(31) After listening to Mozart's clarinet concerto, I opened a bottle of moscato Sweet White
Wine Name: Mount Hermon Moscato
Winery: Golan Heights
Origin: Israel Golan Heights
Type: Micro-bubble Sweet White
Grape Variety: Muscat Canelli White Musk
Year:. The entrance is sweet and delicious, with a strong peach flavor, and the aftertaste is similar to the taste of fruit cake. It is supported by high acidity, so it will not be particularly sweet and greasy. Microbubbles tease your tongue from time to time.
this wine is very suitable as a party wine, and the alcohol content of 6% can make you boldly drink more. The lively and pleasing taste also makes the sultry and rainy afternoon very refreshing and pleasant, even people who don't like to drink wine won't resist it!
Israeli wine is very small, and most wine books on the market don't even mention Israel as a producing area, or simply summarize it in one or two sentences. Many people classify Israel as a "new world" wine producing area. In fact, Israel has a very long history of wine making, and its wine production was quite large as early as 2, years ago. However, due to the influence of political situation and war, Israel's wine-making road has taken an extremely tortuous course and was forced to stop for more than 1 years. Until the end of the 19th century, when the owner of Lafite winery Edmund James Rothschild (Edmond? James? de? Rothschild) established a winery in Israel, and the wine industry in Israel officially started.
Today, Israel uses advanced technology to continuously improve its cultivation and brewing, with the help of domestic trade associations. At the same time, in order to broaden their horizons and accumulate experience, future winemakers who graduated from wine brewing major will fly to all parts of the world (the United States, France, Australia and other countries) for long-term specialized training. These efforts have made Israeli wines fully upgraded and internationally recognized. Oz Clarke, a British wine writer, said: "Israel is a rising star in the wine industry in Ran Ran." (Israel is a rising star in the wine world.)
Of course, it is also necessary to have classic varieties, cool climate and high-altitude vineyards.
Golan Heights Winery, also known as "Magic Lamp Winery", is a leading and influential high-quality wine producer in Israel and the first winery in Israel to produce moscato wine. "Golan Heights" is also the name of the winery's producing area, which belongs to the famous Galilee producing area and borders Syria.
The basalt layer rich in minerals was formed in the Golan Heights due to volcanic activity and magma flow. The higher altitude here brings a cool climate to the vineyard, and with relatively more rainfall, the grapes can still maintain acidity in the area of 33 degrees north latitude, making the wine fresh and full of vitality.
Sharon Kam, a famous clarinet player born in Israel, first cooperated with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta at the age of 16, and then went to the Juilliard School of Music in the United States with the encouragement of violinist Isaac Stern. Today, Sharon Cam is a clarinet player with world-class prestige.
Clarinet Concerto in A major is Mozart's only clarinet concerto, and the famous second movement once appeared in the movie Out of Africa. This piece of music was also used many times in the earlier TV series Cosmos, which was hosted by American astronomer Carl Sagan.
The video in this article is selected from the third movement of this concerto. This movement has turned into a cheerful tone, which makes people forget the sadness of the previous movement, and the relaxed and lively notes immerse people in joy. In the "Celebration Concert of Mozart's 25th Birthday", Sharon Kamm's exquisite performance and vivid body language were even more wonderful and intoxicating.
Tips: this is a Kosher wine, that is, a wine that conforms to the Jewish diet. Brewing this wine requires strict regulations, for example, grapes that are more than four years old must be used; Vineyards must be fallow for one year every seven years; Can not be planted with other crops; From harvesting, brewing to bottling, all must be done by orthodox Jewish workers; Unauthorized yeast or animal clarifiers are not allowed; It must be supervised and signed by rabbi.
(32) Watch the movie Princess Sissi, Opened a bottle of Austrian green vitrina dry white
wine name: weinkellerstolz grü ner veltliner
winery: Weinkellerstolz
producing area: Austria Lower Austria
level: PDO (protection of origin)
type: dry white
grape variety: green vitrina (Austria's iconic grape variety Year: 22
Alcohol content: 12.5%
Grüner Veltliner is the most important local white grape variety in Austria, which is widely planted in almost every wine producing area in Austria. This wine smells very sweet, like passion fruit, orange peel, nectarine and honey, as well as the aroma of nuts, especially roasted pine nuts, and occasionally captures some white pepper flavor with a slight mineral feeling. The entrance is very crisp, and the fresh citrus is full of vitality with its unique spicy flavor. I tried to use it with roasted vegetables, steamed ribs, fried chicken and nuts, and the results were good.
Maybe you are not so familiar with Austrian wine, but you must be familiar with Austrian wine glass brands such as Riedel and Zalto. They all produce top-class and professional wine glasses.
Austria is a country with a high degree of greening, with a fresh and beautiful natural environment. People are often instantly captured by its oil-painting scenery: patchwork mountain cottages, comfortable and romantic town streets, poetic Alps, and the blue Danube painted by Strauss ... The beauty of the four seasons alternates here, as if walking into a beautiful European garden.
Austria is not only a country with clear water and green mountains, but also a country with strong environmental awareness. Austria loves nature and has great respect for it. For Austrians, environmental protection, water purity, non-genetically modified food, health, biodiversity and energy efficiency are their top priorities.
Austria has a forward-looking environmental protection concept and leading environmental protection technology. Here, the proportion of organically grown grapes reaches 15.3% (which is the first in the world), and nearly one-fifth of them are planted by bio-power. Biodynamic method (mentioned in the previous article) is a special form of organic production method, which is very popular in Austria. It was first founded by the Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner.
When talking about Austria, people will also think of the "music city of the World" Vienna, which is a pilgrimage place for music lovers. In Vienna, in addition to the famous musical family-Strauss family, there are many musicians, such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, etc., who have spent their musical careers here for many years.
The world's top Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra holds the annual Vienna New Year Concert in the Golden Hall, and every summer, it also holds a free outdoor large-scale music event in Sch? nbrunn Palace, which attracts tens of thousands of fans.
Sch? nbrunn Palace is the place where Austrian emperor Franz Josef I and Princess Sissi lived, and it is also the shooting place of the movie Princess Sissi. The series of films "Princess Cece" unveiled a corner of the veil of European royal life for us, which used a lot of gorgeous waltzes, ballets, marches and religious music. However, the most impressive piece of music must be the one in which Princess Sissi played the Zither in the first film, which became an eternal screen classic in just over 3 seconds.
Tips: Grüner in Grüner Veltliner means "green" in German. Looking at the name, it is easy to think of the aroma of green pepper, grass, lime and green apple that make people sour. In fact, its most typical aroma is the pungent smell similar to white pepper. Green Vitrina is an expert in catering, which can be perfectly matched with many Asian cuisines.
(33) Listen to Mozart's minuet, Opened a bottle of American Chardonnay Dry White
Name: Domaine Drouhin Oregon Arthur Chardonnay
Winery: Domaine Drouhin
Origin: Dundee Hills, Oregon, USA
Grade: AVA (legal grape growing area)
Type: Dry White
Grape variety: Chardonnay. Year: 219
Alcohol content: 13.9%
The wine is clear and light lemon color, and you can smell the rich citrus fragrance without shaking the glass. The aroma is very sweet, with vanilla, bread and butter, butter, hazelnut and honey, and some minerals. In my mind, the picture of Van Gogh's oil painting "Apricot Blossoms in Bloom" will appear, as if accompanied by birdsong.
the taste is between rich and crisp, with moderate acidity and a slight mineral feeling, and the wonderful aftertaste stays in the mouth for quite a long time. This wine can be drunk alone after being chilled, and it is also suitable with seafood, roasted vegetables and Chinese snacks.
the United States is the largest wine consumption market in the world, and the growth rate is very fast. Oregon, located on the northwest coast, has a cool climate similar to Burgundy in France, which is very suitable for pinot noir cultivation. The price of vineyards here is much cheaper than that of Burgundy, which can save a lot of production costs. Many top wine merchants in Burgundy are aware of Oregon's brewing potential and have invested in buying vineyards and wineries here to enter the American market.
Domaine Drouhin, founded in 1987, is one of them. The winery is located in Dundee Hills in Willamette Valley, 3 miles southwest of Portland.
Domaine Drouhin belongs to Maison Joseph Drouhin, a famous brewing family in Burgundy, which is located in Beaune, Burgundy. All the Chardonnay grapes used in this wine are cloned seedlings from Burgundy, which can be said to be an American wine with Burgundy descent.
Véronique Drouhin is the fourth-generation winemaker of the family, and now she is also the chief winemaker of two wineries, and travels between Burgundy and Oregon all the year round. This chardonnay is a wine named after Arthur, son of Véronique.
when brewing this wine, Véronique fermented some grapes in French oak barrels, and let the wine breathe slowly through the oak barrels, showing complexity. The rest of the grapes are fermented in stainless steel tanks to keep the vitality and fruity taste of the wine. Finally, the two parts are mixed to create a more exquisite and elegant wine. For Véronique, this is like "merging pure Chablis with elegant Morso".
On the soil of Oregon, Véronique has brewed a wine style that not only preserves the soul of the old world but also caters to the taste of the new world. She thinks that although Burgundy wine brings her a lot of inspiration, Oregon should have its own style instead of trying to become another Burgundy. This is very important.
Véronique likes listening to music, especially classical music, especially Mozart and Schubert. I wonder, will she often play Mozart's minuets in her wine cellar or vineyard for guests or wine?
minuet is a kind of three-beat dance music which originated from French folk. It was introduced to the court by the folk in the 17th century and popularized by the French king Louis XIV, who is keen on dancing. It didn't take long for minuets to spread among court nobles and become popular all over Europe.
Mozart likes to write minuets very much. There are often minuets in his symphonies, concertos, chamber music and operas. This minuet is selected from the third movement of Mozart's "Wandering No.17 in D Major". Its melody is very beautiful, elegant and dexterous, and it can be said to be one of Mozart's most famous minuets.
Tips: when I first smelled this wine, I smelled a very obvious pomegranate flavor, but it didn't seem to be in harmony with other flavors. Later, I found out that it was my pomegranate-flavored hand cream ... If you want to make the aroma judgment more accurate and have a better tasting experience, you should try to avoid using aromatherapy, perfume or fragrant hand cream before tasting, otherwise it will cause confusing interference! Of course, if the theme is not about wine, or just to create a romantic atmosphere, please ignore this hint.
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