BERINGER: CALIFORNIAN WINE EXPERT IN CHINA HOUSE. By GB Bajaj. stylefluid
The highly popular Californian wine brands from Napa Valley, Beringer and Stags Leap arranged a wine tasting at China House, Grand Hyatt, Mumbai for the select few as they have launched in India with Aspri Spirits, one of the leading importers and distributors of premium wines and Spirits in India. Beringer is the oldest and continually operated winery in Napa Valley since 1876.
GB Bajaj with Nicole Carter, Regional Business Director-Asia of Beringer and Stags Leap.
China House is known for its superb cuisine experience, portraying luxurious warmth with engrossing interiors and interactive Chinese kitchens with private dining spaces and a lounge to unwind after a delicious meal.
We were fortunate to have Nicole Carter, Regional Business Director-Asia of Beringer and Stags Leap, who spoke about the company and a guided tasting of the wines and accompanied us were the wine gurus and wine experts from Bombay, Mr. Aneesh Bhasin and Mr. Bhisham Mansukhani.
Due to the favorable weather conditions, Nicole mentioned, the wines from Beringer and Stags Leap are perfectly bold flavored and “full body wines” and the two wine variants introduced in the Indian market are “well-balanced with good acidity” to pair with all kinds of Indian food.
Beringer produces six million cases of wines a year with 94 per cent of it is sold in the US itself, balance six per cent sold in other markets, certainly been the benchmark producer of quality wines.
Beringer wine uses a blend of traditional old aged preparation process with modern state of art technology to create the perfect wine, with distinctive characteristics and fabulous aromas.
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...um bodied and very refreshing with a lovely gold color for a Sauvignon Blanc.
Stag’s Leap Chardonnay 2008
Just my type of wine, medium bodied wine with aroma of honeysuckle greeting the nose first, followed by aromas of peach, lemon vanilla cream, pear and caramel with some vanilla at the finish and strong acidity. Best combo of fruit and oak with light golden color creating a dry taste on the palate but vivacious.
Stags Leap wine are known for their aromas packed with floral and fresh fruit flavors having a rich legacy and very well known are Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap Viogner, Stags Leap Merlot and Stags Leap Chardonnay.
Beringer has acquired the art of capturing the history of Napa Valley and of its own thoroughly in its own wines and an opportunity for the world, to taste its fabulous and exceptional wines, truly an epitome of Napa Valley.
Canandaigua Brands, Inc. (formerly Canandaigua Wine Company, Inc.) is a producer and supplier of wine and an importer and producer of beer and distilled spirits in the United States. It maintains a portfolio of over 130 national and regional brands of beverage alcohol which are distributed by over 850 wholesalers throughout the United States and selected international markets. Its beverage alcohol brands are marketed in three general categories: wine, beer and distilled spirits. Brands include: Paul Masson, Manischewitz, Monte Alban, Almaden, Barton’s Gin and Corona Beer.
There are specials offered at every meal depending on the season and the catch of the day. Chef Vanzile says that he plans the menu around what fresh fish and produce look the best rather than what is trendy. However, there is still a great deal of ambition evidenced in the menu. Some recent specials included Mahi chowder and blackened salmon with Romesco cream as well as more expected fare such as sautéed crab cakes and a shrimp omelet. Fish and chips were the special on St. Patrick’s Day, an Irish themed-meal for diners to enjoy.
In the span of only a few pages, L.B. Church has given us an overview of the winemaking process. He has done so with sufficient detail for those in the chemistry community to follow along, yet still in a cursory enough manner as to not bog them down with the unnecessary. Written as if it were the procedure of an experiment, he has given enough information for the experiment to be repeated, tested, validated and improved upon. And that is almost assuredly his goal from the very beginning, as it must be for any published author in the chemistry community.
In 2008 and 2009 the wine industry witness a rebound growth where there mid-priced and high-priced wines led growth. In 2010 the U.S. wine consumption reach
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50€ Exclusive and unforgettable dinner. Spend a lovely evening with your family and friends talking about Viking’s life, as they used to do with wine imported from France and Germany.
Compared to the industry as a whole, Mondavi is not responding to the changing marketplace and demands. While there has been some growth in the ultra and luxury premium market segments, the explosion in the last 15 years had been in the popular premium ($3-7 per bottle) and super-premium ($7-14) sector. Mondavi’s own Woodbridge offering is responsible for 76% of its case volume and 57% of its revenue as of 2001, but seemingly exists in isolation amidst all the high-end offerings from the company. Competitors that have established themselves in jug wine, beer, and other spirits are taking advantage of their sales volume and migrating upward. While E&J Gallo, Constellation, and the beer producers may not have the reputation for quality and craft that RMW possesses, their substantial financial weight has allowed them to develop or purchase brands that could compete in the higher altitudes and price segments. Meanwhile, competitors with similar histories in premium winemaking are taking advantage of lower production costs to horizontally integrate, acquire land, and build new wineries in different countries, as Kendall Jackson has done with the Villa Arceno (Italy) and Yangarra Park (Australia) wines.
It has been stated in each research source that hazing and particularly binge drinking is the most serious problem affecting social life, academic life, and health on college campuses today. The journal article pertaining to this issue, How Harvard’s College Alcohol Study Can Help Your Campus Design a Campaign Against Student Alcohol Abuse (CAS: Campus Alcohol Study for short), focuses more heavily on binge drinking and prevention than it does on the Greek system itself. The authors, Wechsler, Nelson, and Weitzman, contend that binge drinking is a nationally recognized problem but has not been studied efficiently enough to warrant effective prevention plans. The purpose of this article is to share with the public the results of a survey representing 50,000 students in 140 colleges, in 39 states. This is the first nationally representative survey of its kind and the analysis of its outcome by the authors of this article has resulted in seemingly sound prevention ideas. To begin interpreting the binge drinking phenomenon, a solid understanding of the term must be presented. Binge drinking is defined by all the articles as consuming five or more drinks in rapid succession (four or more for women) at least once in a two week period. Shockingly, the College Alcohol Study (CAS) found that two out of every five college students binge drink. The authors of this article argue that binge drinking has negative effects not only on the drinkers, but also on the entire student body. The binge drinker might get alcohol poisoning, other related physical injuries, or weakened academic performance, while the non-binging students are subjected to insults, arguments, vandalism, physical and sexual assaults, and loss of sleep due to alcohol influenced peers. The next topic that the article gets into is the different areas that change need be made to lessen the presence of binge drinking and ways in which these changes might be made. The first idea presented is that simply educating students about alcohol abuse and related problems is not effective. The CAS shows that four out of five students have been exposed to anti-alcohol education and still two out of these five binge drink, let alone drink at all. In fact, Wechsler, Nelosn, and Weitzman state that most members of predominant binge drinking groups like athletes and Greek organizations openly admit to being educated in this area. These findings display how ineffective alcohol education on college campuses is.
Robert Mondavi built a state-of-the-art winery that became a premium winemaking facility as well as conveying a unique sense of Mondavi wines to the visitors. Soon the new winery became a place where the best practices in the production of premium wines were developed, eventually establishing the standard in the wine industry. Robert Mondavi was the first winemaker who assembled experts with various back¬grounds in the fields of viticulture and winemaking to give advice on the new wines. He also developed new technology that allowed special handling of grapes and the cold fermentation of white wines. Furthermore, Mondavi's company created process innovations, such as steel fermentation tanks, vacuum corking of bottles, and aging of wines in new French oak barrels. Dedicated to growing vines naturally, Robert Mon¬davi introduced a natural farming and conservation program that allowed enhanced grape quality, environmental protection, and worker health.
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Beer is produced with a mixture of mashed barley, malt, and rice or corn. U.S. brewers use filtration systems as well as add additives to stabilize the foam and allow long lasting freshness. Bottled or canned beer is almost always pasteurized in the container in prevent the yeast from further fermentation.
When initially analyzing the Old World Wine Industry versus the New World Wine Industry, the differences are evident. Strong representations of this include factors such as size, production methods, brand equity, and production orientation. Through conducting an analysis using Porter’s Five Forces, one can clearly see the clear delineating factors between the Old and New World.
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