Andre Simon Award Nomination

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Mar 292011

Andre Simon

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Grogan’s Companion to Drink has been nominated for the Andre Simon award.

The awards for the 2010 nominations will be announced on 5th April 2011

andresimon.co.uk/awards_2010.html

 

Posted by Peter Grogan at 9:58 pm

cider

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Mar 242011
is apple wine. I seldom drink it and it’s difficult for me to write about it. Due to some bizarre legal knot-hole cider was on sale in sweet shops when I was growing up. I dare say you can guess the rest and yes – aversion therapy does work, or at least it does if you’re twelve.
Posted by Peter Grogan at 11:08 pm Tagged with:

Black Velvet

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Mar 242011
layer equal parts chilled stout and Champagne in a flute glass. For a classy twist, try drinking them separately.
Posted by Peter Grogan at 11:06 pm

alcohol dehydrogenase – aka ADH

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Mar 242011
enzyme occurring in the liver and stomach which breaks down alcohol. Lower levels occur in people of Asian descent and in women generally, but especially those from Essex.
Posted by Peter Grogan at 11:00 pm Tagged with: ,

zinfandel

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Mar 162011
robust red-wine grape variety (now known to be what flourishes aka primitivo in southern Italy, especially Puglia, and also, for that matter, Croatia’s crljenak kastelanski) planted over fully a tenth of the California vineyard.
Posted by Peter Grogan at 9:00 pm Tagged with: , ,
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