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Showing posts with label Number Wine Magazine. Show all posts

Jun 21, 2010

Fundacion Empresarias Hispanas Invites You to Wine and Cheese on Queens Museum of Art July 6th


Fundación Empresarias Hispanas (F.E.H) promotes the development of women in family and community leadership by encouraging work and personal welfare through job readiness and social awareness projects.
F.E.H is proud to present Flor de Papel, a social awareness campaign that promotes a society without violence through the arts.
CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO:

Wine and Cheese:Un Grito Al Silencio
July, Tuesday, 6 2010
Time, 5:00 pm 7:00 pm
Art Museum Gallery
Queens Museum of Art
Flushing Meadows Corona Park Building
Queens New York City, 11368

Donation, $20

Cordially Invites you:

Jacqueline Montoy
Executive Director, Fundacion Empresarias Hispanas
Queens, NY
95-20 63rd Rego Park
Tel:718 592 2091
Cel:347 6657626

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Apr 3, 2009

What do you know about wine?


"Wine" by ~seamgrvs (deviantart.com)


1. Rioja is a wine from Spain, but what is Rioja? A region in northern Spain
2. The famous French wine Chablis is made from which grape variety? Exclusively from Chardonnay
3. To which great statesman do we owe this quote about champagne: "In victory, I deserve it, but in adversity, I need it"? Clemenceau
4. Which country is generally acknowledged to be the birthplace of wine? Georgia
5. Roughly how old are teh trees used for the best French barrels? 150 years old
6. Of the tour so-called basic flavors, only one is found very rarely in wine, which one? Salty; To describe the balance in a wine, three of the basic flavours are often used - sweet, acidic and bitter - which are combined differently depending on the style and type of wine. Salty are very rare.
7. Which spirits is not made from grape? Calvados; made from apples
8. Wine is made up essentially of: Roughly 85% is made of water; its not advisable however to drink it all day =0)

Source: Number Wine Magazine (Paris, France)
http://www.numberwine.eu/