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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Le vermouth / Vermouth
Vermouth Vermouth is not a wine. It is wine-based, but it undergoes so many additions and manipulations that it ceases to be recognizable as the product of the vine. It is, however, a popular and excellent aperitif, and is indispensable … Continue reading
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Fist Bump / le poing bosse
Fist Bump Related to a handshake but more casual, some people prefer a fist bump. Typically the fist bump is done with a clenched hand. Only the knuckles of the hand are typically touched to the knuckles of the other … Continue reading
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Les secousses de la main / The Hand Shake
The Hand Shake The handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each other’s like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down movement of the grasped hands. Archaeological ruins and ancient texts … Continue reading
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Bordeaux France
Bordeaux France Bordeaux is the most important wine region of France. More than half of the fine wines of the world come from France, and about half of these from Bordeaux, which has a long and troubled history. When the … Continue reading
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The Rhone
The Rhone The Rhone is a river of wine due to it drains vineyards on its broad delta plain, along the steep cliffs above Avignon in the Cevennes, the Jura Mountains and around the Lake Geneva. Yet the only wines … Continue reading
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Les vinificateurs / The winemakers
The winemakers throughout the New World, France has long supplied a template for what grapes to grow and what styles to pursue. The reds and whites of Burgundy, Bordeaux, the Rhone Valley and the Loire Valley have influenced winemaking … Continue reading
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Rhone Valley
The Rhone is a river of wine due to it drains vineyards on its broad delta plain, along the steep cliffs above Avignon in the Cevennes, the Lura Mountains and around the Lake Geneva. Yet the only wines to … Continue reading
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Vietnamiens ou les Kinhs / Vietnamese people or the Kinh people
Vietnamese people or the Kinh people They are an Asian ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic groups of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population at the 1999 census, and are officially … Continue reading
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Achat de l’Alaska / Purchase of Alaska
Purchase of Alaska March 30, 1867 How much do you think a state is worth? On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Do you think this was too … Continue reading
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Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase In April 11th, 1803 President Thomas Jefferson sent representatives to France to buy the city of New Orleans and perhaps some other lands if France refused to sell the city. A surprised Jefferson was greeted with an offer … Continue reading
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