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California Wine Country Festivals
Wine festivals aim to highlight the yearly wine produce in a certain area. And with California having etched a name for itself as a premier wine producing state, there are various wine festivals being held yearly to promote and highlight their wine produce. Here are some of the more interesting ones.Napa Valley Mustard FestivalNapa Valley is considered as "wine country" in California. Th... [Read More]
Introduction to Hungary
Hungary is a country that lies in the Carpathian basin in the heart of Europe. Covering a relatively small area of 93,000 square kilometers, it is a landlocked nation, bordered on the north by Slovakia; on the north-east by Ukraine; on the east by Romania; on the south by Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia; and on the west by Austria. It has a population of only ten million people and is well-known for... [Read More]
Russian Wine Regions
Back in the Soviet days, Russia (including the republics of Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan) was the fourth biggest wine producers in the world, amounting to 4.8 billion liters of wine every year.However, wine production by the 1990s had declined to 1.6 billion liters primarily due to former USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev's anti-alcohol drive, thereby destroying several vineyards and wine... [Read More]
Austrian Wines
Austria is slowly becoming recognized in the international wine market. The quality of wines in the region has risen over the past decade. Austria has been home to a major production of sweet wines back in the late 70's and early 80's. It provided a cheap alternative to the more costly sweet wines made in Germany. But the Austrian wine industry was badly hit in the year 1985, when a scandal caused... [Read More]
Ukrainian Wine and Grapes Varieties
It might come as a surprise to many but this former USSR state is not known for producing good Vodka but rather is known as a great source of quality wines. Ukraine produces quality white, red, sparkling, and fortified wines. This country is known to grow grapes of various variety including Rkatsiteli, Aligoté, Cabernet Sauvignon, Saperavi, Riesling, Gewürztraminer, and Pinot Gris vari... [Read More]
Canadian Wine Regions
Canada's wine industry is continuously growing with the maturity and growth being attributed to the production of high end, quality wines that has been the recent trend in the country's wine production. According to reports, more than 358 million liters of wine were consumed in 2005. Although, it seems that most of the wine sales still came from imported wines from France and Italy. Nevertheless, ... [Read More]
Canadian Cuisine
What do back or peameal bacon, Tourtière and pâté à la râpure, hearty breads, pâté chinois, baked cream corn and peas, fiddlehead ferns, Fèves au Lard, pemmican, cheese curds, flipper pie, and toutins have in common? These are some of the foods and cuisines commonly found in Canada. Due to various influences and multi-cultural heritage, the coun... [Read More]
Canadian Wines and Grape Varieties
Canada has a stable wine industry. The country has been engaged in wine production since the 1800s. But it was only in the 1980s that the country began exporting their quality wines, expanding their products to wine connoisseurs around the world.Although, most of Canada is considered too cold to plant and grow grapes, there are still enough areas in the country where climate is favorable. Generall... [Read More]
Introduction to Canada
In terms of land mass, Canada is the second largest country in the world. It is second only to Russia. The country measures 9.9 million sq. kilometers or 3.8 million sq. miles and occupies most of the northern part of North America. Canada extends its boarders from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Arctic Ocean to the north. And to the country's northwest and ... [Read More]
Introduction to Portugal
Portugal is a coastal country located in the southwest of Europe. Its mainland is situated on the Iberian Peninsula and has only one nation to border it which is Spain. If one looks to the east and north, they will only see the border of Spain around them encompassing a total of 1,214km of borders. Even though this is the total number of kilometers for the border with Spain, Portugal does not ackn... [Read More]