Articles, tagged with "grape vine", page 5
09th March 2009
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pompyfzr
09th March 2009
How would you suggest we make our latest chocolate bar nicer? Or do you find it quite satisfactory as is? Email your details to us now and receive an extra incentive for doing so. Are you hard up for cash and have a say in everything seen, heard, and...
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Author:
pompyfzr
31st January 2009
Want to enhance and improve the taste of your favorite dish? Think that adding wine to your recipe will make it more scrumptious and mouth watering? Well then, you're absolutely right!
Wines are widely used in the cooking world because they intensify t...
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Author:
Aaronn
02nd December 2008
The holiday season is a wonderful time in central Texas, as leaves turn and the burning heat of summer gives way to cool, brisk mornings and cold, sunny afternoons. Cold weather clothing replaces shorts and flip flops and fire places come to life for a fe...
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Author:
Robert Palmer
18th November 2008
We have all learnt to appreciate fine wine; some of us tend to appreciate it by the bottle rather than by the odd glass or two. Appreciation aside, growing a vineyard is no joke by any standards. For growing our own vineyard, we will need to have a certai...
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Author:
reuben wallis
30th October 2008
Because so many grape growers ask this question, I though it would be a good idea to write this article as part of the "New To Growing Grapes" series of posts on my blog.
The reason why so many new grape growers replant their grape vines, is poor plan...
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Author:
Danie Wium
27th October 2008
Viognier is a very common and ancient white grape that used to be fairly common. Now it is a rare white grape and the wine made from it is usually quite expensive (but also quite good!).
This wine grape probably originated centuries ago in Damatia. Ro...
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Author:
Sarah Martin
16th October 2008
Dolcetto is a type of grape that is used to make a dark very black wine. It is native to northwestern Italy and is primarily grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. Ironically the name means "sweet little grape" but in the end the grape produces ...
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Author:
Sarah Martin
13th October 2008
Malbec is a grape that is famous for being a Bordeaux varietal. The wine is created from is a classic French grape vine that produces a bloody red beverage that in terms of taste is described as a cross between Merlot and a Cabernet Sauvignon. It's very ...
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Author:
Sarah Martin
13th October 2008
Gamay is a blackish purple grape that is used to make a dark red wine of the same name. It is grown in France. It is considered to be one of the fanciest of wines and it is raised as a crop where the best vintages are grown in the Tours and the Louire Val...
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Author:
Sarah Martin
09th September 2008
Grapes and wheat were first brought to what is now Latin America by the first Spanish conquistadores to provide the necessities of the Catholic Holy Eucharist. Planted at Spanish missions, one variety came to be known as the Mission grapes and is stil...
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Author:
k00lit
16th August 2008
You have prepared your site; you have decided what variety to grow; now it is time to plant your grape vine! Well, unfortunately, this is where many home grape growers terribly fail!
Planting a grape vine is not hard, if fact, it is one of the easiest...
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Author:
Danie Wium
13th August 2008
In general, the grape vine needs less fertilization than an annual plant, but there is also a misconception that a grape vine needs poor soil, to do well. To be able to produce top quality grapes and to have a strong enough growth, the grape vine needs ce...
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Author:
Danie Wium
13th August 2008
So you decided to grow grapes then? That's great! But beware, this is where most home grape growers make their first mistake.
Choosing the correct grape variety is one of the most important decisions any home grape grower needs to take, when it comes t...
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Author:
Danie Wium
01st February 2008
I've seen many lists of wood chips and what foods go well with them and it's always struck me that this is approaching the problem for the wrong side. The wood chip is choosing the food and in my book it's the food that chooses the wood chip! So when you ...
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Author:
Paul Yates