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What is the Difference Between a Vintage and Non-Vintage Wine?

What is the Difference Between a Vintage and Non-Vintage Wine?

Whether you are new to wine, or a journeyed collector, a bottle can tell you about the wines they carry. Varietals tell you the regions the wine was grown, and vintage year signifies the harvest from which the grapes were collected. Often grapes are blended, and the...

FOODIE KITCHEN TECHNIQUE: Vinaigrette Emulsion

An emulsion is a viscous mixture of two ‘unfriendly’ liquids that normally cannot be unified, such as vinegar and oil. No matter how hard they are mixed, the vinegar and oil eventually separate. Certain ‘helper’ substances, called emulsifiers, encourage the vinegar...

FOODIE KITCHEN TECHNIQUE: Vinaigrette Emulsion

An emulsion is a viscous mixture of two ‘unfriendly’ liquids that normally cannot be unified, such as vinegar and oil. No matter how hard they are mixed, the vinegar and oil eventually separate. Certain ‘helper’ substances, called emulsifiers, encourage the vinegar...

RECHARGE WITH THE HEALING POWER OF THE BATH

I feel we have been conditioned from childhood to cherish the bath experience. Joyful, splashy, playful early memories are translated into adult joys of pampering with warm, enveloping quiet luxury or perhaps awakening the body with a cold bath or the Kneipp...