1. Tim 5;23

So this is a beer post on a wineblog, but this is really funny. I love find list’s of funny brandnames, and it’s common that brewers find creative names on theire product.

So this is from the St. Petersburg Times ( I was disapointed when I found it wasnt the real St. Petersburg Times), and covers the best 10 beer names ever. It’s only the meaning of one man, and it’s missing great brand names like Hoptimus Prime, Rogue Dead Guy Ale and Arrogant Bastard, but still, it’s a great list!

Until later; Trust your palate!

Filed under: Beer, Lists on May 27th, 2008 | No Comments »

I don’t really know what to think of this gadget. It’s practical, but like every gadget, do we really need it?

On the beach, in the park, on a concert,  anywhere, this wine-glas-holder is a perfect picnic tool for new (wine)lovers. Okey, it’s not so pleasing on the eye, but it’s more of a trade between functionality and price. It glow’s in the dark, which can be practical if the picninc get’s late.. The price is around 10$ for a set of 4. Grab it at Coctail Equiptment.

Another gadget one is Mobile Grape, a wine-glas-holding-necklace.

Maybe not for the sommelier (or wine steward), but for the man in the street, this can be a nice gadget to have. Or maybe not?

Until later; Trust your palate!

Filed under: Gadgets, Uncategorized on May 25th, 2008 | No Comments »

Okey, this is not really new stories, but I find it very fascinating anyway.

WineSide.net -
offers trial-size (4, 6 or cl) winetubes of sweet wines, some classic wines and a few spirit, including Chateau Neuf du Pape, Chablis, Sauternes and XO Armagnac. They offer the tubes individually or in a boxset can be chosen. This sets are selected to give you, and let me quote them here; “The ultimate selection for finding a certain grape variety, an area or vineyard or a particular vintage.”

I must say, this is a great way to promote your wine, I would love to get this to Norway, but for now it’s exclusive at Colette in Paris.

Twisted Oak Winery -
rumor has it, they have some gooood wine’s, I haven’t had the pleasure to taste them unfortunately. But they are “famous” for something more than just they’re great wine (like the 2005 Calaveras County %#@$! as one of them are called..) Check out the rubberchicken they send out to the “Twisted Few”. Great, and FUN way to promote the winery.

Winelibrary TV (a vlog for Winelibrary)-
I really don’t know where to start with this way to promote your winecompany, other then to give you some numbers;
1 man
5 days a week
468 free episodes (and counting)
Over 25,000 viewers every day
Over 12000 registered users in the forum
2437 Vayniacs on Facebook
8,747 followers on twitter
Watch the madness over at Winelibrary TV

Do you know any good ways to promote your product? Leave a comment with your idea!

Until later
Trust your palate!

Filed under: Twisted Oak Winery, Winelibrary, Winetalk on May 20th, 2008 | No Comments »

I’m a fan of Gary Vaynerchuk, if you havent seen he’s vlog, go over RIGHT NOW!

Now, with that said, I mailed Gary and he made a shoutout to me and ALL norvegian Vayniacs (19:20) the day after my birthday. If that’s not rad I don’t know what is!

Also, if you’re not that into GV, maybe you should check out Conan O’Brian and other place’s where Gary have done some appearances. Well worth a view!

Until later; Trust your palate!

Filed under: Gary Vayerchuk, WineVideo, Winelibrary on May 13th, 2008 | No Comments »

I’m a newbie when it come’s to wine, and I havent been drinking more then 50-100 wines since I became wine “aware”. And therefore it frustrates me when “wineknowers” writes about wines in this way; “it’s a typical Barolo wine” or “just like you would expect from a Bordeaux wine”.

If you are a wineknower, and have a real interested in wine you might know what they mean. But with the global warming, new production methods, new people making wine, is there really a “standard” taste to a region or a grape? I would say no, wouldnt you?

My real problem is that it seems like they taste and almost just judge the quality of the wine; I know what a “typical” west-Bordeauxwine taste like, let’s just cheking the quality of the bottle; bad, okey, good, very good, perfect.

Language is a fantastic tool when it comes to wine, what would we like to read?

Gary Vaynerchuk at Winelibrary TV is the one triggering my interest in wine again, not because he is handsome and energetic, but because he had a new way of convey wine. An interesting one, that was way more up-to-date for us young people, then alot of other reviewers.

What do you think about the language used in the winebiz?

So, until later; Trust your pal! 

Filed under: Gary Vayerchuk, Winelibrary, Winetalk on May 8th, 2008 | No Comments »

Here is my first Wine Bloggin Wednesday post;

Dr. Loosen Riesling Kabinett 2007

My very first wineexperience was in Vega the second biggest island in Norway. Here I worked at Vega Havhotell under Jon Aga, my chef and sommelier. I was a student, and working part-time in the hotel. The restaurant was closed for the evening, and Jon made us some food the night, just a simple salmondish with a good buttersauce with garlic and some mash potato.

To this food he gave me a glas of Dr. Loosen Riesling Kabinett 2002. I was only 16 at the time, 2 years under the legal drinkingage in Norway, but I really had the feeling, that I had “descovered” a whole new world of flavours, the flavours of wine and food in sweet, sweet harmony.

My first real meeting with the wineworld was with a German whitewine, and here is the review, this time with the 2007 vintage;

Color
A nice golden/green color, with closed curtains

Smell
At the first sniff I thought I got tobacco, but after a swirl the wine had gave me alot of freshness. Got some hint of citrus, starfruit (?) and some honey-melon. A promising scent!

Taste
Wow! was my first thought. Maybe just my mindset was alittle pumped up. Good balanced wine, with long aftertaste. Green apples and sweet, yellow licorice and some flowers on the pallet

Conclusion
Maybe my expectation to this wine clouded my judgment, but this was a wine right up my alley. A really good wine to a low price (in norvegian standard), and it’s well worth the money. Alittle to “simple” for my pallet and a bit to sweet, but a really good wine that I really could see compared with salmon or other red, fat fishtypes.

Price
79,90 NOK / 15, 79 USD

Score

89 points

Pro notes;
I was unable to find an english review of this wine, so here is a translation of the 2005/2006 review from the biggest netpage of food and wine, Aperitif;

Color; Light yellow with some green notes
Smell; Nice fruit smell with green apples and citrus
Taste; Alittle sweet with nice acidity that holds throughout the taste ( not a good translation by me..)
Conclusion; Somewhat simple and lack a little power in the aftertaste due to low alcohol. Worth the price
3 + (out of 5 possible points)

The second biggest paper in Norway, Dagbladet tested the 2006 vintage;
Smell of lime, honey, herbs and minerals. A well balanced wine with clean an fresh, appel’y aftertaste. Good for spicy food.
5 points (out of 6 possible)

So, until later; Trust your pal!

Filed under: 15-20 USD, 5+, 89p, Dr. Loosen, Flowers, Germany, Green Apple, Honey-melon, Riesling, Starfruit, Tobacco, WBW, Winenotes, Yellow Licorice on May 6th, 2008 | 2 Comments »

It seems like I’m starting this blog with only winegadgets, but I hope to do something more with this page.

With that said, I came across this very fancy decanter from French sculptor Etienne Meneau.

The decanter is really a piece of art, and something way more spectacular then a “regular” one. With it’s 6 legs it’s really something different, and with a pricetag of 3100$ (not included shipping)it’s not for anybody to own.

But is it any good? The point with decanting a wine is after all to “blend” in more oxygen in the wine, and let it develop.
And to do that you need the wine to have a big surface, not a narrow one like the Wine Decanter N°2.

So I conclude; it’s nice for the eye, but not the palet.

Until later; Trust your pal!

Filed under: Gadgets on May 1st, 2008 | No Comments »

The absolute best thing about wine, is sharing!
Sharing a glas of wine with the family, with a friend, with a complete stranger! In my opinion a good wine is not only the wine, but everything around it to!

So I found this little glass, designed by , which take sharing wine to a whole new level.

The principe is easy, two glas connected with a tube so you are sharing the wine. All the wine-wankers probably gonna call this silly, the rest of us have to agree this is a little bit funny!

Remember to share it with someone you love, and not is sick…

Until later; Trust your pal!

Filed under: Gadgets on April 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »

Here will come some updates in a few day’s, until then, check out;

What the heck is this site? 

Filed under: News on April 16th, 2008 | No Comments »