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The Wines of Portugal
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Port is fortified wine produced in the demarcated region of Douro Portugal. Traditional port comes from Portugal the same way that true champagne comes from wine found in the champagne region of France. For the most part, port is blended and aged in cellars near the mouth of the Duoro River (seen below) opposite the city of Porto.
Port is created in unique ways that captures the fruit and flavor in the ripe grapes in wine that possess extraordinary longevity. The characteristics in taste of port ranges from fruity to complex to dry. During fermentation, the step when all of the natural grape sugars have been converted into alcohol, high alcohol proof brandies are added to the vats to stop the fermentation. This leaves a wine with great depth of color and high natural sweetness.
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Masa
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“We’re going to eat at every restaurant in the Time Warner Building!” These are the famous last words of my friend Rich. He declared them late at night after several drinks mixed by yours truly. Never one to refuse a potentially valid, drunken offer, I agreed under one circumstance: That Kitty accompanies us to each and every one of those fine-dining establishments. The Time Warner is home to several restaurants I’ve been dying to try out, including Per Se, Masa, and Stone Rose. For such illustrious tenants, the decidedly unglamorous name is a bit ill-suited, but none the less, it houses some of NYC’s best eateries.
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Blt Prime
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You asked us for it, so we had to deliver. The idea behind ‘The Inside Scoop’ is to bring those burning questions that we all have about otherestablishments to light. Team shiftdrink put their necks on the line so you could have the most up-to-date information available. Dig in while it’s still fresh…
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This week we ventured to BLT PRIME, and this is what we found.
HOW IS THE FAMILY MEAL?
Mediocre to awful
HOW IS THE CLIENTELE?
Nice, a lot of professionals.
HOW LONG IS A TYPICAL DINNER SHIFT?
8 To 9 Hours
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Tequila
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There is no other liquor that’s surrounded with so many stories, myths, legends and lore as Tequila and its sister beverage Mescal. Once only a drink for banditos and rancheros, today tequila is just as much a staple as any other liquor you might find in a modern bar. The history of tequila is long and rich and its roots go back into pre-Hispanic times when the native’s fermented sap from the local maguey plants into a drink called pulque. The history and development from a traditional beverage to its modern day spirit parallel the turbulent and chaotic growth of Mexico. Mezcal wine, tequila’s grandparent, was first produced around 1521 and was variously called mezcal brandy, agave wine, mezcal tequila, and finally tequila, appropriately named after Tequila, a small town in the Jalisicou Valley in Mexico. The name tequila means “the place of harvesting plants.”
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