How to taste and learn wine in times of pandemic? But on the Internet, of course, with samples sent home. Or not. At the end of January, we mentioned in this section, the initiative of Isabelle de Bordeaux who designed Tasting Packs, turnkey wooden boxes to learn wine in its bubble, alone or with family,… Continue reading
Category: Home Kitchen
The sauces of life: the year of vegetables and fruits with We’re Smart World
While we are calling into question from all sides our responsible consumption patterns, chef Frank Fol, with the We’re Smart World movement, wants us to think about our plate in a much more vegetal way. The crisis we are going through prompts everyone to ask questions about the mode of society we have experienced in… Continue reading
When the wine is drawn: how to remedy the loss of taste and smell?
In these times of coronavirus, the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences of Bordeaux (ISVV) can help you.
How do you make alcohol-free wine? here is its elaboration
A graduate in brewery and oenology, Thierry Cowez, oenologist at MIS, the leading company in Belgium in the production of alcohol-free wines, gives us some explanations. “Reverse osmosis has given way to the technology of vacuum evaporation, the particularity of which is to exert a low pressure (80 millibars) under vacuum on the wine which… Continue reading
French wine exports down by one billion euros
As a direct consequence of the confinement and closure of restaurants due to the health crisis, France has recorded a drastic drop in its exports to its traditional markets, which are the United States, Japan, China, etc. If the Covid-19 crisis is obviously the main responsible for this vertiginous fall, we must also take into… Continue reading
Meeting around wine is possible thanks to VineaLove
On the occasion of Valentine’s Day, VineaLove, the dating site for wine enthusiasts, completely revises its look and launches its “app”.
When the wine is drawn: Mie’s sakes now protected
After Yamagata in 2019, Mie has for a few months been the second Japanese prefecture to benefit from the “Geographical Indication” label for its sakes, an indisputable guarantee of quality. Located on the main island of Japan along the Pacific Ocean, Mie (or Mié) Prefecture is home to the famous Shinto shrine of Ise which… Continue reading
The truffle in all its forms: how specialists like to prepare it
Everything has contributed this year to the price of the “black kitchen diamond” literally collapsing… What specialists think about it and how they like to prepare it. Gourmet friends, when I talk to you about truffles this Sunday, I am referring to the real black truffle (tuber melanosporum). A great lover of what some call… Continue reading
No, wine does not protect against Covid-19
On February 2 the site Vitisphere published an article entitled ” New study confirms wine protects against Covid-19Quickly, the article was relayed on social networks accompanied by enthusiastic comments from Internet users. False hope, however, for the latter. Indeed, the study to which the article refers does not in any way allow such an assertion… Continue reading
For Valentine’s Day, opt for a delicious seafood platter from Belga Queen at home
On the occasion of Valentine’s Day, Antoine Pinto invites you to rediscover his magnificent range of seafood both in take away and delivery. Faced with the sad consequences of the Covid on the Horeca sector, some give up… Others, on the other hand, like Antoine Pinto, seize all the good opportunities to survive at best,… Continue reading