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...Town, just outside of the Stellenbosch, South Africa's most famed wine-producing area. You'll be biking through some of the most beautiful viticultural landscapes in the world. Wines to look for are Pinotage (an odd cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault, a South African original) and Chenin Blanc. The area produces excellent Sauvignon Blancs as well. And the wine flavors line up beautifully with the fragrant cuisine...
With 463 wineries producing 119 million liters annually, New Zealand wines have come a long way since the first Sauvignon Blanc was harvested in Marlborough a mere 30 years ago. Mild, fruity whites are what the country is most associated with, but the long-held perception that New Zealand's terroir isn't suited to reds has finally been overcome by a number of wineries producing world-class Pinot Noir. The silt-loam soils of New Zealand yield a Pinot Noir somewhere between the robust Australian reds beloved of influential American critic Robert Parker and the more complex Bordeaux wines...
...cheese store. Instead of delivering lectures and lapsing into winespeak, she relies on the spontaneous reactions of her guests to get her message across. When she does talk about wine, she uses unconventional, even coquettish language: a Cabernet is "like Sean Connery, masculine and meaty"; a Sauvignon Blanc is "the bad girl of white wine, with mismatched earrings and stiletto heels...
After Jeunet had found his Mathilde, finding the right Manech was a lengthy process. Before discovering Ulliel in the film Summer Things directed by Michel Blanc, Jeunet had auditioned between 50 to 60 young men. Jeunet jests, “I suppose I met everyone in France...
Preston was strong in his early matches, winning 5-2 in his opening contest against Lock Haven’s Oberson Blanc. He held his next two competitors scoreless, defeating Gloucester County’s Vince Lipsey and George Mason’s Dusty McKinney 5-0 and 7-0, respectively...