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The Green Wine Bottle Ever wondered where the green wine bottle originated from? Well, it was actually invented in England by a Catholic diplomat and polymath, Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), up until then it had been stored in goat skin bags. In the 1630’s Digby owned a glassworks and manufactured globular wine bottles with a high tapered neck, a collar and a punt. His winning manufacturing technique of using a coal furnace which included a wind tunnel, making it hotter [...]

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Fish Sauce from the old Ancient Roman Society.
Fish Sauce There are a lot of theories about this recipe, so nothing is for sure. But rumors say many things and a lot about a smelly product. The sauce has had several names, it has been called: garum, liquamen and also muria and recipes vary much in what the future has been written down and preserved. Original recipe came probably from the ancient Greeks. The main point is to preserve fish by salt. The way it was done is [...]
The royal Chinese Restaurant – Toronto.
Chinese love tasty food and every major, or even small North American city, offers many opportunities to specialties of this ancient gastronomy. When you a Chinese restaurant, full of Chinese patrons, you can be sure the food is well prepared and authentic. If the restaurant caters mainly to “westerners” then you can be certain that the food is “modified” and not authentic. Anyone who knows a little about food, cuisines and taste, will appreciate that China. A huge country with [...]
Spanish Wines. Quality, Value and Variety.
The excitement, attention and demand surrounding wines from Spain today has been in the making for more than 3, 000 years and today boasts the world’s largest vineyard acreage. From long established and respected wine growing regions to exciting new ones, from indigenous grape varieties to international varietals, and from traditional to modem wine making techniques, Spanish wines offer something for everyone, from good value in an everyday wine to wines for laying down. History plays an important role in [...]
French Oak Forests.
French Oak Wine enthusiasts everywhere know and appreciate the contribution of French oak and French-coopered barrels. An experienced taster can, without hesitation distinguish a French-barrel aged chardonnay from another aged in American white oak. French oak makes the wine taste more refined and fresh. The vanilla flavour is just a soupcon, and the oak functions as an enhancer to the natural taste of the grape. Experiment- and quality-oriented winemakers everywhere age their chardonnays in French oak. Some employ both French [...]
New Reign in Spain.
Call it a revolution or astoundingly fast progress, Spain once a laggard, is setting the pace in Europe today when it comes to wine and food. Spanish red wines once over aged and lifeless now burst with fruit, supported by just the right amount of oak flavours and velvety textures are now conquering the palates of English, German, American, and Canadian connoisseurs. Ever since Spain joined the EU in 1986, research funds poured in to improve vitivinicultural technology. This, coupled [...]

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Professor Hrayr Berberoglu

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Professor Berberoglu accepts wines, liquors, liqueurs, and beers for sensory evaluation from Ontario wineries, distilleries, and breweries and agents of imported products. Products evaluated may or may not be featured in his articles published on this site.