

 

 

 

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About us!

Who we are (Quiénes Somos)

We are a company that believes Mexican wine from Baja is some of the best in the world. We will help you explore Baja California’s Wine Country, meet exclusive boutique vintners, learn more about them and their unique wines and have hand-selected, affordable wines delivered straight to your doorstep. We are dedicated to bringing American wine enthusiasts affordable Baja Wines from top-quality, small producers that are dedicated to their unique terroir.

We have a unique BajaWines-Direct2U Model that permits us to have the best price of Baja Wines sold directly to you. We share profits with the vintners themselves, allowing them to grow and expand their wineries, while decreasing costs for consumers. Our model is a win-win model for all, vintners trust us, and clients will love that fact that their purchases will benefit Baja Wine Country in general.

As much as we love Baja Wine, we know that as an American wine consumer you may often find yourself shying away from trying new wine from an unknown country (But rest assured, Baja California has one of the oldest wineries in the American Continent and the proximity of Baja to Napa grant us many great conditions you will be happily surprised).

Because we know just how wonderful Baja Wine is, we also know it can be confusing and daunting – our aim is to make these wines more accessible. Demystifying Baja Wine is about breaking down the barriers of access and understanding. We think it should be as easy as knowing what you like and telling us what you’re looking for. Our aim is to be your personal guide, and through the tools on our site we can help you select the wines that best correspond to your unique tastes or occasion. Because the best way to learn about wine is drinking it, we help take the guesswork out of ordering and bring the wines straight to you.

Baja wine is enjoyable, not pretentious as you can see through the names and the label or the price tag. So bringing you affordable, excellent value wines is an equally important part of our commitment.

Wines from Baja

All our wines are hand‐sourced from independent producers that represent 35% of all wine production in Mexico. Mexico only produces about 1.5M cases a year, creating high quality, not mass production.

Working for you !!

While the range of vintners is diverse, all of them were chosen because they share a common approach to quality winemaking. But more importantly, each and every one is dedicated to their terroir with a spirit all their own, that tells its unique story through their wines.

In addition to bringing you the best Baja Wines at an affordable price, it is also those stories we want to share, because a bottle of wine is so much more than just a drink. Throughout our time making the selections and getting to know our vintners, we saw all the passion they put into the production of their wines, which in turn was a reflection of their roots, their history, their terroir and their unique personality.

Through our website, we aim to bring you face-to-face with the vintners behind our wines. It is our pleasure to shares those stories, those encounters and those places with you.

We hope you’ll enjoy your ongoing exploration of the world of Baja Wine and the quality selections we bring you.

As we say in Spanish – “Toma mucho vino, que tomando, se aprende! … Ah, y que te lleve un amigo.” (Take a lot of wine, and by drinking much, you start learning!, and remember, have a friend drive you home).

Company

Importer and distributor of wines from Baja California, Mexico.

BajaWines, LLC (winesfrombaja.com) was founded in San Diego California and in Ensenada Baja California, Mexico in 2010.

We source, export, import, help vintners distribute and promote Baja Wine in the U.S. market, and our company’s focused on-line, social network approach utilized throughout our other businesses, bring the world of Baja Wine alive for American consumers using modern technology and communication techniques.

-> A place where you can buy QUALITY wines produced in Mexico, delivered to your home or business here in the USA!!

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Winery: Gezika

 

Talking about dreams has become trite about it were written words of Walt Disney, through Shakespeare, Gandhi, Jefferson, Cohelo to Benedetti, dreams are the original management of any large project, of any great success, and of any great discovery. Therefore, I use the quote is the last of these authors: Mario Benedetti.

Jess Díaz de León

 

An American sociologist said more than thirty years was a formidable propaganda selling dreams, but it turns out I do not want to sell other people’s dreams, if not simply to meet mine. No doubt this website you can visit today represents the fulfillment of one of my dreams is one of my most cherished desires. I never cease to recognize that no one can steal the technology, social networking and network. But for me it goes beyond that, is an opportunity to show what I am.

 

Jessica Díaz de León

With an endless accumulation of defects, but as a woman with no more pretensions to show and share with you desires, knowledge, joys, experiences, weaknesses, triumphs and failures. Like any other woman in this country and the world, my way to get to play what we now recognize as my passion in life communication, has been hard but because of those failures, today I have the strength to fight for a dream , but to make it happen you need, for that reason we invite you to come to www.jessicadiazdeleon.comy give me your comments and so we can continue dreaming with open eyes.

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Jess Díaz de León

Jess Díaz de León

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