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Are you a wine lover just like me!! Than you really need to take a look on the Clef du Vin which speeds up wine’s aging by one year per second.

Want to know how?

The Clef du Vin reassures you in your selection and purchase of wines. Clef du Vin speeds up the aromatic development of the wine’s flavors and softens its structure. You could name it ‘wine key,’ a dipstick-style device made with an undisclosed metal alloy, and now being stocked at some Kroger supermarkets.

If after several dips (or a continuous dip of a few seconds), the wine remains pleasant or improves, you can buy with confidence, it will age well.
If the wine worsens after one or two seconds of contact, the wine has little or no ageing potential, and should be drunk within a year or two.

And Clef du Vin is available in various sizes to fit glasses or bottles, ranging from $100 to $300.

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Great news for all wine lovers!

Just rush to Sotheby’s in New York City where the most arresting wine auction is going to be held on Saturday, November 18.
This time Park.B.Smith is planning to sell about 14,000 bottles from his collection. The amount collected will be used to help his college, Holy Cross College.
Well he is expecting at least $3-5million from this auction.

The centre of attraction will be a lot of 50 cases of Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1982, followed by the 1982 Mouton Rothschild one of the Robert Parker’s 100-point wines.

So don’t miss the chance!

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Rosemount Estate offers The 2006 Rosemount Diamond Label Sauvignon Blanc (87 points), with rich, ripe berry flavors but might finish little rapidly.

The 2006 Chardonnay (87 points) is generous and soft with, ripe tropical flavors folded into a creamy backdrop.

The best is the 2005 Shiraz (88 points), with soft plum and blackberry fruit, likewise soft tannins intermingling with a touch of dark chocolate.

You can get it all at $15.99 a bottle.

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European government is planning to end duty on alcohol imports, which may allow UK consumer to purchase duty-free alcohol and cigarettes on the internet.

It will be decided this month by the European court whether goods from European countries can be delivered to British homes free of UK duty. This could mean a big drop in tax income for the Treasury, which could lead the court to reject the idea.

Francis Jacob, the court’s advocate general, gave his suggestions to the court last December and the court will give its verdict on November 23. If the advice is granted by the court, it will become convenient for shoppers of alcohol and cigarettes to buy it from the mainland Europe, where there are often lower alcohol and tobacco duty rates.

Treasury spokesman said:

It is very important to remember that the advocate general’s opinion is just that - an opinion. The court does not always follow the Advocate-General’s opinion.

The government earns about £15bn a year from excise on alcohol and cigarettes. The European judgment will come six months after the European commission’s decision to end legal proceedings against Britain to jam up shoppers bringing in excessive quantities of alcohol and tobacco.

Jeremy Beadles, chief executive of the Wine and Spirits Trade Association said:

I think the likelihood is that the consumer will benefit and the Treasury will be hit hard by it. Retailers will have to adapt their businesses, recognizing they have much higher tax rates here than on the Continent.

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Here is something of your interest!!! I mean it all about wine tasting. I know you are keen to know about it. Here are some easy steps which will help you to make an informed judgment on the quality of a wine.

Step 1: To differentiate between young and old wine tilt the glass at an angle and look at the rim of the wine against a white background. If it’s purple, its young wine and if it appears red, mahogany or even brown the wine is old. The wine should be clean and bright.

Step 2: Pour a small amount of wine and swirl it around. Take a sniff, the wine should smell pleasant and clean with fruit and without any odd odors.

Step 3: Take a mouthful but not too much as you would need to swish the wine around your mouth in order for all parts of the mouth to taste the wine. After swallowing you should be able to detect if the wine is sweet or dry and has any acidity. Too much acidity will make the wine tart and too little flabby.

Tannin will make the mouth feel dry.

Weight is the general feel of the wine in the mouth.

Fruit is the overall taste of fruit in the mouth, the better the wine, the greater level of fruit.

Length is how long the flavor lingers in the mouth, the longer the better.

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Do you know what’s different in Truffletini?

You must be aware of many expensive cocktails but New York’s Tini Ristorante’s Truffletini come spiced up with a special ingredient.

Don’t wonder! This ingredient is white truffle. The drink consists of Stoli peach and orange, Grand Marnier, and mango juice, shaken and then topped with a generous amount of white truffles shavings.

A small version is served for $95 and a large for $165 by the restaurant.

Daniel, from NY Mag’s Grub Street described it as tasting like ‘a creamsicle that’s been rubbed down with garlic.’

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Your party gonna rock with this new sparkling Vodka 02. International English Distillers have come out with the world’s first 80 proof sparkling vodka.

The British vodka is produced from wheat and a small amount of malted barley then distilled and filtered three times in 100-year-old copper pot stills.

It took 18 months to create the process that puts oxygen bubbles into the vodka.

The company will possibly launch its bubbly vodka in Canada and US at the start of the next year but is already available overseas.

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Are you choosy about wines?

Try 007 Daniel Craig’s Bond drinks Chateau Angelus, the 1982 Angelus. The wine is featured during Bond’s dinner with Vesper Lynd, played by Eva Green.
You can buy the bottle for around $220 .

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What do you say about this bottle of champagne?

According to BBC report, Pernod Ricard is soon going to launch the world’s most expensive champagne. This latest champagne will be part of the Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque line.

You can get it for 1,000 euros (around $1,275) per bottle. Perhaps, most of the wine aficionados will grab it to embellish their bar rather than gobble the golden pints down the gut.

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You must have seen several years old whisky and other sorts of Scotch but Highland Park Lunar Whisky is 18 3/5 year old.

Lunar Bottling was done in honor of the first Lunar Nutation of the 21st century. The concept is related to a small periodic motion of the earth with respect to the pole of the ecliptic. The moon will not return to this point again until 2025. The whisky was matured in 40% fill sherry oak casks and bottled above 45.1%.

There are 500 bottles available and will cost around $132. Highland Park Lunar Whisky contains flavors of toffee sweetness and smoky finish. So what you are waiting for, enjoy this unique offer by Highland Park whisky distillery.

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