• Santa Duc draws arc of splendor with old-vines #Gigondas

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  Extract from the CHICAGO WINE JOURNAL: Submitted by Lawrence B. Johnson on Jan 15, 2016
  To glimpse the poor, stony soil is to wonder how it could ever produce the grapes that Domaine Santa Duc in turn translates into some of the most seductive wine in the Southern Rhône Valley appellation of Gigondas. But the proof was there in a palate-pleasing, indeed eye-opening vertical sampler of Santa Duc’s single-vineyard, old-vine Gigondas Prestige des Hautes Garrigues.
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• #Recipe - Salmon fillet with saffron and #champagne

  Serve with black rice and a puree of parsnip and celeriac

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  Serves 6
  Salmon fillet (about 1 kg) One organic lemon 2 medium-sized parsnips 1 medium-sized celeriacs A small pot crème fraîche Long grain black rice One small onion 150 ml champagne or white wine 150 ml fish stock 200 ml liquid cream Saffron Olive oil Oil of roasted sesame seeds Salt and pepper
  For the side dishes Peel, dice and cook the parsnip and celeriac with a little water. Mash with the crème fraîche in a blender. Cook the rice and keep warm with some butter.
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• The footprints of the earth - about #wine and #terroir

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  “Wine can and should stand on its own!” This is what John Gillespie, a recognized economists and observer of the American wine market, said during an interview 2013. Although Gillespie spoke more on the subject of “Wine and Food”, his words perfectly fit to our thoughts on wine aging.
  The wine barrel was probably invented in the 6^th century BC and brought to perfection by the Gauls for wine and beer storage many centuries later. The use of wood casks was widespread from the 3^rd century, but (...) — Lire la suite.

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• If you go to #Vinisud, don’t forget your #Carignan map!

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  Love Carignan? Want to know more about it? This map is proposed to you by the association Carignan Renaissance.
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• Château du Cèdre at #VINISUD #Montpellier next week Hall B2, C76

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  You’ll find us together with our friends from “La Java du Sud-Ouest”: Hall B2 in lane C number 76.
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• Restaurant Le Naka in #Avignon: Zen #Food in the papal city

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  There are several ways to discover a restaurant.
  A) By listening to friends and colleagues, who praise the ambience and the food of a place they went to last weekend. B) Through an extensive analysis of comments and pictures on the Internet. Just like it suits in the third millennium ... C) You drop rather casually into a restaurant, because the business meeting of this morning drags on and you change, for practical reasons and for the purpose of food, to a nearby location. D) By chance (...) — Lire la suite.

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• Better love life with red #wine?

  Blueberries, citrus fruits, red wine associated with reduced erectile dysfunction

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  Flavonoid-rich foods are associated with a reduced risk of erectile dysfunction, according to a new study. Of all the different flavonoids, Anthocyanins (found in blueberries, cherries, blackberries, radishes and blackcurrant), flavanones and flavones (found in citrus fruits) were found to offer the greatest benefits in preventing the condition. This research shows that eating a flavonoid-rich diet is as good for erectile function as briskly walking for up to five hours a week.
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• How not to get bored with #truffles ...

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  To get an answer to this quite snobbish sounding question, we have contacted Olivier Bompas, a highly regarded French sommelier, journalist and wine writer. Because after having allowed yourself to spend a small fortune on this strange, rock-like Fungus, you should better avoid to botch it up in your kitchen…
  “Truffles are an extraordinary food that is rather used as a spice. Their taste is extremely strong and delicate at the same time,”he says on this coveted mushroom.
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