The Quilt Inn Country Cookbook

Aliske Webb

Back to the quiz, albeit unsteadily.

2. How do you pronounce “Reisling”?

Well, I think it has to do with how much you have consumed, but the correct

answer is to say, “Reez-ling”.

3. True or false. The longer the cork, the more expensive the wine?

Strangely, true. Longer corks are more expensive and of better quality.

4. Vinho Verde is (a) the color of paint that your wife wants matched exactly

at True Value; (b) a greeting used in Spanish wine bars; (c) one of the Canary Islands;

d) any Portuguese wine made from green grapes; (e) a light zingy white wine grown

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in the Minho region of Portugal; (f) the color of your Dad’s ‘53 Nash Rambler.

The answer is (e), though (f) is probably true, too.

5. What is a Buzbag? (a) slang for too many wine samplings with good friends;

b) a Spanish wine skin; (c) a Turkish wine made from Okuzgozu grapes; (d) a parasite

that attacks vine roots.

c). ‘Nuff said.

6. What are wine diamonds?

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Not, as one might expect, a Michelin Guide rating at a restaurant, but rather

potassium bitartratecrystals that precipitate in a wine that has been chilled too quickly.

They are harmless, tasteless and odorless, and in fact are a sign of quality. They show

the wine has not been pasteurized and cold-stabilized, as are less expensive wines.

You can stay at a country inn for your health, or you can stay at an inn to get

away from your healthy regime for a while. Here are some special occasion recipes

with extra spirit! Let’s tell it like it is; none of them are particularly good for you. Which

is why we are starting with dessert first. But as Oscar Wilde said, “The only way to get

rid of temptation is to yield to it!”

Amaretto Cheesecake

Crust:

cup Graham cracker crumbs

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