Archive for January, 2012
Choosing The Best Caterers For Your Special Day
There are many things that you would want to consider during your wedding day. After all, this is the day that only comes along once-in-a-lifetime, and you would want to make sure that it was perfect all the way from the beginning to the end. This is true when it comes to the ceremony as well as for any catering that is necessary for the reception. That is why it is so important for you to make sure that you look into the various caterers in San Francisco that are available and make a wise choice as to which one you are going to use. Not only can it make a difference in your overall enjoyment of the day, it can also make a difference in the memories that are provided for both yourself and your guests.
Choose The Right Wine Glasses To Enhance Your Wine Tasting Experience!
Wine glasses, or stemware as they are known in the industry, are the natural extensions of wine. While wine can be enjoyed in any shape or size of container from a coffee mug to a crystal wine glass, the top stemware manufacturers insist that there is a science to capturing the best color, bouquet and taste of wine.
Before getting into the actual styles of glassware there are two important points to remember when choosing the right glass:
Wine Fraud – What’s in Your Bottle?
When I was little, my grandmother had a grapevine on the fence that separated her house from her neighbor’s house. My sisters and I spent hours arguing with the boys next door; we said the vine was ours and they said it was theirs. The grapes, we reasoned, were on our side of the fence, but the vine, they said, was rooted on their side. This argument went on for months, until the grapevine eventually died, leaving the grapes wilted and shriveled. When this happened, knowing the vine was worthless, I told the boys next door that they could have the grapevine if they gave me their yo-yo. They agreed and I ran off with my new toy. Unbeknownst at the time, I had just committed a pseudo-form of wine fraud.
Wine fraud, by definition, is a type of fraud where customers are sold wine illegally. Like a grape known for being seedy or a vineyard known for being shady, wine fraud has the potential to spoil the wine lover’s spirit. This wine is sometimes filled with chemicals that can cause sickness or it is cheap wine sold for prices much higher than it’s worth. While it may seem that wine fraud is limited to wines sold in back alleys, or out of the trunks of beaten down cars, many cases of wine fraud are sold by seemingly legit vendors. You may have been a victim of wine fraud and never even realized it.