I always love Merlot. But just last week I learnt that it's originally from Bordeaux and can be grown in moderate to warm climate. What's nice is Merlot has a medium acidity and medium tannin, means that you wouldn't have to smirk your eyes while drinking and the medium tannin can compare to drinking a soy milk, not as heavy as full cream milk, but still has a medium after taste. I think it's one of the red wine that I can drink without having to pair with food. But ofcourse you can pair Merlot with certain food too. Merlot normally blend with higher tannin varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon to achieve a certain blend and on the other hand Merlot adds red-fruits flavours to Cabernet Sauvignon. If you study the map of France, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot origin is seperated by the Gironde Estuary, where the Garonne and Dordogne Rivers meet. Cabernet Sauvignon is protected by Left Bank Appellations and Merlot is protected by Right Bank Appellations. An appellation i...
My girls were blew me away with a day I will never forget!!! I know they are very creative people, but I don’t expect them to be “TOO CREATIVE”, and they all keep saying that they are busy. At first I was a bit devastated that none of my bridesmaid was seemed planning something, but they did it behind my back. (Ladies, I type this with my middle finger). (they added me after the hen party) I wasn’t sure what was going on, but Jaqueline insisted to meet her today at the Senayan City Mall. No clue, no sign, I was just being a good friend cause she said she wanted to tell me something. We ordered drinks, starts chatting… suddenly I saw my crazy girls Nita, Cumi, Otty, Pitong, Cinta & Lina entering the coffee shop. I was pretty shock and smell something fishy. I can tell from their eyes. (that's me smelling something fishy) Then they pull out 2 big plastic bags and start the magic. HERE ARE THE FUN ATTIRE ...
I never think about the possibillity of learning wine. I don't even think this thing exist! It turns out so many things about wine that you can learn. The history, the style, the production, oh Lord, so many. I'm very lucky to be such a good friend with bu Widya, we happened to work together back in 2014 and she was the EAM for F&B in the resort I was working. She looked scary at the beginning, but she's actually nice and very smart. She was the Bali President Sommelier Association and in the future year she was becoming the first WSET educator in Indonesia. I spent a lot of time with her, I joined couple of times of her wine classes, as she is now working for Hatten Education Center. From that classes, I inspired to join the WSET, and I did. I passed level 1 and as I'm writing I just finished the exam for Level 2 WSET in Wines. Fingers cross, I passed. So today, I'm trying to do my first wine review, and I want to review the wine with unique label. Hmm, l...
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