Word: blance
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Although Kidd demonstrated painstaking technique while serving up beers, she said that she generally prefers a glass of sauvignon blanc to a cup of brew...
...POIVRE PIQUANT By L'Artisan Parfumeur; recalls Bulgari Thé Blanc Key notes: White pepper, honey, black licorice, milk Dubin: "My all-purpose go-to scent when I am experiencing fragrance confusion...
...before dipping over the blue peak. The atmosphere is appropriately elysian. Capetonians, known for savoring a slow pace of life, feast on picnics of prawn salad and cold Karoo lamb, washed down with that year's sauvignon blanc from Constantia's famous vineyards, a 10-minute drive away...
...exactly as they reach maturity, the thin-skinned berries shrivel on the vines--which, because they thrive on steep slopes, demand that harvesting be done by hand. Yields are low--about 2 tons per acre (5 metric tons per hectare, which translates into about 350 cases of wine). Sauvignon Blanc vines would yield three times as much. Add to that the risk that the fruit will be unstable during the fermenting process (although we'll forgo the science lesson on the effect of Pinot's native yeasts and 18 amino acids...
...drank Boisset's wines, and the Yellow Jersey sauvignon blanc, at $15, wasn't bad. In fact, I felt, oddly, snobbishly worldly pouring it from a plastic bottle. It was as if I were saying, I drink so much wine that I don't have to pretend that this slightly flat grapefruit explosion I'm going to down with leftovers is special. Plus, I tend to drop things a lot when I drink...