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Wine at the touch of a button, in the exact quantity required for a half or a full glass. A really interesting fact - at Muga, egg whites are used to remove the impurities in the wine, where enough albumen is collected to form a layer at the top of the vessel of wine. Surprisingly, the two don't mix, so as the layer of egg whites slowly sinks through the wine, any impurities are collected. Pretty ingenious - I wonder how they came up with that?
Playing With Fire

September 7th 2010
Geo: 42.5772, -2.84628Exhausted this morning ... the lack of sleep is catching up to me and though I had every intention of getting to bed early last night, I was up until close to 3 AM reading "The Girl Who Played With Fire" - this book is too damn good! But there was no time to be tired today - off to do some tasting of La Rioja's famous wines! The town of Ha ... read more
Europe » Spain » La Rioja » Haro

Spanish Flag Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more
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