星期六, 八月 30, 2008

电影《瓶击》下个月在香港上映

电影《瓶击》(Bottle Shock)9月18日将在香港上映,也不知道啥时候能来内地放映。香港人翻译的电影名字确实很商业化,居然叫做《醇酒醋男》,哈哈!也不知道电影里的哪一位主人公是醋男。

看看香港电影娱乐网的介绍:

醇酒醋男Bottle Shock

導演: 雲度米勒(Randall Miller) 演員: 標布文(Bill Pullman)、艾倫力文(Alan Rickman)、麗楚泰萊(Rachael Taylor)、基斯派恩(Chris Pine) 官方網頁:http://www.bottleshockthemovie.com/上映日期: 2008年9月18日

故事簡介: 故事改編自美國葡萄酒莊挑戰法國世界酒王地位的真人真事傳奇。
固執古板的律師占(標布文 飾)和自由放任的保(基斯派恩 飾)是一對性格各異的父子,二人之間常起衝突,唯一令他們並肩作戰的是同一個夢想── 在北加州的Chateau Montelena酒莊,成功釀製世界頂級白葡萄酒─莎當尼(Chardonnay),與法國南部的出產看齊。

英國酒商史提芬(艾倫力文 飾),四出為即將推出的評酒會訪尋美酒,目的是為挽救旗下瀕臨倒閉的巴黎店舖。占釀製的白酒令史提芬大為驚艷,但史提芬的勢利白鴿眼態度,卻導致占拒絕參加評酒會。

另方面,保忙於追求漂亮實習生心(麗楚泰萊飾),又嘗試改良釀酒師好友吉士(費迪路哲奇 飾) 的酒質,但遭受劣評。保為重整酒莊的聲譽,不理父親反對,將兩枝莎當尼白酒送交史提芬的評酒會;占雖然震怒,但不及發現新釀白酒全數變色的震驚!

心灰意冷的占打算結束酒莊,重回律師老本行,並且徹底銷毀所有變成啡色的白酒。努力探求真相的心,終於從葡萄酒專家得知,該批變色酒其實是處於釀酒的最高境界,屬罕見和短暫的狀態。保和心必須趕在占銷毀絕世佳釀之前,反敗為勝……

首届欧洲葡萄酒博客人大会昨夜召开(原)




第一届欧洲葡萄酒博客人(Wineblogger)大会8月29日晚12时许(当地时间下午6点左右)在西班牙里奥哈举行,参加会议的葡萄酒业内人士有40多人,分别来自世界十几个国家,此外还有许多媒体人员应邀出席了会议。中国葡萄酒博客人无一人参加会议。

由于时差的原因,直到夜里12点我才从会议开设的网站上看到本届会议的直播内容,通过LiveBlog,我与这次会议的组织人、英国葡萄酒博客人罗伯特(图片三)进行了交流,罗伯特希望在下一届会议上有中国葡萄酒博客人参加。

当天下午的大会内容主要是会议组织者向到会人员致欢迎词,并举行了一个品酒会,共有40余款世界各地的葡萄酒供来宾们品尝,其中还有盲品内容。

很遗憾,不知道是啥缘故,我未能看到由会议主办方所提供的视频信息。(图片来自会议,请勿转载)

星期五, 八月 29, 2008

欧洲首届葡萄酒博客人大会今日举行(原)

首届欧洲葡萄酒博客人大会今日将在西班牙里奥哈(当地时间中午12时)举行,为了配合这次大会的举办,OpenWineconsortium网站特地在其网站首页导航栏上增加了聊天和即时信息功能,点击聊天后便可以与登录在线的会员进行聊天交流。

对首届欧洲葡萄酒博客人大会感兴趣的国内葡萄酒人士以及葡萄酒爱好者可以登录到OpenWineconsortium网站,与国外葡萄酒同行就有关葡萄酒方面的问题进行交流。

另外据悉,首届美国葡萄酒博客人大会目前已得到20多家公司、团体以及葡萄酒厂的赞助。第一届美国葡萄酒博客人大会将于10月24日至26日在加州索诺玛火烈鸟度假胜地举行。

纳帕又发现苹果浅褐卷蛾(原)

Two Light Brown Apple moths have been discovered in the Carneros District, prompting state officials to call for a quarantine.The moths, pests that threaten a variety of crops grown in California, were found 1.5 miles apart. The moth in Napa County was found near Duhig and Ramal roads, south of Highway 121 and west of Domaine Carneros. The second was nearby in southeastern Sonoma County.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture will set up separate quarantine areas for the two counties. The exact boundaries will be announced by the state sometime this week.Under a state quarantine, farmers can still harvest and sell their crops, but must inform buyers of the quarantine and ensure steps are taken to prevent the possible spread of the pest.
Greg Clark, assistant agricultural commissioner in Napa County said, “We are contacting growers and wineries to let them know what is going on.”The Light Brown Apple Moth has an insatiable appetite for many agricultural crops — including winegrapes. It is the No. 1 pest affecting winegrapes in Australia and New Zealand.
The moth in Napa County was discovered on July 23, and the Sonoma County pest was found Aug. 10.In Napa County the likely quarantine area impacts 55 farmers — 53 are grapegrowers, one farms olives and the last has pasture land, according to the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner’s office. The area encompasses about 6,800 acres.More traps are being put out in the quarantine area.“We don’t know how the moths got here,” said Dave Whitmer, agricultural commissioner for Napa County. “We just hope there is not an infestation.”Whitmer said winds could have blown the moths in or the pest could have hitched a ride on a vehicle. “No one knows for sure how it got here,” he said.Discovery of the pest comes as harvest has gotten under way in Carneros and around the valley. So far, though, only some sauvignon blanc and grapes for sparkling wines have been harvested.As a result of the quarantine, growers will have to tell the wineries they sell to that the grapes come from a quarantined area, and wineries will be asked to crush those grapes as quickly as possible.“We don’t expect there to be a huge impact. This type of communication already occurs between the growers and wineries,” Whitmer said.Wineries will have to take the green waste from the crush to a state compost facility instead of spreading it between the vines.Jennifer Putnam, executive director of the Napa Valley Grapegrowers, said, “At this point we are working with the ag commissioner for the best course of action. They are aggressively trapping, and we are in conversations with Sonoma officials.”The pest was previously found in American Canyon in spring 2008 and off Kelly Road in south Napa County in the fall of 2007.Light Brown Apple Moth has an diverse appetite, eating crops, native species and landscape plants, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The pesky pest’s diet ranges from alfalfa, alders and acacias to broccoli, lavender and roses — along with citrus, olives, tomatoes and trumpet vine.“For people shipping commodities, this is serious,” Clark said.The insect can reduce quality and yields of winegrapes and is found throughout the Bay Area and as far south as Monterey County. Thus far, the pest has not been found in the breadbasket of the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, according to Whitmer.If there is another Light Brown Apple Moth discovered in the area, a federal quarantine is possible.

星期日, 八月 24, 2008

《葡萄酒观察家》给虚假餐馆颁奖

近日爆出一条“丑闻”,美国知名杂志《葡萄酒观察家》将其“杰出奖”颁发给了一个虚假餐馆。此事的发生目前引起业内人士的高度关注,许多人对《葡萄酒观察家》杂志的这种做法给予了批评。
披露此条“丑闻”的人恰恰就是编造虚假餐馆的幕后人、葡萄酒作家Robin Goldstein,他是在美国俄勒冈州出席一个会议时对外公布的。
外界新闻报道:
Wine Spectator Gives ‘Award of Excellence’ to Fake Restaurant
Yes, Wine Spectator magazine, which urges readers to “Learn More, Drink Better,” unwittingly gave an “Award of Excellence” to a non-existent restaurant in Milan. Wine writer Robin Goldstein is behind the hoax. Goldstein entered Osteria L’Intrepido and its fake menu in the magazine’s restaurant awards competition, paying the $250 entry fee, “[a]s part of the research for an academic paper I’m currently working on about standards for wine awards.”
Needless to say, the magazine’s editor was none too happy to learn the publication had been duped, writing:
This act of malicious duplicity reminds us that no one is completely immune to fraud. It is sad that an unscrupulous person can attack a publication that has earned its reputation for integrity over the past 32 years. Wine Spectator will clearly have to be more vigilant in the future.
No, the magazine’s editors didn’t try to visit the restaurant. But the editor wrote that phone calls were made that reached an apparently bogus answering machine message, a Google search turned up an address for the restaurant on a map, and the restaurant’s merits were even debated by (phony) Chowhound users.
It would seem that the magazine’s editors are grousing all the way to the bank. As The New York Times points out, “More than 4,000 awards were granted this year, so Wine Spectator made more than $1 million in fees.”
A note about the restaurant’s award has been removed from Wine Spectatator’s website, Goldstein writes, adding that a mention of the award appears in the magazine’s August print edition.

星期六, 八月 23, 2008

罗伯特举办的品酒会





为配合这次Twitter taste Live的举行,在罗伯特组织下,一个小型家庭品酒会如期在伦敦市举行(图片1)。

供品尝的雨果酒庄葡萄酒有五款,它们分别是:

1、Hugel Tradition Gentil (aka Les Fleurs d'Alsace) 2006

2 、Hugel Tradition Pinot Blanc 2006

3、 Hugel Tradition Gewürztraminer 2006

4、Hugel Riesling Jubilee 2004

5、Hugel Gewürztraminer Vendage Tardive 2001

搭配的菜谱有:

1、Scallops pan fried with white wine, ginger, garlic and chilli(配第一款酒)

2、Red Onion or Asparagus Tarts with baby leaf salad(配第二款酒)

3、Fois Gras Mi Cuit with toast and fig chutney(配第三款酒)

4、Pork Medallions with Mustard Mash, Apples and Cider Reduction(配第四款酒)

5、Coconut Maccaroons [supposed to be accompanied with fruit salad](配第五款酒)

http://wineculture.blogspot.com/

星期五, 八月 22, 2008

美国葡萄园基金会奖励葡萄栽培与酿酒专业学生



美国葡萄园基金会(AFV)和André Tchelistcheff&Richard Peterson博士奖学金管理委员会近日向两位加州大学戴维斯分校的学生颁发了奖学金,这两笔奖学金将支持并帮助这两位学生完成他们的研究项目和学业教育,受到奖励的两位学生分别是Alexander Chassy和Annegret Rust。

Alexander Chassy是一位在读研究生,目前在加州大学戴维斯分校Andrew Waterhouse教授指导下攻读生理学博士学位,他的研究项目将得到André Tchelistcheff(上图)奖学金支持。

Annegret Rust来自德国,她将获得Richard Peterson(下图)博士奖学金,由此帮助她攻读下葡萄栽培与酿酒专业硕士学位。她的指导老师也是Waterhouse教授。在来到戴维斯攻读硕士学位之前,Annegret Rust曾于2005年在德国基尔大学获得食品学硕士学位。

美国葡萄园基金会与美国餐饮协会曾于2007年9月达成协议,今后的葡萄栽培与酿酒奖学金事务将改由葡萄园基金会负责管理。


正在网上体验Twitter现场品酒活动

此时的我正在体验一种新的网络品酒形式--Twitter现场品酒(Twitter taste live)。由于这是刚出现的新生事物,所以我很好奇,尽管对这种网上现场品酒形式我还很陌生,对组织这次品酒活动的有关人员也不认识,但是感觉还是很不错。

前段时间,偶然在某一国外葡萄酒博客上浏览到Twitter现场品酒的信息,于是便注册了Twitter,这也是我第一次认识Twitter。在Twitter上我成为了一位名叫1winedude(美国人,住在宾夕法尼亚的费城)的跟随者(follower)。我给他发信息了解Twitter品酒一事,很巧他就是这次举办Twitter现场品酒的组织人之一。他在Twitter上回复我说Twitter现场品酒非常有趣,后来我又去到他的葡萄酒博客浏览相关信息,并去到他公司网站详细了解这次Twitter现场品酒的具体内容(活动介绍见上文)。

这次Twitter品酒开始时间为美国东部时间21日晚七点,英国时间为夜里12点,由此推算出中国时间是22日早七点左右。为此今天早上七点左右我就上网了,并登录到Twitter,此时在Twitter上已经看到和这次Twitter现场品酒有关的信息。

知道1winedude本人要在其雅虎live频道上出视频,于是我便登录到雅虎live,并进入1winedude的雅虎live频道,哇,终于在视频上看到他了,遗憾的是他的音频出了点问题,听不见他说话,该视频只好关闭,并改换到了Twitter现场品酒的主页上,点击主页上的live,我看到了1winedude视频,从视频画面上来看,他此时是在一家大型储酒仓库里,里面有许多人在忙碌。

在首届欧洲葡萄酒博客会议组织人之一的赖安(西班牙人)雅虎live频道上,我见到了英国人罗伯特·麦金托什(Robert McIntosh,住在伦敦),他也是这次首届欧洲葡萄酒博客会议的组织人之一。他在赖安live频道里打开了他的视频,而且可以听到他说话。另外在这里我还看见了久闻大名的美国知名葡萄酒博客人lenn,我曾在我的葡萄酒博客上介绍过他,他目前居住在纽约市的长岛。他头戴一顶帽子,并且参加了Twitter现场品酒,而且谈了他这次参加Twitter现场品酒的感受和体会。

这次Twitter现场品尝的葡萄酒来自法国阿尔萨斯产区,是Hugel(雨果)酒庄生产的,共五款酒,它们分别是:1、Hugel Tradition Gentil (aka Les Fleurs d'Alsace) 2006,2、Hugel Tradition Pinot Blanc 2006,3、Hugel Tradition Gewürztraminer 2006,4、Hugel Riesling Jubilee 2004,5、Hugel Gewürztraminer Vendage Tardive 2001。由活动组织者(美国一家公司)在网上销售。

目前Twitter现场品酒活动还在进行中,我要回到Twitter去啦。

Twitter现场品酒正在进行中

Twitter Taste Live

Twitter Taste LIVE is a ground breaking new tasting format will bring the famous wine personalities of the world straight to the consumer via the popular social networking tool Twitter. This is not just national, but international! Users all over the world will have the opportunity to join the worlds top wine personalities online to taste their wines. Even better, users will have the potential to comment, ask questions and go back and forth with the winemakers in real time.

Here’s how it works, First, you will need a free Twitter account. Then you will want to “follow” BINENDSWINE on twitter. You will also want to follow any of the bloggers involved with the event. You can easliy search the name in the search box. All upcoming Twitter Taste Live Tastings will be announced both on Twitter, Facebook as well as on our website.

Tasting wine should always be a fun, social event, therefore we encourage our tasters to get together locally in groups. It’s easy! Grab the wine, some glasses, a laptop and some friends and make an evening out of it!

Tasting times may vary depending on winemaker availability but will tend to be the third Thursday of every month at 7pm eastern time.

星期四, 八月 21, 2008

Twitter现场品酒活动即将举行


从国外一个葡萄酒Blogger那里知道,有人将于本月21日在Twitter上组织一次现场品酒会。据说这是世界上首次利用Twitter举办现场品酒会,之前曾有人搞过一次,据说效果挺不错,组织人还根据参加者的表现颁发奖品。

以前在国内曾有公司和个人利用博客搞品酒会,其模式是由组织者提前将供品尝的样酒寄给各位请求参加品酒会的Boggers,Bloggers要写出品酒文章来,并将品酒报告及文章发表在各自的博客上,然后由组织人汇总链接,供感兴趣的网友们浏览。

在国外也有人定期举办博客品酒,比如美国人lenn就提出每周三举行一次,目前这种品酒活动还在继续。

用Twitter举办现场品酒我还真是第一次听说,看了一下,其程序是先由组织者先其葡萄酒博客上及Twitter上发品酒通知,并告知供品尝的葡萄酒是哪一款,估计这次Twitter现场品酒不是免费提供样酒,而是由参加者自己花钱购买,然后在同一时间里进行品尝,并将每人品酒的感受和体会发到Twitter上,和大家现场进行交流。

这次Twitter现场品酒,除了Twitter现场交流之外,参与者还能在雅虎Live上看见组织者的现场品酒视频,这样做的目的主要是为了活跃现场气氛,让大家有一个直观感觉,另外就是用视频来演示适合于搭配的食品。期待着!

第21届华盛顿州拍卖会获善款225万美元

第21届华盛顿州葡萄酒拍卖会18日结束,本届拍卖会为期三天,共筹集到善款225万美元,是历届拍卖会筹款最高的一次。

拍卖所得将捐献给华盛顿州儿童医院、位于西雅图的医疗中心以及华盛顿州葡萄酒教育基金会。

星期三, 八月 20, 2008

索诺玛再次发现苹果浅褐卷蛾踪影(原)

继今年二月和四月在加州索诺玛县各发现一只苹果浅褐卷蛾之后,近日在索诺玛县又发现了第三只苹果浅褐卷蛾。

这次发现苹果浅褐卷蛾的位置在索诺玛的东南部,与纳帕谷交界,距离索诺玛谷设立的苹果浅褐卷蛾检疫区域(15平方英里范围)大约七英里。

据索诺玛县官方说,该发现目前已得到加州农业部门的证实。这次在索诺玛发现苹果浅褐卷蛾将意味着索诺玛又有一区域进入密切监视状态。

据说,加州将在这次发现苹果浅褐卷蛾的区域范围内放置诱捕器,如果再在附近发现第二只苹果浅褐卷蛾的话,那么将会像索诺玛谷今年四月份一样,启动检疫隔离措施。

加州在2007年初首次证实苹果浅褐卷蛾在加州的存在,目前在加州的十多个县份均发现该害虫出没的踪影。

星期二, 八月 19, 2008

1951奔富葡萄酒以46700美元高价卖出

刚才泰勒·科尔曼在Twitter上发信息说,一瓶1951奔富农庄红葡萄酒昨晚在墨尔本市Langton拍卖行以46700美元(54000澳元)的价格拍出。

查知该葡萄酒是奔富总酿酒师 Max Schubert用设拉子品种酿制的。

新闻来源:

Bottle of Penfolds 1951 Grange Wine Fetches A$54,000 at Auction
By Malcolm Scott
Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- A bottle of 1951 Penfolds Bin 1 Grange sold for A$54,000 ($46,700) at an auction in Melbourne last night, a record for a standard-sized bottle of Australian wine.
``It's an extraordinary price for a significant wine,'' said Stewart Langton, managing director of the auction house Langton's. ``The 1951 vintage is seen by some observers as wine's equivalent to powered flight,'' because it marked the beginning of the modern Australian wine industry, he said.
The wine was made by Penfolds Chief Winemaker Max Schubert, using Shiraz grapes from Magill and Morphett Vale, and named after the original Grange cottage built by Dr. Penfold at Magill in 1844.
Langton said prices for Australia's top-tier wines have ``never been stronger'' as the international market for the labels grows. Prices at the high end of the market -- bottles selling for more than A$500 -- have doubled over the past couple of years, he said.
The seller and the new owner of the 1951 Grange were not named, however the bottle will remain in Australia, Langton said. The sale attracted buyers from Australia, Asia, the U.S. and Europe, he said.
A bottle of 1951 Penfolds Bin 1 Grange was sold at an auction in June 2004 by Oddbins for A$50,200.
The 1951 Grange was never commercially released and the bottle came from Schubert's private collection, Oddbins said at the time. Penfolds made only 160 cases of the 1951 Grange, packed in hand-blown bottles, Oddbins said. Schubert died in 1994.

星期日, 八月 17, 2008

密尔沃基葡萄酒节将在八月下旬举行(原)


密尔沃基葡萄酒节将于2008年8月22日至23日在密尔沃基美术馆草坪举行,届时将有来自世界各地的250款葡萄酒供游客们品尝。

此外,葡萄酒节还将为游客们呈上现场音乐会、与食品搭配有关的葡萄酒研讨会以及其它的主题活动。

密尔沃基是威斯康星州最大城市和湖港,位于密歇根湖西岸,啤酒酿造为其特色工业,拥有全国4大啤酒厂中的3个,产量居国内首位,被称为美国“啤酒之都“。

星期六, 八月 16, 2008

害羞的葡萄


没想到葡萄也害羞起来,躲在叶子后面迟迟不好意思走出来。:)

星期五, 八月 15, 2008

纽约州葡萄发现中心获得百余万美元资金支持(原)



纽约州葡萄发现中心(The Grape Discovery Center )近日获得了105万美元资金的支持,该资金是由纽约州北部复兴投资基金提供的,从而使在纽约州Westfield建造葡萄发现中心的梦想变为了现实,这是纽约州女参议员Cathy Young在周三上午宣布的,Cathy Young日前刚获得由纽约州葡萄与葡萄酒基金会授予她的“工业奖”。

建造葡萄发现中心是康克葡萄区域遗产协会的主意,该团体成立于20002年,成立该协会是为了促进和支持葡萄与葡萄酒业的快速经济发展。

葡萄发现中心将仿效威斯康星州越橘发现中心的成功经验,越橘发现中心每年吸引好几万的游客。

建成后的葡萄发现中心将开展特色教育并举办交互式展览,以展示纽约州Chautauqua县的葡萄与葡萄酒业、歌颂该区域的葡萄遗产以及促进葡萄产品的发展。中心将设立特色礼品店、快餐店及酒吧,还将计划设立品酒中心,以便为酒庄旅游者们提供服务。

星期四, 八月 14, 2008

日本金龟子在威斯康星州葡萄园中大发生(原)



来自美国威斯康星州电视台的消息,日本金龟子(学名 Popillia japonica Newman)近日在该州部分葡萄园中大量发生,并对葡萄的生长产生严重影响,目前葡萄园种植者正在全力以赴地与该害虫进行斗争。

据Prairie du Sac Wollersheim葡萄酒厂的Philippe Coquard 说,约在三个星期以前,就可以在每棵葡萄树上看到大约50头日本金龟子,它们非常疯狂,到处可见。它们会立即咀嚼葡萄的叶片,并造成葡萄落叶,就像是作家剪报的右手。葡萄叶子对葡萄成熟是必须的,无论是对葡萄果实的含糖量还是颜色。

因为该害虫对葡萄的采收仍然存在着巨大威胁,一些害虫防治专家们推荐采用诱捕器来防治这种害虫。

因为诱捕器的实际作用是吸引害虫,所以专家建议应该把诱捕器放置到远离害虫想去为害的地方,其目的就是引诱它们远离葡萄树,不让它们接近树体。

除了诱捕器是黄色的以外,吸引害虫的还有诱捕器上的信息素。

由于还将会有其它金龟子极可能随着日本金龟子落入诱捕器中,所以专家建议每一天清空诱捕器一次。

另外还有两种方法用于防治日本金龟子,一种是喷洒杀虫剂,因为该害虫持续为害两个月,因此不得不经常重复喷药;另一种是振动葡萄树促使害虫落下,最好让日本金龟子淹死在肥皂水中。

日本金龟子在中华人民共和国进境植物检疫危险性病、虫、杂草名录中属于二类检疫性害虫,目前该害虫在我国境内尚未有发生。

延伸阅读:

Alas the Japanese beetle: No scent means no sex

If a male Japanese beetle is unable to detect the sex pheromone released by a female, he won’t be able to locate her and reproduce.

That’s the gist behind chemical ecology research at the University of California, Davis to be published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

UC Davis chemical ecologists, led by Walter Leal, have isolated, identified, cloned and expressed a pheromone-degrading enzyme in the Japanese beetle that could lead to important applications in controlling the invasive pest that has threatened U.S. agriculture since 1916.

Damages in the larval and adult stages cost more than $450 million annually in the United States, according to the USDA.

The research, aimed at exploring new frontiers in pest control and funded by the USDA’s National Research Initiative and the National Science Foundation, probes the male Japanese beetle's sophisticated sense of smell and how it distinguishes between two sex pheromones.

Mr. Leal's goal is to find ways to cause males to be unable to detect the proper female pheromone and thus mate.

First detected in the United States in 1916, the Japanese beetle was initially found in a nursery near Riverton, N.J. It has now infested some 22 states east of the Mississippi River and is spreading west. Isolated infestations have popped up in California, Wisconsin and Oregon.

In its larval stages, the beetle is considered the most widespread turfgrass pest in the United States. The adult, about one-fourth-inch long with a shiny metallic green body and bronze-colored wings, feeds on foliage and fruits of several hundred species of fruit trees, ornamental trees, shrubs, vines, and field and vegetable crops, including apples, plums, apricots, cherries, peaches, grapes, roses, soybeans, Japanese maples and crape myrtles.

Mr. Leal worries that if the pest gains a foothold in California, it could be the next Mediterranean fruit fly or light brown apple moth. State agricultural officials have found hundreds of hitchhiking Japanese beetles at airports. "Unfortunately, California would provide a favorable climate and abundant food supply for the Japanese beetle," Mr. Leal says.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture inspects passenger and cargo aircraft from June through October for hitchhiking Japanese beetles.
Wendell Roelofs, a chemical ecologist at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, described the UC Davis research as cutting edge science and "amazing.”

"A few years ago in Japan, Walter Leal began his one-man assault on identifying sex pheromones of agriculturally important insect species," says Mr. Roelofs. "He then moved to the cutting edge of research on all aspects of this communication system and has now, once again, become a pioneer in characterizing an enzyme that is involved in deactivating pheromone compounds that have already interacted with antennal pheromone receptors.”

星期三, 八月 13, 2008

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女参议员获得纽约州葡萄酒组织颁发的“工业奖”(原)

美国纽约州女参议员Catharine Young获得由纽约州葡萄与葡萄酒基金会颁发的“工业奖”,以表彰她对纽约州葡萄与葡萄酒业的支持。

颁奖仪式将于今日在Westfield的国家葡萄合作总部(National Grape Cooperative's headquarters)举行。

Catharine Young是纽约州参议院农业委员会主席。

美国会议员在普罗瑟举行葡萄酒圆桌会议(原)

美国会议员黑斯廷斯周一在华盛顿州普罗瑟的Olsen葡萄酒厂举行圆桌会议,来自lower Yakima河谷葡萄酒工业的成员(酒厂、华盛顿州大学代表以及葡萄种植者等)参加了这次圆桌会议。

参会人员与黑斯廷斯议员就灌溉水、联邦资金以及移民改革问题进行了讨论。

黑斯廷斯说圆桌会议是一种好的方式,它能够讨论国会该如何与当地葡萄酒行业在一起工作,以帮助当地经济增长。

星期一, 八月 11, 2008

《神之水滴》16册已在香港出版发行

《神之水滴》第16册(香港中文版本)已在港出版发行,目前可以在香港买到。

转一个《神之水滴》漫画爱好者写的一篇博文。

马荣成与16册《神之水滴》畅销

天下出版集团的展区,历来是最大的展区之一,与玉皇朝分庭而立。马荣成正着忙着接受香港传媒访问,我窜到他身边轻拍肩膊:大师早啊!
  
他一回头,大喜,即吩咐手下:快,拿那套《神之水滴》。然后对我说:“钟兄,你上海叮嘱的事,我不敢忘,我想你今天一定会来,所以一早准备好啦。” 我千谢万谢。

这套《神之水滴》,在日韩台港卖疯了。我有日本原版(叫<神之霞>),有韩文版,有台湾版,香港版,买了二、三个月都买不到,太畅销了。

这套港版,原来是马大师代理版权、天下集团发行的。

大师送我这一套,从第1至第16册。三个小时后,我来到湾仔188商场(著名的动漫游时尚潮流商场),发现入口处一书店有这套书买了,问老板,答:刚进的货,一天已卖好多套,现在只剩一套了。 我仔细一瞧:哎,是1-15册,第16册呢?

老板说:第15册已是最新的,第16册要下月才推呢。

我掩嘴偷笑,我背囊里的《神之水滴》,可是1-16册全有啊。

星期五, 八月 08, 2008

池珍熙将要出与葡萄酒有关的书?

来自网上媒体消息,韩国演员池珍熙将要出版一本书名叫《意大利葡萄酒故事》(Wine Story In Italy),为此池珍熙近日特地专程飞往东京,拜访了日本葡萄酒连环漫画《神之水滴》的作者、日本知名漫画家亚树直姐弟俩(弟弟亚树直,姐姐冲本秀),并共进晚餐。池珍熙还就有关葡萄酒及意大利旅行各种问题请教他们姐弟俩。据说池珍熙与亚树直姐弟俩在东京共进晚餐的情景也将收录到他将出版发行的书籍中。

据悉,池珍熙将于今年8月底赴意大利做一次葡萄酒旅行,他的这次意大利之行将通过SBSi与IHQ公司共同策划的《Wine Story In Italy》节目向外界公开。

我感到奇怪的是池珍熙为何要出这本书,而且还专程前往东京拜访漫画《神之水滴》的作者呢?难道韩国SBSi与IHQ公司与亚树直姐弟俩之间有啥合作意向?

在这之前,好像是去年吧,有媒体报道说韩国演员裴勇俊将有望出演根据同名漫画改编的电视剧《神之水滴》,媒体还透露说《神之水滴》漫画家是裴勇俊的铁杆粉丝,漫画《神之水滴》中的一个人物就是以裴勇俊为原型创作的,在去年3月访韩期间,《神之水滴》作家者还与裴勇俊会了面,并在一起喝葡萄酒,结下了交情。裴勇俊经纪公司BOF的有关负责人表示“目前韩国国内已有多家电视剧制作公司对拍摄《神之水滴》表现出浓厚的兴趣。我们公司目前也只是保持关注而已,目前还没有最终确定。裴勇俊去年受的伤还没有完全痊愈,目前仍在接受治疗中。”

就在有关这部《神之水滴》电视剧的拍摄信息没再出现之时,在今年的五月份传出韩国艺堂公司要于今年秋季投拍一部以葡萄酒为题材的电视连续剧,电视剧取名为《Terroir》(法文,中文翻成<泰勒瓦>),计划拍摄20集。剧组将于9月初10月末远赴法国拍摄外景。

当时报道这则消息时,这部电视剧虽还未最终确定演员的阵容,但制片方正与几位韩国巨星相谈演出事宜。不过,《Terroir》还未开拍就已引起多方关注,韩国三大电视台为争夺《Terroir》的播映权现已展开了激烈的竞争。

近日才传出《Terroir》剧中的女主人公将由韩国知名影视明星韩惠珍来出演。但是始终未透露该连续剧的剧本改编详情。

这一系列新闻之间是否存在着必然联系呢?至少有两条消息是与《神之水滴》的作者有关。至于最后到底会爆出啥新闻也只能试目以待啦。

弗吉尼亚州启动比赛项目迎接该州葡萄酒月(原)


美国弗吉尼亚旅游公司近日启动了“寻找你喜欢的那一个”比赛项目,以庆祝“弗吉尼亚州葡萄酒月”二十周年。凡是对葡萄酒充满激情的旅游爱好者都可以去到弗吉尼亚政府网站,然后登录网站寻找你所喜欢的那一个葡萄酒厂旅游目的地,凡参赛者均有赢取前往弗吉尼亚州旅游的机会,该旅游时间将安排在今年十月份举行的“弗吉尼亚州葡萄酒月”期间进行。

比赛获奖者(一名)及一位嘉宾将获得一次去往弗吉尼亚州威廉斯堡葡萄酒厂旅游和品酒的机会,并享受六个夜晚乘船观光旅游的待遇,启航地点在弗吉尼亚州诺福克的半月旅游观光中心。

《The world atlas of wine 6th Edition 》中文版即將上市


喝出一片廣闊的世界風景品飲葡萄酒的方式有非常多的可能與方式,但是,推究至最終之處,總不免要觸及酒中最是珍貴難得的地區風味,這正是由許許多多人文與自然的條件所匯聚而成的,也是葡萄酒可以如此讓人迷戀,富含文化深意的關鍵。如果能有一本深入詳解全球各葡萄酒產區,同時又可以按圖索驥的葡萄酒地圖集,會有如一把為風土特性解碼的鎖鑰,讓我們輕易地從每一瓶葡萄酒中,喝出其最迷人之處,特別是,無須跋山涉水親訪酒鄉,就得以極從容地體會,那些僅有獨特的在地風土條件才能釀造出的絕妙風格與個性。由Hugh Johnson和Jancis Robinson所合寫的第五版《世界葡萄酒地圖》正是這樣一本書,它讓葡萄酒的品飲有如經歷一連串環球酒鄉的旅行,由這兩位專家帶領,仿如親臨每一個得天獨厚的葡萄園,探索葡萄酒風味的真正源頭。如果你也曾經跟我一樣為瓶中難解的滋味感到迷惑,在越來越繁雜多變的葡萄酒世界裡迷過路,也許,這本書還可以為你的葡萄酒杯裝上一只愛酒者的指南針,指引葡萄酒叢林中的味覺方向。即使是在我們這個GPS與Google Earth盛行的時代,《世界葡萄酒地圖》仍然是通往葡萄酒國度無可或缺的最佳裝備。從1971年出版以來,這本書一直跟著葡萄酒世界一起發展成長,成為一本厚達400頁的巨著。曾經,波爾多與布根地是許多人的唯一或最愛,在這部書中,每一名酒村都有極深入的解說,並且配上精確地標示著名園與名莊,極鉅細彌遺的詳盡地圖。但,離開這兩個經典產區,葡萄酒的世界更是無限廣闊,版圖不斷擴張,三十多年來,《世界葡萄酒地圖》更見證了包括從極南的紐西蘭Central Otago到極北的英格蘭之間,無數葡萄酒產區的誕生,也伴隨著葡萄酒從僅為西方人所獨愛成為今日全球的飲品。最新的第五版本已經像是一瓶歷經30多年而熟成的精彩珍釀,唯一不同的是,這一個標誌出我們這個葡萄酒星球上最新的變動與版圖的最新版,更像是混合著陳酒但每年注入新酒的Solera,最新裝瓶的,永遠最豐富多樣。(Yusen LIN)

引領品酒人進入葡萄酒國度的專業地圖集華文世界引頸期盼的《世界葡萄酒地圖集》微醺上市∼

☆史上銷售 No.1 的葡萄酒書☆自 1971 年累銷逾 400 萬冊☆全球 15 種以上語言同步舉杯☆亞馬遜網路書店 5 顆星評價

若說現今有什麼流行風潮,那就是「多樣性」。而葡萄酒最迷人之處就在於它呈現了多樣的風味。對大部分的消費者來說,再平凡的葡萄酒都可以帶來美妙的時光、對話和歡愉。若您喜愛品飲葡萄酒,對於葡萄酒國度,除了透過酒商的引薦,總苦於專業訊息的欠缺,又或者您嚮往漫畫《神之雨下》的逸品與絕技,對於葡萄酒國度有一份半信半疑的想像,那麼《世界葡萄酒地圖》絕對是您不能錯過的選擇!全書收錄200張專業地圖,除了布根地、波爾多、加州等眾所周知的葡萄酒產區,更包括Napa Valley的幾個小區域,西班牙的Toro,南非的Peleponnese、Constantia,澳洲的Limestone Coast,中國和其他亞洲地區等極富活力的產區,而紐西蘭的Central Otago和Martinborough也有了專屬地圖。為什麼我們需要認識葡萄酒的地圖?葡萄酒從葡萄品種、釀造處、產區和產國,伴隨釀造者和他們付出的關注,呈現出多樣的風味。透過翻查本書,就能精確地找出一瓶酒究竟來自於世界上的什麼位置。得知所有影響葡萄酒風味的元素,包括地理條件、氣候、文化、企圖心等。有些葡萄酒本身就具有自我表述的能力,足以精確地傳達出釀造力量的來源,彷如族譜。這些專業地圖或許無法成為您的旅行指南,卻能幫您在葡萄酒國度裡找到最心儀的酒款,避免花大錢買了不合乎自己口味的葡萄酒。經過三十六年,全新修訂版更奠定本書「品酒人都該人手一本」的地位,堪稱最具權威、使用最便利、絕對必備的品酒書。

【書名】世界葡萄酒地圖
【作者】Hush Johnson、Jancis Robinson
【譯者】林裕森、陳匡民、溫唯恩、劉永智

【內容介紹】

全書收錄約200張經重新校訂和更新的專業地圖,除了羅列布根地、波爾多、加州等全球知名葡萄酒產區,更包括Napa Valley幾個小區域各自獨立的地圖,或西班牙的Toro、南非的Peleponnese、Constantia、澳洲的Limestone Coast等極富活力的產區;而紐西蘭Central Otago和Martinborough也有了專屬地圖。翻查本書,就能精確地找出一瓶酒究竟來自於世界上的什麼位置。堪稱最具權威、使用最便利、絕對必備的品酒書。經過三十六年,全新修訂版更奠定本書「品酒人都該人手一本」的地位。

【媒體佳評】
Hugh Johnson與Jancis Robinson是眾多論酒作者中的波爾多及布根地。
──泰晤士報
美好且充滿無限的樂趣……結合了精緻的製圖、專業的文字以及高品質的照片,是一本令人難以抗拒的作品。
──獨立報
英國自約翰藍儂與保羅麥卡錫之後,最棒的雙人組。
──班.吉爾柏堤,華盛頓郵報
葡萄酒愛好者的聖經《世界葡萄酒地圖》,重新編撰、擴充內容,收錄以往沒有或僅少量栽種葡萄的國家……1971年首度出版時只有236頁,如今成為400頁的鉅著。
──英國週日電訊報

〔Content〕目錄

前言概論葡萄酒的世界葡萄酒歷史遠古世界.中世紀.現代葡萄酒的演化葡萄酒的催生釀酒葡萄.國際葡萄品種.地區性葡萄品種葡萄酒與氣候.風土條件.葡萄酒農的一年釀製葡萄酒在葡萄園中釀出葡萄酒.在酒窖中釀造葡萄酒橡木桶的使用.葡萄酒的釀造過程.葡萄酒莊圖解說明品飲葡萄酒葡萄酒的封瓶.葡萄酒的保存.葡萄酒與時間享受喝葡萄酒的樂趣.葡萄酒的品飲與討論

法國France布根地Burgundy金丘區:品質的要素金丘區Cote d’Or伯恩丘區:松特內Cote de Beaune: Santenay伯恩丘區:梅索Cote de Beaune:Meursault伯恩丘區:伯恩Cote de Beaune:Beaune夜丘區:夜聖喬治Cote de Nuits: Nuits-St-Georges夜丘區:哲維瑞-香貝丹Cote de Nuits: Gevrey-Chambertin夏隆內丘Cote Chalonnaise馬貢內Maconnais普依-富塞Pouilly-Fuisse薄酒來Beaujolais薄酒來優質村莊夏布利Chablis夏布利中心地帶香檳區Champagne香檳區的中心地帶波爾多Bordeaux波爾多:品質的要素梅多克北部Northern Medoc聖艾斯臺夫St-Estephe波雅克Pauillac聖朱里安St-Julien梅多克中部Central Medoc瑪歌區與梅多克南部Margaux and Southern Medoc格拉夫與兩海之間Graves and Entre-Deux-Mers貝沙克-雷奧良Pessac-Leognan索甸與巴薩克Sauternes and Barsac波爾多右岸地區玻美侯Pomerol聖愛美濃St-Emilion法國西南部產區多爾多涅區Dordogne羅亞爾河谷地與蜜思卡得Loire Valley and Muscadet安茹Anjou梭密爾Saumur希濃與布戈憶Chinon and Bourgueil梧雷與蒙路易Vouvray and Montlouis-sur-Loire普依與松塞爾Pouilly and Sancerre阿爾薩斯Alsace阿爾薩斯的中心地帶隆河北部羅第丘與恭得里奧Cote-Rotie and Condrieu艾米達吉Hermitage隆河南部Southern Rhone教皇新堡及其周邊Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Environs西隆格多克Western Languedoc東隆格多克Eastern Languedoc胡西雍Roussillon普羅旺斯Provence邦斗爾Bandol科西嘉島Corsica侏羅Jura薩瓦Savoie地區餐酒Vins de Pays
義大利Italy義大利西北部皮蒙區Piemonte巴巴瑞斯柯Barbaresco巴羅鏤Barolo義大利東北部鐵恩提諾Trentino上阿第杰Alto Adige維羅那Verona弗里尤利-維內奇亞-朱利亞Friuli-Venezia Giulia義大利中部托斯卡尼海岸區Tuscan Coast奇揚替Chianti蒙塔奇諾Montalcino蒙鐵布奇亞諾Montepulciano翁布里亞Umbria義大利南部西西里Sicily薩丁尼亞Sardinia
西班牙Spain加利西亞海岸Galician Coast多羅Toro斗羅河岸利奧哈Rioja那瓦拉Navarra索蒙塔諾Somontano加泰隆尼亞Catalunya普里奧拉Priorat雪莉酒鄉:安達魯西亞Andalucia
葡萄牙Portugal巴拉達以及唐產區Bairrada and Dao埃什特雷馬杜拉與塞圖巴爾半島Estremadura and Setubal Peninsula阿連特茹Alentejo波特酒酒鄉:斗羅Douro波特酒的酒商與酒窖馬得拉Madeira
德國Germany摩塞爾Mosel薩爾Saar中摩塞爾:皮斯波特Middle Mosel: Piesport中摩塞爾:貝卡斯特Middle Mosel: Bernkastel魯爾Ruwer萊茵高Rheingau萊茵黑森Rheinhessen那赫Nahe法茲Pfalz巴登-符騰堡Baden Wurttemberg弗蘭肯Franken薩克森及薩勒-溫斯圖特Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut
英格蘭與威爾斯England and Wales
瑞士Switzerland瓦瑞、沃德與日內瓦Valais, Vaud, and Geneva
奧地利Austria瓦郝河谷Wachau克雷姆斯塔與坎普塔Kremstal and Kamptal布根蘭Burgenland
匈牙利Hungary多凱Tokaj
捷克與斯洛伐克The Czech Republic and Slovakia
斯洛維尼亞Slovenia
巴爾幹半島西部The Western Balkans
保加利亞Bulgaria
羅馬尼亞Romania
前 蘇 聯共和國The Former Soviet Republics
希臘Greece 伯羅奔尼撒Peleponnese
地中海東部Eastern Mediterannean
北非North Africa
北美洲North America加州California門多西諾與雷克Mendocino and Lake索諾瑪北部索諾瑪南部及卡內羅斯Southern Sonoma and Carneros那帕谷Napa Valley拉瑟福德Rutherford奧克維爾Oakville鹿跳區Stags Leap灣區以南South of the Bay中部海岸Central Coast謝拉山麓、洛代與三角洲Sierra Foothills, Lodi, and the Delta西南各州與墨西哥Southwest States and Mexico太平洋西北部威廉梅特谷Willamette Valley華盛頓州Washington紐約州New York安大略省Ontario
南美洲South America智利Chile阿根廷Argentina
澳洲Australia西澳Western Australia瑪格麗特河Margaret River巴羅沙谷Barossa Valley艾登谷Eden Valley克雷兒谷Clare Valley麥克雷倫谷及周圍地區McLaren Vale and Beyond阿得雷德丘Adelaide Hills石灰岩海岸地區Limestone Coast庫納瓦拉Coonawarra維多利亞州Victoria亞拉谷Yarra Valley塔斯馬尼亞島Tasmania新南威爾斯省與獵人谷New South Wales and Hunter Valley
紐西蘭New Zealand霍克斯灣Hawke’s Bay馬丁堡Martinborough馬爾堡Marlborough中奧塔哥Central Otago南非South Africa康士坦夏Constantia斯泰倫博斯與帕爾Stellenbosch and Paarl
中國China
日本Japan
其他亞洲地區Rest of Asia
附錄:名詞解釋.索引.地名索引

台湾团购e-mail: pauillactw@yahoo.com.tw

香港出版时间:2008年8月16日。

《葡萄酒全书》介绍



葡萄酒全書 作者/ 林裕森出版社/ 積木文化股份有限公司出版日期/ 20070626商品語言/ 中文/繁體裝訂/ 精裝

內容簡介

出版史上最重量級葡萄酒經典
精釀10年,終於誕生!華文世界最完整詳盡的葡萄酒工具書!
讀者詢問度最高、最引頸期盼的重量級鉅著!葡萄酒權威林裕森,10年耕耘的豐碩結晶《葡萄酒全書》,終於要問世了!
打開葡萄酒迷的書櫃,你一定找得到林裕森的作品。以葡萄酒產地為視角、寫作而成的兩部鉅作《酒瓶裡的風景-布根地葡萄酒》、《城堡裡的珍釀-波爾多葡萄酒》,自2001年推出以來,始終是葡萄酒愛好者必備的參考書,2006年經過大幅修訂,呈顯兩地葡萄酒的最新樣貌,上市之後仍然好評不斷。他以研究葡萄酒的嚴謹方法,親自踏遍歐洲大陸尋訪經典食材,成就了《歐陸傳奇食材》一書,也深受餐飲、學界和美食愛好者的喜愛,列為必讀教材。
今年四月,他另闢蹊徑,以散文體裁描寫深耕多年的葡萄酒,推出了《開瓶-林裕森的葡萄酒飲記》一書,好讀有味的文筆、幽默獨到的觀點,讓讀者讀到一個截然不同於工具書的林裕森,也讓更多想要一親葡萄酒芳澤的人們發現到:原來葡萄酒的世界,可以是這麼輕鬆、繽紛、有感情!《開瓶》一書更在葡萄酒愛好者間造成口碑,更榮登「誠品書店生活類」暢銷排行榜!
這本《葡萄酒全書》,是林裕森累積十年苦功、跑遍世界各葡萄酒產區之後,依據近年來迅速變遷的全球葡萄酒最新趨勢,寫成的重量級巨著。除了完整詳盡、巨細靡遺的葡萄酒必備知識之外,更注入犀利而誠懇的長年觀察心得,無論是葡萄酒入門或是愛好者,都可藉由此書得到您所需要的葡萄酒資訊,更能讓您的專業指數大幅提升!
《葡萄酒全書》的最初版本出現於1996年,曾創下近三萬冊的驚人銷售量,堪稱史上最暢銷的中文葡萄酒重量級鉅著。因故絕版多年後,市面上一書難求、成為葡萄酒愛好者爭相借閱的珍貴參考書。積木文化經營品酒書系多年中,曾接到不計其數的讀者來電詢問此書出版訊息,終於在今年,在林裕森出國奔走採訪多次、交出全新的精采稿件後,能夠向讀者宣佈本書即將問世的好消息。
本書收錄了全世界葡萄酒的風貌,內容共分為兩大篇,第一大篇屬於葡萄酒的入門知識,從歷史、葡萄品種、釀酒過程、保存、年份、品嘗、搭配……等,引領讀者逐步走進既平易近人又浩瀚無垠的葡萄酒世界。第二大篇則進一步介紹全球最重要的葡萄酒產區,從傳統葡萄酒王國一直到新興產區,從歷史、地理環境、品種、制度、釀造法一直到葡萄酒特色等各個環節,帶您尋訪每一個獨一無二的葡萄酒國度。作者親身採訪所得的珍貴圖片和文字資料,搭配重新繪製的各國產區詳細地圖,讓《葡萄酒全書》不僅是一部相當實用的參考書,更是每個葡萄酒迷架上必備的重量級經典!
■作者簡介
林裕森(Yu-Sen Lin)以葡萄酒及美食為專業的自由作家。法國食品協會講師、巴黎十大葡萄酒經濟與管理碩士、法國葡萄酒大學專業侍酒師、東海大學哲學系畢業。原本念的是哲學,卻一頭栽進葡萄酒的世界裡,林裕森自況為「逐美酒佳肴而居」的「游牧型」的文字工作者,在地球上遷徙流蕩,四處探尋那些在人與土地的交會之下,經過時間的沉積,才焠鍊而成的難得美味。主要著作包括:《酒瓶裡的風景―布根地葡萄酒》、《城堡裡的珍釀―波爾多葡萄酒》、《歐陸傳奇食材》、《開瓶-林裕森的葡萄酒飲記》(積木文化)•《美饌巴黎》、《羅亞爾河城堡傳奇》(大地地理)。
■本書目錄
序:知性與感官的享樂飲料Part 1 認識葡萄酒第1章 葡萄酒的歷史第2章 釀酒葡萄第3章 葡萄酒的釀造第4章 橡木桶中的培養第5章 如何保存葡萄酒第6章 葡萄酒的年份第7章 品嘗葡萄酒的方法第8章 葡萄酒與食物的搭配第9章 葡萄酒的侍酒法Part 2 全球葡萄酒產區法國 France義大利 Italia西班牙 España葡萄牙 Portugal德國 Deutschland瑞士 La Suisse奧地利 Österreich東歐、巴爾幹半島、黑海與裏海沿岸美國 United States加拿大 Canada 智利 Chile阿根廷 Argentina南非 South Africa澳洲 Australia紐西蘭 New Zealand附錄、年份表參考書目圖片出處索引中文譯名對照

葡萄酒漫画入门

◎輕鬆活潑的圖文介面,完全掌握葡萄酒知識、趣聞和品味。

◎搜羅世界各地紅白酒、汽泡酒、粉紅酒,深入剖析品種、風土與酒款美味。

◎葡萄酒與各國料理搭配技巧、餐廳禮儀和創意喝法等數十個獨家小知識,受用之餘更添趣味。

◎專業葡萄酒暢銷書作家陳匡民親筆翻譯、審定,知識嚴謹、水準保證。

很多人對葡萄酒的風味感到驚豔,面對琳瑯滿目的酒架,卻總是不知道該從哪裡開始入門,挑選出一瓶最適合自己的葡萄酒。

《漫畫葡萄酒入門》就是一本針對入門者所設計,讀起來毫無負擔、收穫滿滿的葡萄酒工具書。大量優雅的插圖,搭配一看就懂的圖表,逐章逐頁從風土、釀製、酒莊、品嚐等角度細細解說,讓你迅速就對葡萄酒的廣博世界,架構起清晰的輪廓。

想在餐廳點瓶葡萄酒來喝,怎樣做才能讓旁人刮目相看?哪些種類的起司,搭哪些葡萄酒,風味最能相得益彰?法國的葡萄酒,又和美國、義大利、智利、阿根廷、澳洲甚至日本所產,有什麼不同?這些原本需要花大筆開瓶費和時間,才能學到的進階知識,竟然在本書裡都有詳細的解說。
更難得的是,本書所介紹的酒款,絕對是市場上便宜、超值,而且美味的紅白酒!既培養了品味,又照顧到了荷包,別說入門者需要,就算你是資深葡萄酒迷,也一定能從這本《漫畫葡萄酒入門》中,得到不少意外的收穫!

作者介紹

監修者簡介 

原子嘉繼 日本資深葡萄酒品賞家,曾任「日本侍酒師協會」副會長等職。

陳匡民 出生於台灣桃園,高中後赴日學習珠寶設計,1995年起擔任台灣唯一酒類專業雜誌《酒客》專任編輯,歷經主編、總編輯職務,更多次應邀於國際性酒展擔任評審。於積木文化出版之《葡萄酒賞味誌》、《葡萄酒選購誌》,引領廣大讀者輕鬆進入葡萄酒的品賞世界,品質和專業皆頗受好評。  近年以葡萄酒文字工作者身分,致力於葡萄酒推廣、葡萄酒正確飲用觀念的提倡。現為中國時報、TVBS周刊、Decanter雜誌、酒訊雜誌、法國食品協會電子報等葡萄酒專欄作家。並透過個人網站http://www.wineandcity.com/,推展心目中理想的葡萄酒美滿人生;試圖將所有現實生活中的冷暖人情、人生哲理、都會生活、男女情愛,都在無邊的葡萄酒世界裡找到答案。(2006年出版)

星期四, 八月 07, 2008

新西兰人荣获国际葡萄酒顶级奖(原)

来自新西兰奥克兰市Delmaine葡萄酒与食品公司的Nicky Grandorge,近日获得国际葡萄酒顶级奖——“最佳学生奖”,她获得了由英国WSET颁发的“酿酒商奖杯”,这也是首次由英国之外的人获得该奖杯。

Nicky Grandorge已通过了WSET的资格考试,该资格在葡萄酒大师级别之下,她的名字将被添加到伦敦酿酒商行业会馆的荣誉板上。 目前,Nicky Grandorge在她的公司里担任经理一职,她已经在葡萄酒行业工作了十五年多。
Nicky Grandorge的父亲是一位葡萄酒大师(David Grandorge),如果她也成功通过WSET葡萄酒大师级别的资格考试,那她将和她的父亲成为世界上首对父女葡萄酒大师。
  
在获得“酿酒商奖杯”的同时,Nicky Grandorge还将获得1000英镑的旅游奖学金,她将去到她所选择的葡萄酒生产国进行旅游学习。   

星期三, 八月 06, 2008

CD. TONY KING "The Wine Music"

For two years Tony sampled individual sounds from wine bottles, wine corks, wine glasses, wine barrels, anything connected with wine. Imagine the painstaking research; "Damn, I just opened this bottle of red for the cork sound but, bugger me, I'm going to have to drink it to save it from waste." Ah, the suffering of the artist. Seriously, this is more than just a novelty idea, this is some creative and enjoyable music. Tony must be producer of the year for one thing; the fidelity on this is beautiful, this bloke knows how to tweak. Every single little sound crisp and level, sequenced and mixed together immaculately. What's great is that the sounds neither truly leave their origins to become something alien, but are exquisitely musical enough to carry the tunes. The music also expresses a duality between being laid back and relaxing, and involving and expressive at the same time. Just like a really good bottle of plonk.The percussive sounds are the best, they're really rich and satisfying. There's such a wealth of ingenuity poured into this, and it's successful in it's mission to be played whilst dining and wining, or for my part relaxing after a meal with something a tad exotic in the glass. Amazingly beautiful. Meditative. Exotic textures. Crystal glasses can sing! € 18,-

星期二, 八月 05, 2008

加州索诺玛县于上周五(8月1日)开始采摘黑比诺葡萄,今年黑比诺葡萄的采摘时间要比去年早,去年采摘时间为8月6日。采摘下的黑比诺葡萄用于酿造气泡葡萄酒。图片为葡萄园的工人在凌晨四点钟开始采摘黑比诺葡萄,地点为一家名叫亨特的葡萄园。

星期一, 八月 04, 2008

美国葡萄酒女作家Karen MacNeil

For the last 30 years, Karen has been a writer, consultant, and educator whose articles on wine and food have been published in more than 50 United States magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, Food & Wine, Saveur, and Town & Country. She is the author of the award-winning book,The Wine Bible, a best-selling wine book in the United States that has sold more than 450,000 copies since it was released. Ten years in the making, The Wine Bible has been called the most comprehensive and authoritative book on wine written by an American author.

Karen is the host of Emmy-award winning Wine, Food & Friends with Karen MacNeil, the first television series on wine in the United States. This thirteen-part series reached a national audience on PBS. In 2006 her companion book, Wine, Food & Friends, was released.

An educator at heart, Karen is the creator and Chairman of the Rudd Center for Professional Wine Studies at the Culinary Institute of America in the Napa Valley. The multi-million dollar wine center has been called the “Harvard of wine education.” In 2007, she launched the Napa Valley Wine Educators Academy, a global education initiative that attracts wine instructors from all over the world to the Napa Valley for a week of intensive study. She acts as the Academy’s creator and director.

Karen conducts wine seminars nationwide for individuals and corporations including Oracle, American Express, Lexus, Merrill Lynch, General Electric, Time Inc., NBC, Viking, and J.P. Morgan. She is also a wine consultant for Singapore Airlines and Sunset Magazine.

In early 2008, Karen launched her website on eRobertParker.com, where she will provide online wine education, food and wine pairing strategies, and video interviews and tastings with the icons of the wine industry.

In 2004, Karen MacNeil received the highest honor awarded to a wine professional in the United States when the James Beard Foundation named her "Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year." The following year, she was named "2005 Wine Educator of the Year" by the European Wine Council. Past recipients of the Council's awards have included journalist Morley Safer (60 Minutes), filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, and winemaker Robert Mondavi. In 2007, Karen was honored with the Wine Literary Award by the Wine Appreciation Guild for her substantial contribution to the literature of wine, joining laureates such as Hugh Johnson, Robert M. Parker, Jr., and Jancis Robinson. The International Wine & Spirit Competition has nominated Karen for the 2008 “Communicator of the Year” award. In a profile featured in Time Magazine in 2004, Karen was named America's "Missionary of the Vine." She holds an Advanced Certified Wine Professional Degree.

著名的美国烹饪学院(The Culinary Institute of America, 简称CIA,于1946年在纽约创建)灰石分校地处美国高档葡萄酒产区那帕,葡萄酒课便有得天独厚的条件,通过实地访问酒园、酒庄能加快学员的知识学习过程,并加深知识深度。因此,灰石分校的葡萄酒教育享誉世界。过去,葡萄酒教学是在主楼的教室里进行,现在厨师的葡萄酒课还是在教学厨房上。去年,分校筹集数百万美元建成新的RUDD专业葡萄酒学习中心,拥有最现代化的葡萄酒教学设备,提供葡萄酒服务相关的各种课程,是培养与葡萄酒服务相关的各类人才的摇篮。中心主席是著名葡萄酒作家和教育家、《葡萄酒圣经》一书的作者凯伦·玛克内尔(Karen MacNeil)女士,她在为学院作开发葡萄酒教育的咨询过程中,发现美国缺乏葡萄酒服务相关的专业培训而产生了建立这个学习中心的想法。她与烹饪学院共同努力,在酒乡慈善家的大力支持下,建成了这个现代化的专业葡萄酒学习中心。

美国葡萄酒教育家Kevin Zraly


Kevin Zraly is arguably the best known wine educator on earth. He was wine director for the Windows on the World restaurant atop New York's World Trade Center from 1976 until its destruction on September 11th, 2001.

He is the founder and instructor of the Windows on the World Wine School, now in its 30th year, where over 17,000 students have completed the course. He is also the author of the "Windows on the World Complete Wine Course" book which has sold over 2 million copies.

Kevin is also Vice President of Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group and has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Culinary Institute of America since 1990.

He is the recipient of the James Beard Award for Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year. He is also the recipient of the European Wine Council Lifetime Achievement Award. Kevin has been featured in The New York Times, People Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, GQ Magazine, and Newsweek.

His latest book is, "Kevin Zraly's American Wine Guide: 2008".

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Acclaimed as the creator of the famous wine list at Windows on the World (which sold more wine than any restaurant in the United States), Kevin Zraly designed the training program for the most knowledgeable wine-service staff in America. He is a James Beard Award winner and has co-hosted the Food Newtork’s “Wine A to Z”.

Kevin also celebrated his 30th anniversary in 2006 as the founder and teacher of the immensely popular Windows on the World Wine School that has graduated over 18,000 students since its inception. He has been teaching wine for over 30 years, beginning at the age of 20, and has studied wine-making techniques in California and all the great wine regions of Europe.

Join us as we talk with Kevin about the role of a wine educator, and his many experiences in the world of wine.

美国著名侍酒师Kris Margerum

KRIS MARGERUM

Head Sommelier, Auberge du Soleil
As head sommelier of Auberge du Soleil, Napa Valley’s renowned country inn, Kris Margerum follows a simple philosophy when selecting his restaurant’s wines: One plus one can equal three. The right wine complements the food, and together, they create an unforgettable experience. Margerum has been in pursuit of the perfect food and wine pairings at Auberge du Soleil for more than seven years, even before receiving his head sommelier title in 1999, during which time he has developed close relationships with the top wine makers of Napa Valley. His wine list currently offers 1,500 selections from a 17,000-bottle cellar and has been awarded Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence for the past five years.Margerum works in partnership with executive chef Richard Reddington to create the best possible food and wine pairings for the six-course Chef’s Menu, the nine-course Epicurean Menu and all other dishes Reddington dreams up in his kitchen. Margerum is also responsible for the restaurant staff’s wine education and conducts wine tastings and advanced level winery tours for them on a regular basis. “A couple of years ago, I started conducting blind tastings,” recalls Margerum. “This allows me to evaluate each wine on its own merits, without prejudice. I taste more than 100 wines a week to find four or five that meet my ideals and make the wine list and hope our guests can benefit from knowing that each wine has been hand selected.”Margerum has developed wine lists for a number of other Auberge Resorts’ properties, including the opening wine list for Esperanza in Los Cabos, Mexico, and CordeValle in San Martin, Calif. He is currently developing the wine list for Calistoga Ranch, the collection’s newest property scheduled to open in September 2003.- over -

Margerum’s career with Auberge du Soleil spans more than 20 years. Before being appointed head sommelier, he acted as the restaurant’s assistant food and beverage director for six years, helping to oversee daily operations, planning, budgeting, forecasting, hiring and reviews, monthly inventories and guest satisfaction management. Before that, he acted as assistant restaurant manager for the Auberge and was promoted to restaurant manager after a year. He began his career at Auberge du Soleil in the dining room as a server.Margerum always strives to improve his knowledge of wine and his involvement in the Napa Valley wine community. He is currently preparing for the Advanced Sommelier test, after having passed the Sommelier Certificate course in 2001. Margerum is also a graduate of the Sterling School of Service and created the Napa Valley Sommelier Society, which meets quarterly at various Napa Valley restaurants to discuss common issues and strategies – and, of course, to taste wine.

When Kris Margerum first took over as sommelier of Auberge du Soleil, the wine list had 400 or so selections. Now, 1,700 selections pack the list with around 17,000 bottles stored in the restaurant cellars. Jorgen Gulliksen/Register

星期日, 八月 03, 2008

谈谈即将开拍的韩国葡萄酒电视剧(原)

网上消息,一部名为《泰勒瓦》的韩国电视连续剧将于今年的九月份开拍,据介绍该部电视剧是以葡萄酒为表现题材,剧中的女主人公女酿酒师李玉珠将由韩国影视明星韩惠珍出演。故事情节大体是女酿酒师李玉珠有着超乎于常人的嗅觉,她从小受到了其祖父酿酒工作的影响,并从其祖父那里得到了配制传统美酒的秘诀,后来她与有着同样灵敏嗅觉的的姜泰民(金柱赫饰)相遇,然后便开始了一段富有浪漫色彩的酿造美酒经历。

据说该电视剧的制作费高达60亿韩元(约合4000万人民币 ),并计划在今年9月末前往法国著名的酒庄进行外景地拍摄。

几年前,在日本也曾经拍摄过一部以葡萄酒为主题的电视连续剧,该电视剧的名字叫《葡萄酒美公子》(又叫葡萄酒专家),这部电视剧是根据一本同名漫画集改编而成的,在日本播出后受到广泛的好评,并曾在台湾某家电视台重播了好几次,也同样很受电视观众的欢迎。

《葡萄酒美公子》与即将拍摄的这部韩国电视剧的主要不同之处在于,电视剧《葡萄酒美公子》中的男主人公是一位侍酒师,是在餐馆里从事品酒工作的,而《泰勒瓦》中的女主人公则是一位酿酒师,是以酿造美酒为工作的。

不过这两位主人公的职业身份在目前的葡萄酒行业中都可谓是举足轻重,对葡萄酒的影响力是不相上下、平分秋色。

查了一下,“泰勒瓦”是法文Terror的中文译名,如果按照葡萄酒专业角度来翻译的话,“Terror”则被翻成“土壤”,这个字眼在葡萄酒里被引申为“土地精神”,被葡萄酿酒师们奉为是极致的信条。因为正是形形色色各具特征的Terror,才使酿酒师们得以发挥各自的经验和潜能,酿造出千差万变、风格迥异的葡萄酒来。难怪有人将Terror看成是一种非常神秘的东西,甚至称它为“风水”。

不知道这部韩国葡萄酒电视剧的剧本取材哪里,会不会就是改编自日本葡萄酒连环漫画《神之水滴》呢?

去年在博客上我曾报道过日本葡萄酒连环漫画《神之水滴》(日文Kami no Shizuku)在韩国走俏的消息,其中提到《神之水滴》的原作者亚树直和漫画作者冲本秀为此访问了韩国,并做了一次以韩国为背景的新故事情节取材旅行。在韩期间,两人还对外界透露说,有多家韩国电视剧制作公司有购买这部连环漫画电视剧改编权的意向,并说如果《神之水滴》真被拍成电视剧的话,他们二人希望剧中的主人公最好能由宋承宪来扮演,而主人公的遗产争夺者则由裴勇俊来出演。

先别管这部韩国葡萄酒电视剧的故事题材究竟来自哪里,只要它是与葡萄酒文化息息相关就可以,因为在目前的形势下,葡萄酒文化太需要采用各种各样的有效载体来进行宣传和弘扬,只有普及和推广葡萄酒文化的工作真正做到家了,葡萄酒的明天才会是光明的、美好的。

美国葡萄酒女作家获得葡萄酒传播奖(原)

美国葡萄酒女作家、教育家及演讲人Karen MacNeil近日获08年度“国际葡萄酒与烈酒比赛传播者奖”,该奖品赞助者是意大利葡萄酒与烈酒展览会(Vinitaly)。此奖只授予那些在向消费者传播葡萄酒与烈酒知识方面做出贡献的行内评审专家。

入选本年度传播奖的候选人还有Jamie Goode, Olly Smith, James Halliday以及Natalie MacLean等葡萄酒记者。

“国际葡萄酒与烈酒比赛”传播者奖的评选工作到目前为止已举行了十二年,之前曾获得该奖的有休·约翰逊、杰西丝·罗宾逊、Anthony Dias Blue、安德鲁·杰弗德、Matthew Jukes、Joe Wadsack以及昂斯·克拉克。

星期六, 八月 02, 2008

葡萄酒主题电视剧《泰勒瓦》即将在韩国开拍

在日本电视连续剧《美酒贵公子》成功播出后的几年时间后,又一部以葡萄酒为主题的电视连续剧即将在韩国开拍,这也是韩国首部以葡萄酒为题材的电视剧,电视剧名字叫《泰勒瓦》,剧中女主人公女酿酒师李玉珠由韩国知名影视演员韩惠珍出演,韩惠珍饰演的李玉珠有着超乎常人的嗅觉,她从小受到身为酿酒师的祖父的影响,并得到了配制传统美酒的秘诀,后来与嗅觉同样灵敏的的姜泰民(金柱赫饰)相遇,然后开始了一段富有浪漫色彩的酿造美酒经历。
韩惠珍在《朱蒙》中饰演的英姿飒爽的女中豪杰召西奴,给大家留下了深刻印象。
这部电视剧制作费高达60亿韩元(约合4000万人民币),该剧的开拍在日本,香港,台湾、美国等地区和国家引起了广泛的关注。
《泰勒瓦》将于9月初开拍,并计划在9月末前往法国著名的酒庄进行外景拍摄。

斯图亚特·皮戈特的酒课(视频)


斯图亚特·皮戈特的酒课。

英国葡萄酒作家斯图亚特·皮戈特

Stuart Pigott (born May 26, 1960 in Orpington, Kent) is a British wine critic and author who has lived in Berlin since 1993. Pigott mostly writes in German, and focuses on German wine. He writes for the specialist magazines Feinschmecker and Weingourmet as well as the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Between 1979 and 1986, Pigott studied various art-related subjects off and on at Goldsmiths College of Art, St. Martins School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He ended up with a Master's degree in the History of Culture. During his studies he started as a wine writer, and published his first piece in Decanter magazine in 1984.

He moved to Berlin with his wife, sommelier and later food writer Ursula Heinzelmann, in late 1993 and published his first German-language book in 1994. From early on, he joined fellow British wine writer Hugh Johnson in taking a critical view towards the mass production mentality that prevailed in parts of the German wine industry, and thus became popular with more quality-oriented producers.

Taking his inspiration from Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe, Pigott has in recent years tried to emulate the style of Gonzo journalism in the wine area. He has published a number of free educational wine videos in the "Gonzo" style on the Internet.

As part of his educational material, Pigott uses the following five commandments on wine:

1.A wine is as good or bad as it tastes and smells to you.

2.For wine, there is no connection between price and quality.

3.wine is not nearly so complicated or delicate as generally assumed.

4.There no wrong words to describe wine.

5.There is only one error that is possible to make in connection with wine: to ruin other people's pleasure.

骏德酒业即将把公司总部迁移到香港


骏德酒业公司(Jointek Fine Wines)总经理Tommy Lau近日在接受美联社驻香港记者采访时透露,该公司将把其在广州的总部迁移到香港,以便享受香港葡萄酒零关税的优惠待遇。

骏德酒业公司于2000年在广州建立公司总部,并开始从事进口葡萄酒业务。目前该公司在北京、上海、广州、东莞分别设立有区域营运中心,在广州、深圳、东莞、上海、北京、成都等地建有50多家葡萄酒专卖店,并在网络上建立了方便快捷的电子交易平台。

Tommy Lau对美联社记者说,公司希望尽可能快地将总部迁到香港,目前正努力地为总部确定一个好场所。

在今年二月份,香港政府决定把香港葡萄酒进口关税降至零,并着眼于把香港打造成除了纽约及伦敦之外的第三个国际葡萄酒贸易和集散中心。

星期五, 八月 01, 2008

第22届国际黑比诺庆典活动在美结束(原)

第22届国际黑比诺庆祝大会近日在美国俄勒冈州McMinnville举行,本届大会为期三天(7月25日至27日),有数百人参加了本届大会,他们分别来自美国、法国以及新西兰等国家,会议内容主要有参观酒庄(两天半)、讨论会及品酒会。

“华盛顿州葡萄酒月”今日正式拉开帷幕(原)

美国“华盛顿州葡萄酒月”今日将拉开帷幕,2008“华盛顿州葡萄酒月”的主题是“华盛顿州葡萄酒---西北太平洋的的不同风味”,组织者是华盛顿州葡萄酒委员会,在葡萄酒月期间将举办主题为“华盛顿州--葡萄酒最佳气候”的葡萄酒零售商展览比赛(分五个种类进行)以及第21届华盛顿州葡萄酒拍卖会,并有许多特殊价格的华盛顿州葡萄酒合同商店里出售。

获得葡萄酒零售商展览比赛大奖的将免费去到华盛顿州葡萄酒乡度周末(包括VIP旅游以及品酒会),该奖是由华盛顿州葡萄酒委员会提供赞助的。

2006年“华盛顿州葡萄酒月”葡萄酒零售商展览比赛结果:

Prizes for the top winner in each of the five categories included the WWC sponsored "Ultimate Wine Tour," which includes a one-night-stay weekend trip with VIP tours and wine tastings for two to the Washington wine region of the winners' choice. The winners, receiving the trip to Washington wine country were, by category:
--Biggest Sales Increase of Washington Wine: PCC Greenlake
--Taste of Washington Display with "Grown in Washington" Products: Top Foods Lacey
--Most Creative Display: QFCQFC - Quality Food CentersQFC - Queueing Flow Control..... Click the link for more information. Edmonds
--Most Educational Display: QFC Bella Botega
--Most Impactful Display: Safeway 1464 Olympia
The runners up in each category received a mixed case of Washington wine and a certificate of recognition:
--Biggest Sales Increase of Washington Wine Runner Up: Safeway 558 Renton
--Taste of Washington Display with "Grown in Washington" Products Runner up: QFC Pine Lake
--Most Creative Display Runner Up: QFC Harvard Market/QFC Stanwood (Tie)
--Most Educational Display Runner Up: QFC Northgate
--Most Impactful Display Runner Up: Safeway 519 Fairwood

Honorable Mentions went to: Huckleberry's Spokane, 5 Albertsons, 3 Safeway stores, Fred Meyer Issaquah, 2 Food Pavilions, 2 QFC stores, Haggen Burlington and Top Foods Snohomish. Each received a certificate of recognition and a bottle of wine.