JustLady.How did the B & H Mallorcawine?
Irina.At first we met, and then become engaged tastings. I went to school sommelier, and Andrew independently studied wine.
Andrew.We went to Majorca, because they knew that there must be a classy wine. Mallorcan wine - is a separate issue, it's not like anything else. Looked vineyards, wineries, everything was so positive, I did not want to go there. Bought a lot of wine and decided that this treasure is necessary to share with others. Thus was born the idea for their own business.
JL.Thus, you, first, have opened a new area for Russia, and secondly, began to talk about the wines themselves?
Andrew. Prior to that, we went to the tasting in one big Moscow club.
Irina. And once again coming to the tasting, offered our Mallorcan set. We asked ourselves about him. Prepared, carried out tasting. It is all like, and we realized that we can do it ourselves.
Andrew. In the spring we have been quite popular introductory tasting, when people who know little about wine, came, and we told them about it. Now she has moved more to the corporate level. In my opinion, the whole wine get-together a little snobbish. And we would like to show their tastings that not only snobs can enjoy the gifts of grapes and understand it. Because in the low and middle price segment has very good wine.
JL. Wine - it's more than just come to drink wine - everyone can do it yourself at home. What is this phenomenon, why this format is interesting? Why do people go to them: learn to understand the wine, try something unique, which is not in Russia?
Andrew.For me personally, wine has always been a kind of way to communicate. When the company ran out of things to say, we can begin to discuss the flavor and organoleptic properties of wine. One after another, these feelings cling, and you realize that a person on the same wavelength - he understands you, you know it, in terms of feelings. It helps to approach. Our main message - not only to give the opportunity to try as many wines, and raise the level of culture of consumption of alcoholic beverages in Russia. We can say that we activists to popularize wine in our country.
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The transition from hard liquor to wine - a worldwide trend, because it is believed that it helps to fight alcoholism. Including a huge number of American TV series can be seen as the main characters, positive characters, consume wine.
Irina.In Cougar Town («Cougar Town"), for example - they're constantly drinking wine.
Andrew.The goal of our tasting is not really drink. Sometimes people ask spittoon, if someone is driving, for example.
Irina. But come, and those who say: "Give me a little more, why so little pour? "" Do you have more? Top up with me. " Begin to clink glasses.
Andrew. While the culture is not very. But six months a circle of regular visitors, and we are very happy. We are ready to conduct tastings at least every day, if there is demand. In the stories about wine, we always try to emphasize any particular grade or terroir that people learned something new, many recorded. Our tasting more educational than entertaining, albeit entertaining moments there.
JL.Why is wine, not cognac, whiskey or rum?
Irina.We're not experts.
Andrew.It is time. And secondly, I will tell the secret about the tasting characteristics of alcoholic beverages prepared by distillation. Sommelier Competition, 7 samples, closed, no one sees the seventh model is something strong. All three finalists sommelier in one voice say that it is grappa - a drink made from grape juice by rectification. And no one guessed it - no one can guess the flavor, which is made from strong drink. And when it comes to wine, raspberry wine from natural grape distinguish, of course, you can. And that's the beauty - we are engaged in the direction of where everything seems to be similar, but at the same time everything is different.
JL.We interviewed the guys who are engaged in coffee. When is the cupping, they try many, many varieties of coffee and has a strong invigorating effect. They take off his wine. Are there any "antidote" wine?
Irina. Just spit. This is alcohol, even if it will have a snack in the blood does not become less.
Andrew.Alcohol is still absorbed in the mouth when you check it, poloschesh mouth. How is the professional tasting? This hour set, 15 samples, then a 15-minute coffee break, then another 15 wines. So 8 times. 8-hour working day and 15 hour samples. I think it's on the second set, if you do not spit, you'll no. We did not check how much remains ppm, but spitting, do not feel that you do something to drink.
Irina.Should just walk around tasting. At first, to be honest, spit turns out badly, because it seems that you do not take wine to the end. But for the fifth time already can normally 20 samples to try, all spit it out, to understand everything and remain sober mind.
Andrew.We were on a professional tasting, and there the young man went to the coffee. He zanyuhival wine coffee as perfume. So - so to do.
Irina. And that one wine from another department, clean taste buds, just chew bread.