The last couple of days have been a tornado of travelling.
Now that I am done with Spain, I have decided to head north as quickly as possible in order to catch what is left of summer in the Nordic countries. I left Spain with a stop in Bordeaux. What would fit more then a wine tasting tour, yum!! We visited 2 different vineyards and got a chance to see how wine is made. I am thinking maybe one day I'll give it a shot. Typically, the grape juice is kept in huge containers in order to let the juice ferment where the sugar becomes alcohol. Then the new wine is put in large wooden barrels in order to give it that dry taste. The tour included tasting of newer and older more dry wines so that you can taste the difference in age. Interestingly enough they must replace the oak barrels every couple of years so that the wine can continue to develop a full body taste. After about 1 year of being in a barrel the wine will be bottled. The ideal is to have 12 bottles of the same vineyard and you will open a bottle every so often in order see when the wine reaches it's peak.
So the next you take a sip of wine, remember all the hard work that went into that one glass...
For now I am killing some time in Cologne until I grab an overnight train to Copenhagen..if anybody has any pointers I am all ears.
-Jonathan
Now that I am done with Spain, I have decided to head north as quickly as possible in order to catch what is left of summer in the Nordic countries. I left Spain with a stop in Bordeaux. What would fit more then a wine tasting tour, yum!! We visited 2 different vineyards and got a chance to see how wine is made. I am thinking maybe one day I'll give it a shot. Typically, the grape juice is kept in huge containers in order to let the juice ferment where the sugar becomes alcohol. Then the new wine is put in large wooden barrels in order to give it that dry taste. The tour included tasting of newer and older more dry wines so that you can taste the difference in age. Interestingly enough they must replace the oak barrels every couple of years so that the wine can continue to develop a full body taste. After about 1 year of being in a barrel the wine will be bottled. The ideal is to have 12 bottles of the same vineyard and you will open a bottle every so often in order see when the wine reaches it's peak.
So the next you take a sip of wine, remember all the hard work that went into that one glass...
For now I am killing some time in Cologne until I grab an overnight train to Copenhagen..if anybody has any pointers I am all ears.
-Jonathan
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3 comments:
Mountains Mountains and More Mountains thats my pointer :)
Stand on top of the tallest one and go I AM KING! lol :P
actually no mountains in Copenhagen..
go see the Opera House @ Night its got nice lights :)
Lmao .. Thanks pat
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