Hello Everyone.
I got back last night from a fabulous trip to Scotland. Updates from the past week are to come, but between the traveling, class, and a few other things I've been pretty occupied. Some of you may have heard, but someone I did Student Council with in high school passed away unexpectedly [from what I understand was a blood clot to the lungs] at the all too young age of 21. She just graduated from UT in May and was getting ready to come over to England for graduate school. I am confident she is in a better place, but my heart could not hurt more for her family as well as all the memories. J-Nail will be so missed and her personality never forgotten.
On top of it all, I've been surrounded by sick people (aka people who put their fingers in their mouth all the time so they just welcome illness) so I think I'm coming down with something. Hopefully it's just a cold.
Goodnight!
The chemistry of Europe - when organic synthesis and European travel mix.
MissElaineous:: Wine snob in training
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I am currently in Strasbourg, France on an organic chemistry research grant from the NSF at the Louis Pasteur Institute. This blog is subject to contain everything from random musings, funny observations, organic chemistry, and other anecdotes about daily life abroad in France.
Older entries from my summer spent in Vienna and Oxford in 2007 can be viewed below.
I am currently in Strasbourg, France on an organic chemistry research grant from the NSF at the Louis Pasteur Institute. This blog is subject to contain everything from random musings, funny observations, organic chemistry, and other anecdotes about daily life abroad in France.
Older entries from my summer spent in Vienna and Oxford in 2007 can be viewed below.
MissElaineous
Belgium Chocolate. I feel a sin coming on...oh la la.
Proper way to taste champagne
1) Look at it, holding it on the stem so as not to warm the glass
2) Take a waft, or smell
3) Take a sip, let it lightly dance on your tongue
4) Smell it again, and you’ll be able to smell more suble fruit smells now
Cynics can skip the dancing on the tongue detail, but I think it’s the best part.
2) Take a waft, or smell
3) Take a sip, let it lightly dance on your tongue
4) Smell it again, and you’ll be able to smell more suble fruit smells now
Cynics can skip the dancing on the tongue detail, but I think it’s the best part.
Fast facts in the name of champagne taste
- Saying “French champagne” is redundant, since true champagne only comes from this region of France
- Vintages are only made during years when the crop is exceptional, and unlike non-vintages, they do not combine wine from previous years
- “Finish” refers to the aromatic remnants on the palate following consumption
- Champagne undergoes its second fermentation with a cap, not a cork, because it interferes with the flavor
- At Moët et Chandon, the last vintage was 2000, and will sit another year before being sold
- Chardonnay was imported into France during the crusades, along with a type of rose
- Moët et Chandon has enough champagne bottles in their cellar at this moment to give one to every person in France. This would be a huge ass party.
- There are specific sizes of bottles (just to name a few): Magnums = 1.5 liters, Mathusalem = 6 liters, or 8 bottles, Nabuchodonsor = 15 liters, or 20 bottles; only made to order and cannot be fermented in a bottle this big, it’s combo of many bottles during packaging
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2 comments:
Sorry about that! Hope you're soon feeling much better. At least you went this long without a cold. Well I wish I had something clever or funny to say but I don't, so I'll let you go. I LOVE your blog and I love you and can't wait till you are home in the good ol' USA.
I'm hurting for J-Nail's family, too. That is a pain that will never, ever go away for them and knowing that, my heart breaks every single time I think of them.
I hope you are feeling better. I wonder if you could find a cup of tea somewhere. Nah, probably not in England. Too bad though because a cup of hot tea might feel good to your throat. I guess you just need to come HOME so your MOM can take care of you.
It is finally August so the countdown has begun. I get to see you and hold you soon. I miss you so much.
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