Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A Burgundy Pinot noir. However, Pinot noir wines are among the most popular in the world. Joel L. Fleishman of Vanity Fair describes them as "the most romantic of wines, with so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, and so powerful a punch that, like falling in love, they make the blood run hot and the soul wax embarrassingly poetic". [7]
The name Pineau comes from the French word pin and refers to the pine cone shape that clusters of grapes can resemble. It was first used to describe a grapevine growing in the Loire Valley in 1183 AD but whether or not this was Pineau d'Aunis is not known since Pineau has been a synonym used for Pinot noir, Chenin blanc and Menu Pineau (Arbois).
A bottle of J. P. Chenet wine. J. P. Chenet [1] is a French wine brand that has been produced by Les Grands Chais de France since 1984. [2] The brand is bottled with a curved bottleneck. [3] It claims the title of most sold French wine in the world, with a distribution in more than 160 countries. [citation needed]
The perfume bottle itself is a meaningful contributor to the cost of the fragrance, especially as some bottles are veritable sculptures, expensively designed by commissioned artists, the CEO said.
The Romanée-Conti vineyard Vineyard marker on the wall of the Romanée-Conti vineyard A bottle of Romanée-Conti 1975. Note the text "Monopole" on the bottle.Romanée-Conti is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red wine in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, France, with Pinot Noir as the primary grape variety.
"Perfume" is often used as a generic, overarching term to refer to fragrances marketed to women, regardless of their exact concentration. The term "cologne" is applied to those sold to men. The actual product worn by a woman may be an eau de parfum rather than an extrait, or by a man an eau de toilette rather than an eau de cologne.
Balanced: a wine that incorporates all its main components—tannins, acid, sweetness, and alcohol—in a manner where no one single component stands out. [7] [3] Big: a wine with intense flavor, or high in alcohol. [8] [9] Bitter: an unpleasant perception of tannins. [9] Body: the sense of alcohol in the wine and the sense of feeling in the ...
Pineau des Charentes red and Pineau des Charentes white A bottle of Pineau des Charentes. Pineau des Charentes (French pronunciation: [pino de ʃaʁɑ̃t] ⓘ; Pineau Charentais, or simply Pineau) is a regional aperitif of western France, made in the départements of Charente, Charente-Maritime, and (to a lesser extent) Dordogne. While popular ...