Food & Beverage

Beer isn’t just for guzzling, it can be an adventure. It is always great to try different beers and experience them from start to finish: Smell, Sight, Texture and Taste. No two beers are alike, even within the same style of beer, there are subtle differences. One of my rules when I’m visiting friends or on vacation is to always try the regional craft brews, it’s such a great way to experience new beers. These are some of the many reasons I love beer.

Sonnett Beers is a Cincinnati based beer blog about the different beers that I drink. Posting a picture of the beer bottle with short descriptions on smell, appearance, taste and overall experience with the beer. Happy Drinking!

In 2006 I was struck by a thunderbolt. I had taken a cycling tour thru Tuscany, the heart of wine country, when I discovered a deep passion for wines. Up until that time I had dabbled but the great Brunellos and Chiantis from the region opened a new door that I knew I wanted to walk thru, so I did and never looked back. Since then I’ve taken Italian language classes, written about every wine I’ve tasted in a journal, and ultimately started a wineblog where I talk about everything I love about wines.

So here it is! Vigna Uva Vino (Vine Grape Wine)… NOW, you can find: interviews with wine personalities, info on developing wine sense, reading labels, and great buys as well as handy tips like: which wine glass to use… how to find a great bottle of wine for under $20, or even under $10. And especially comprehensive is my extensive list of tasting notes on over 150 wines.

So welcome to Vigna Uva Vino, and I hope this information will help make you a smarter wine drinker.

In Norway and Sweden wines are only sold through Alcohol Retail Monopoly. They exist for one reason only: To minimize alcohol-related problems by selling alcohol in a responsible way, without profit motive. Denmark has more continental laws and sells wines all over.

In Norway it is called Vinmonopolet and they have stores all over the country. The Swedish version is called Systembolaget. It has as I can see it a couple of advantages.  First of all the prices on the best and the most expensive wine can be very nice. They have a fix profit on every wine regardless of its good, bad or popular.  So when the marked in other countries turn the price up on the best ones, we can buy it at a fix cost. We in Winesworld have a website where we have tasted, compared and reviewed wines.  We have a search page were you can find the best wine and compare the prices. Since there is only one store that sells wines, you can get it there and all the wines have they own item number so it is easy to get the right one. We have a link on every wine to the official sites were you can see if it is available directly and which store who has it on stock. We have a high tax on alcohol in Norway and Sweden so the low-priced wines are quite expensive. You cannot find a bottle of wine in Norway below $9. 

To sum up it all up the benefit of having monopoly is that it is good organized, a wide range of wines, easy to find and you can do a scoop on the most wanted and best wines.

Budget-Gourmet.com is your Ultimate Gourmet Consumer Guide!  We are your one stop gourmet directory for coupons, discounts, deals and freebies for high quality gourmet foods and food gifts and offer you savings of up to 60%. We also offer  nutritional information, specifications and advice about  chocolate, gourmet coffee,tea, cheese, seafood and a variety of specialty foods.

Vegansim is rapidly gaining acceptance in the food world as being not only a healthy choice, but an environmentally conscious one. However, if you’re used to using meats and cheeses as meal staples, attempting to create a meal revolving around plant based foods can take some getting used to. But don’t give up! Many vegan meals are actually easier to prepare than meals that involve meats. For one, cooking time can be cut way back since plant-based foods generally cook through much quicker than animal products. And you don’t have to worry about the dangers of consuming something that’s undercooked like you do with meat. In addition, your pocketbook will thank you for not having to spend so much money on expensive meats. At happyvegetable.com, a tasty vegan blog, you can learn a great deal about the vegan lifestyle including recipes (under the “yummies” category), nutritition information, and much more. I even discuss the raw lifestyle, provide some recipes, and take you on my journey of 40+ days when I ate only raw foods.