Posts 9,991 to 10,000 of 10,200
The first production of wine in South Africa is from February 1659. The beginnings were not easy, since the Dutch settlers had almost any knowledge of grape growing and winemaking. The salvation came from the north: between 1680 and 1690 a group of French refugees reached... read complete post
Arnaldo Alcón Cánovas
I am not a writer, but as many other mortals a lot of times I need to write long documents or put my ideas alltogether. For anyone who works with a computer and needs to write text in a non-distracting environment these tools will be very useful. These programs usually are full-screen and... read complete post
Albert
Après quelques mois d'avoir lancé le site en Espagne (le 13 décembre 2009) et nos premières expériences internationales en Angleterre et aux États-Unis on a enfin fait le pas pour un pays qui nous tiens tous à coeur: la France. Et ça pour diverses raisons. D'abord... read complete post
Nico Bour
Classic questions in those who approach to the world of wine tasting are on the aromas. How does this wine smell? What should you smell? The smell of one thing or another, is it good or bad? If you've ever seen in movies the classic sketch in which an expert is able to... read complete post
Arnaldo Alcón Cánovas
¿Have you ever needed to get the absolute path to a script in a bash script? Here I explain how to set in a variable the current absolute path to the executed script and to its folder as well. read complete post
Albert
Okay, I’ve tried a wine and I want to do a more or less academic speech... How should I do that? Well, we “Uviners”, like all kind of opinions, especially those who tell favorite wine pairing, if you decided to buy wine through Uvinum and found it cheap, or if your... read complete post
Arnaldo Alcón Cánovas
Desde hace ya bastantes meses vengo usando Grooveshark . Un servicio de streaming que te permite escuchar la música que quieras de forma gratuita, que a diferencia de Spotify en su versión gratuita no ponen cortes publicitarios, cosa que se agradece enormemente. Grooveshark solo... read complete post
Albert
In an exciting convergence of technology, CSR, and wine, yesterday Twitter launched it's first wine, called Fledgling Wine. The 2009 vintage includes a Pinot Noir and Chardonnay , sourced from "top-flight California vineyards", crushed at San Francisco's DIY custom crush... read complete post
Lauren Dickinson
If it is too hot this summer to comfortably enjoy your Cab, you can try it in sorbet form now thanks to Wine Cellars sorbet . Although I've seen other wine flavored ice creams and sorbets before, this was the first time I'd come across the company designed soley on this idea. The result... read complete post
Lauren Dickinson
Good news for the wine industry: a recent survey shows wine has become consumers' first choice in the US, UK, and Australia when they stay at home, which itself remains a strong trend as people seem reluctant to return to their pre-Crisis levels of spending on eating and drinking out.... read complete post
Lauren Dickinson
