This is the only valid, and extenuating, argument that may be advanced in defense of the reprehensible attitude of the common wine waiter.

A really good wine waiter is, paradoxically, the guardian ( and not the purveyor ) of his cellar against the Visigoths.

Faced, on the one hand, with an always exhaustible supply of his best wines, and on the other by a clientele usually equipped with inexhaustible pocketbooks, it is a wonder indeed that all wine waiters are not afflicted with chronic ambivalence.

The one way to get around them -- short of knowing exactly what one wants and sticking to it -- is to frequent a single establishment until its wine waiter is persuaded that one is at least as interested in wine as in spending money.

It does no harm for wine to stand on end for a matter of days, but in terms of months and years it is fatal.

When stacking wine on its side in a bin, care should always be taken to be sure there is no air bubble left next to the cork.

The best rule of thumb for detecting corked wine ( provided the eye has not already spotted it ) is to smell the wet end of the cork after pulling it: if it smells of wine, the bottle is probably all right ; ;

Light, especially daylight, is always bad for wine.

All in all, though, there is a good deal of nonsense expended over the preparations thought necessary for ordinary wine drinking ; ;

A white wine, already at cool cellar temperature, may be adequately chilled in a bucket of ice and water or the freezing compartment of a refrigerator ( the former is far preferable ) in about fifteen minutes ; ;

but again, as one will have observed at any restaurant worth its salt, wine should be served in a large, tulip-shaped glass, which is never filled more than half full.

In this way, red wine warms of itself quite rapidly -- and though it is true that it may not attain its potential of taste and fragrance until after the middle of the meal ( or the course ), in the meantime it will have run the gamut of many beguiling and interesting stages.

The only cardinal sin which may be committed in warming a wine is to force it by putting it next to the stove or in front of an open fire.

Over-chilling is an accepted method for covering up the faults of many a cheap or poor white wine, especially a dry wine -- and certainly less of a crime than serving a wine at a temperature which reveals it as unattractive.

The fragrance and taste of any white wine will die a lingering death when it is allowed to warm or is exposed for long to the air.

: The irrigated orchards produced neither wine nor syrup,

In addition to these alcohol-based products produced in America, imports were seen on merchant shelves, including wine and brandy.

Bordeaux wine has been produced in the region since the 8th century.

Yellow wine has a long history in China, where the unique beverage is produced from rice and ranges between 10 – 15 % alcohol content.

* Cadillac AOC, the appellation d ' origine contrôlée Bordeaux wine produced in the French commune

Chianti ( pronounced ) is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany.

For a wine to retain the name of Chianti, it must be produced with at least 80 % Sangiovese grapes.

After purchasing the property, he produced wine under the Niebaum-Coppola label.

Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it.

The wine is produced in a variety of styles ranging from dry wines which can be consumed on their own as an aperitif, to sweet wines more usually consumed with dessert.

* Non-Jewish wine ( stam yeinam ): wine that while not produced for idolatrous purposes may otherwise have been poured for such a purpose or alternatively when consumed will lead to intermarriage

The main heartland of Kosovo's wine industry is in Orahovac ( Rahoveci ) where millions of litres of wine is produced.

Pruning is a major component to the quality of the wine that is produced.

In the Eastern European countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Moldova, Croatia and Romania, Merlot is often produced as a full bodied wine that can be very similar to Cabernet Sauvignon.

For instance, suppose Portugal was a more efficient producer of wine than England, yet in England cloth could be produced more efficiently than it could in Portugal.

Among other findings there are wineries where fermented wine was produced, as well as loom weights resembling those of Mycenaean sites in Greece.

* ethanol ( ethyl alcohol, commonly referred to as simply alcohol, produced through fermentation by yeast in alcoholic beverages such as wine and beer ) – legal but regulated in most parts of the world, and illegal in several Muslim countries such as Pakistan, Libya, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia ; not consumed by members of some religions.

More than half of Australia's wines are produced in the South Australian wine regions which principally include: Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, the Riverland and the Adelaide Hills.

However, unlike wine, in which alcohol is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in grapes and other fruits, sake is produced by means of a brewing process more like that of beer.

and the young people should not even be permitted to see comedies till they are old enough to drink strong wine and sit at the public tables.

The corporation entertained him for dinner at Quiney's house in 1596/7, with wine and sugar sent by the bailiff, Sturley.

and finally, the best part of all, simply sit at the plank table in the kitchen with a bottle of wine and the newspapers, reading the ads as well as the news, registering nothing on her mind but letting her soul suspend itself above all wishing and desire.

No one complained of the white wine either: at this altitude of two thousand feet, grapes acquire a dryness and the tang of gunflint.

By tradition, a red wine should be served at approximately room temperature -- if anything a little cooler -- and be aged enough for the tannin and acids to have worked out and the sediment have settled well.

The wine waiter will see to it that the bottles are taken from the bin and opened at least in time to warm and aerate, preferably allowed to stand on end for as long as possible and, perhaps in the case of very old wines, be decanted.

For, in the process of decanting, the bottle is only tilted once instead of several or more times at the table: hence, a minimum of the undesirable mixture of wine and dregs.

It is idle to ask why we are no longer disturbed if somebody, professing the deepest piety, decides anew that it is of no importance whether or not Christ transformed the water into wine at eleven A.M. on the third of August, A.D. 32.

Dionysus wept tears of wine in remorse for his action at the sight of the beautiful statue.

Thus, 75 centilitres of wine ( the contents of a standard wine bottle ) at 12 % ABV contain:

Because grocery stores are not permitted to carry wine or liquor, the older law essentially meant that only beer and alcoholic malt beverages could be purchased at all on Sundays.

Beer and wine can be sold at any retailer that can supply, but liquor ( spirits ) must be sold at specialized stores only.

:* Seattle's Bastille Day Celebration, held at the Seattle Center, involves performances, picnics, wine and shopping.

Archaeological confirmation of Bethlehem as an Israelite city was uncovered in 2012 at the archaeological dig at the City of David in the form of a bulla ( seal impression in dried clay ) in ancient Hebrew script that reads " From the town of Bethlehem to the King ," indicating that it was used to seal the string closing a shipment of grain, wine, or other goods sent as a tax payment in the 8th or 7th century BCE.