How To Videos » Leisure http://www.ihowtovideos.com Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:32:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to Interpret a Wine Label http://www.ihowtovideos.com/how-to-interpret-a-wine-label/ http://www.ihowtovideos.com/how-to-interpret-a-wine-label/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:17:48 +0000 How To http://www.ihowtovideos.com/?p=16750 If you’re not an avid wine drinker, buying wine can be sort of intimidating.  There are so many different types, and blends, and vintages, and wineries, that it’s hard to know for sure WHAT you’re buying, much less whether or not you’ll like it.  You can always read wine reviews, but when you’re standing in the grocery store or wine shop it’s hard to pull out the old iPhone and google.  And, if you don’t have an iPhone or similar, you have to just depend on the wine label.

Again, reading wine labels can be tricky.  That’s why Behind the Burner traveled to  Freemark Abbey Winery in Napa Valley to tell us how to decipher the information on a wine label.

First step – decide what you want.  Are you looking for a wine from a particular region?  From a particular winery?  Or are you seeking a particular varietal (grape)?  The name of the wine – Cabernet, Vioigner, etc. indicates the type of grape used in the wine.  Not all wines are 100% a certain type of grape – in fact, a wine only has to have 75% of one type of grape in it to put that varietal name on the label.

The year refers to the year the wine is grown.  As for alcohol content, the vintner interviewed says that his reds are about 14% alcohol, while the whites are 13% to 13.5%.  If there is too high of an alcohol content, the wine will taste funny. Some can pull it off, but with food it is better to go with a lower alcohol wine.  A more acidic, fruitier wine is better.

The bottom line is that it is good to have a little bit of education under your belt before you go to buy wine.  You have to find out what you like before you can be sure to buy something that works for you.  This means you’ll have to do some wine tasting.  It’s a tough job, but you owe it to yourself!

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Chef Jason Hill talks you through a brief history of tailgating, and then tells you how to really do it up right. From the 2009 Rose Bowl, he broadcasts a tailgating party in action. Here are the tips he shares.

You need a portable grill, a table, and a canopy, at the very minimum. If you want to be the most popular tailgater there, you can add a great stereo system and a big screen TV to watch the pregame stuff while you’re pregaming in the parking lot.

Some of the food Hill encounters is what you might expect – burgers, and the like – but he also sees a lot of carne asada and some upgraded tailgate food. Like bacon-wrapped hot dogs. If you’re anything like most foodies, you’ll agree that everything tastes better when wrapped in bacon…

As with anything, the best way to learn how to do something is to observe it being done by someone who already knows how to do it. Hill’s experience at The Rose Bowl proves this fact – these people really know what they’re talking about.

Finally, Hill shares his recipe for beef tri tip, which he marinates the night before tailgating so that it is full of flavor and good to go. Follow Hill’s tip to guarantee your automatic stardom at your next tailgating event.

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He travels with Buz and Ned from Buz & Ned’s n Richmond, Virginia, and Nate takes you into the judging room to find out who wins.

The video is very MTV-ish, with a lot of sound bites and rock and roll music, but you can grab some “delicious” tidbits of information regarding how to cook chicken, sausage, pork, and all things BBQ just like the big boys do.

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