A Token Of Appreciation

Last Thursday, an unofficial friend gave me a book, Wines and Spirits - Foods of the World, it's about wines. She commented on this blog regarding to that. I was surprised that she meant it. I mean, I didn't expect that she will actually give me this book because we still haven't see each other and we still don't know each other well.

She gave it to her co-member at her org because her co-member there is my classmate. I immediately receive it from my classmate and she told me that I should kept quiet about the book that her friend gave to me. I don't know why but I have to obey what she have said. Anyway, when I receive the book, an idea popped out of my mind that I should blog about this and also to give thanks to the person who give me this book.

So, I would like to say her my token of appreciation that she gave me this book even though it's one of her collections. And she didn't think twice about it. I hope she would read this and I am so happy that someone appreciates what I am doing now. God bless you and I hope to see you soon! Thank you very much!! ^_^
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Fenavin 2009: Spain's national wine fair gets better

I was reading this article last Tuesday and I found it interesting. It is about Fenavin, short for Fiera Nacional del Vino (or National Wine Fair in English). It's objective is always to be the Spanish Wine Fair of Reference - internationally and domestically. The exhibition area covered 30,000 square meters of space, showcasing 1,200 wineries and over 6,000 different wines, that comes from all the wine regions of Spain.

The most unique feature of Fenavin, as the writer says itself, was the Wine Gallery. The Wine Gallery is where representative wines from the different exhibitors are lined up from cava, white varietal, red varietal and sherries for easy visitor's tasting and reference. Each wine comes with an informative index card that contains the name of winery, brand name, estimated price in euro, viticultural notes, variteal components, awards and ratings, other pertinent info, plus the Fenavin both location of the Bodega.

The concept is brilliant, after going through tastings and choosing which varietal one prefer, you can then jot down the wine you like, get the booth location and then transact with the Bodega concern directly.

The Wine Gallery has 300 wines around estimated by the writer. The Wine Gallery covered all sorts of varietals from popular international favorites Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay, Savignon Blanc to Spanish staples Tempranillo, Garnacha, Verdejo, Albariòo, and to more unheard of varietals of Bobal, Sumoll, Tardana and Hondarribi Zuri. Wines cam from all over Spain, and a good percentage of the wines were also blends.

Fenavin 2009 was a great experience as the writer have said and there is definitely no other event that can get wine buyers, wine importers, wine writers-both international and local, to learn about Spanish exclusively. Congratulations to Fenavin for its world-class wine event.

Let's Have A Toast!

Having a toast in a celebration does not necessarily mean that there is something to celebrate. It means that sometimes we have to toast as a traditional manner that we are used to do especially when we are drinking. I, for now, didn't have that kind of manner because I am just drinking in the streets, I mean, I am drinking in gatherings and not-so-important parties. We are used to drink even if there is nothing to celebrate.

I am used to go to celebrations like the after-party, graduations, birthdays, reunions and other casual gatherings. When I am drinking I just choose the ones that are of great taste. I mean, if I were to drink, I will choose the best wine available in that party. That wine will be stuck in my mind for a long time because of its taste.

In the past years, I had been tasting so many alcoholic drinks like red wine, tequila, beer, vodka and other hard drinks. Hard because it's the way we call it. The word hard means that the drink have a high percentage of alcohol. I also have this habit that I always keep in mind the brands of the alcoholic drinks that we take like for example are the local ones like Fundador Brandy, Gran Matador Brandy, Emperador Brandy, Cossack Vodka, Generoso Brandy (the one that I drink when it was my first time), Red Horse Beer, and San Miguel Light Beer, the foreign ones would be Red Label. As what have you red, I am used to drink brandies because that are the ones that we always drink. I am also fond of drinking wines such as Novelino Red and White wine.

As I become a young adult, I am starting to drink social wines. Maybe in my future I would become a wine specialist, who knows? So, all I need to do now is to keep this up and just drink the good ones.

Drink moderately.