GETTING OUT: It’s no place to live but lovely to visit
In California's early days, placer miners swarmed to the Sierra
Husband, wife team up at Monte Verde
What does it mean when a wine is “balanced?” It’s a wine that incorporates all its main components – tannins, acid, sweetness and alcohol – in a manner where no one single component stands out. Tannins come from grape skins, seeds, stems and oak barrels - it’s the astringent taste you get when you have bitten into a grape seed. Tannins give body and structure to the wine - too much tannin can be mouth-puckering and drying. The right amount of acids give wines their characteristic crisp, slightly tart taste. Too much acid and the wine can taste sour. A wine with too much sugar will taste cloying and sugary and will not be refreshing. A balanced wine is when all the components work in harmony.
Scrapbook Jan. 9-13
WEDDING: Briese/Carr: Emily Briese and Daniel Carr were married Sept. 10, 2011 at Advent Lutheran Church in Morgan Hill.
Stories of animal neglect are disturbing
Recent news has been full of disturbing stories of animals kept
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This week, the winners of the 2008 Genius Awards (given each
