http://jikvig.com/wine In Vino Veritas Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:57:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With only eight days until my departure, I got my green card (or Q1 as its called) yesterday at the American Embassy in Oslo. I'm getting alittle nervous, leaving my contry and all my lovedones. Who wouldnt? But I'm positive knowing that when the year is gone, I will be left ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/07/22/about-us-of-a-and-alittle-about-wine/ It's summer! That's why blogs is not updated lately. When I'm not chillin, I'm working. The 4th july (Congrats americans) I was in charge of a Southern Barbequie grill under a happening called Souther Rock Night, something new this year. One of the, maybe THE best Southern Rock tribute band in ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/07/08/when-time-bites-you-in-the-ass/ My last 3 post have been apologies, sorry here, and sorry there. That's not good enough, I have had time to write posts, and I have some good stories I want to write about. But sometimes you just get lazy and do other stuff. I will sum it up to you ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/06/24/sorry-is-not-enough/ It's been silent for a week here, not a good trend. In this time I have been on a very nice trip with the wine lottery in work. A nice tour with a boat and some good wine in the glas, and then for some local prodused "stoneage" sheep. Then, ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/06/19/what-to-paire-with-puppy/ I'm sorry that I'm 1 day to late, hope you can forgive me, but "my real life" are taking alot of my time now. Last Wine Blogging Wednesday had the theme of Old World Riesling. This was a category I know from before, therefor I was very excited to hear that ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/06/12/wbw-46-rhone-whites/ I'm sorry I have been so quiet the last week, I have been "alittle" busy, feeding visiters of The Norvegian Coast Festival here in Brønnøysund. Serving 600-700 dinners in 2 day's in 30 C, in the street, sun shining and cold beer waiting at the end of the day... Could ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/06/10/silent-times/ Australian redwine 50 % Shiraz 50 % Cabarnet Sauvignon 13,5 % alcohol Color A clear, light violet color Smell Gives some good red berries, raspberry and blueberries. Also get some sitrus and light chocolate, and almost like a black pepperich smell in the end. Taste A light wine, not very long aftertast and not that focused or concentrated. ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/06/06/tasting-notes-ken-creek/ Writing abit about France the last days, with my post about young people in France drinking less wine, one of the reasons was that wine was "to complicated". Now thats about to change! Decanter.com wrote a article about "French government unveils sweeping changes to wine sector". Basically it's about France gonna ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/06/03/france-are-becoming-more-modern/ Stumbled upon this article in New York Times, with the topic "Do I detect some....Joe?". Impressing a business contact, your friends or a date with your wine knowledge is common. Doing the same with coffee is a whole other thing! People become more and more aware of what they put in ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/05/30/coffee-is-the-new-wine/ Found this article in a Norvegian paper, Dagens Næringsliv. It was about an study released last week by American academic Dr Liz Thatch, showing that french students and young people are turning away from wine. On the other side of the pond, the american youngsters are becoming more and more ... http://jikvig.com/wine/2008/05/29/whats-going-on-with-young-winedrinkers/