9 The Michigan Daily Weeker 48 - The Michigan Daily Weekend Magazine - Thursday, October 17, 1996 WINE Continued from Page 3B Chianti Classical reserve, or the white Pino Grigio." McInnes said the most popular wines," said Jon Gould, general manag- er of Palio, "is the red Chianti Classical reserve, or the white Pino Grigio." McInnes said the most popular wines this year are of the 1993 vintage. "The older the wine, the better it could be," McInnes said. "But some wines you wouldn't want to age" Producing a good wine takes more than just stomping on grapes as demonstrated by Lucille Ball in an episode of "I Love Lucy." The process of wine-making obviously begins with the grapes. But the quantity of grapes is crucial to the concentration of the wine and eventually the price as well. "The fewer grapes you have, the more concentrated the wine will be," McInnes said. McInnes said the price of wine would also increase if a small amount of grapes were grown because of the dif- ference between the short supply of grapes and the demand for the wine. After the grapes are picked, the stomping can begin. The color of the wine is determined by the skin color of the grapes. Red grapes can produce white wine, after the skin is removed. Also, white wines can be made from dark berries. As the grapes are crushed, the yeast from outside the grapes mixes with sug- ars from inside the grapes. The liquid produced from the stomping process is the wine that sits on the shelves of Village Corner or in the restaurants of Wine of the Week 1995 Bonny Doon Muscat Vin do Glaclere ($16, 375 ml) w -. Looking for an elegant way to top off a small dinner party? - You might want to serve a taste of this California dessert nectar made by Randall Grahm, the Master of the Icebox. Grahm uses a commercial freezer to simulate the freezing that creates the rare and deli- cious German "eisweins" (ice wines) it seems to work, and the cost is far more reasonabie. The process also concentrates the delicious natural fla- vors of the Muscat grape - honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, pineapple, coconut and marzipan Get Doonr The Merchant of Vino Recommendsr YEAR: NAME: 1995 1995 1990 1995 1993 1994 1988 1994 red Dom de Vieux Chene white Columbia Crest red Mas des Collines white Du Boeuf Pouily red Simi white Chalk Hill red Ruffino Riserua white de Loach QFS REGION / GRAPE: Cotes du Rhone Chardonnay Gigonanas Fuisse Cabernet Chardonnay Oucahe Chardonnay PRICE: $5-$10 $5-$10 $10-$15 $10-$15 $15$20 $15-$20 $20-$25 $20-$25 L7, who will release a new album soon, are Jennifer Finch, Suzi Gardner, Donita Sparks and Dee Plakas. Though the Ramones have split, pictured here In 1988, former fror the music business. MUSIC NEWS Continued from Page 208 V Britain's Republica, best known for their catchy single "Ready To Go," are currently on tour opening for Gravity Kills. Lead singer Saffron says it's much better to be an opening band in through Ann Arbor on their current book tours. Oates will read from her latest, "We Were the Mullaneys" (Simon & Schuster) Oct. 21. Beattie reads from her paperback Vintage Books release "Another You" on Oct. 29. Simpson will read from "A Regular Guy" (Knopf) on Nov. 8. All readings start at 7:30 p.m. at Borders and are free of charge. - Compiled by Daily staffreporter Katie Wang the United Ann Arbor. Some vineyards choose to age their wine in wooden cellars so that the wine can get tannens. Tannens, McInnes said, are what accentuates the taste of the wine and gives it the extra "zest," that makes you click your tongue or snap your fingers. But you don't have to travel to Napa Valley to sample the wines from the vineyard; instead, there are some vine- yards sitting in our backyard. The Chateau Grand Traverse near Traverse City produces a variety of wines, as do Fenn Valley and St. Julian, both located near St. Joseph. So if you're sitting at home on a Friday night eating a lasagna with your closest friends, or you're out on a spe- cial date, spruce up the night by break- ing open a bottle of Chardonnay or Sauvignon JOE WESTRATE/Oaify One of the most popular wines is the red Chianti Classical reserve. .. .T A? A ICKL7VS o~f(r/JSI' C tr1u ,~ ~{ E'Gt S MUSICIIAU 4 LIX E GPpy ' ftE X~MS EN v f MUSI HEAVY METAL Andent Greek & Roman Bronzes C book u-5c At DICKENS u ttg R4 States than in Britain, where Tree of warm-up bands , hardly get the female no courtesy of a . soundcheck, let WrierS a alone much of an audience. to our Fai V Blind Melon is releasing an Enhanced CD on Nov. 12 featuring outtakes and rarities, as well as interviews, concert footage and a few videos. The CD is called "Nico," named after Nico Blue, the young daughter of late singer Shannon Hoon. Blind Melon is also putting out a home video documentary called "Letters From A Porcupine." V Although the Ramones have called it quits, lead singer Joey Ramone is still actively involved in the music busi- ness. He's currently co-managing the band The Independents, who opened for the Ramones on the East Coast leg of their farewell tour. ~ L7 has added a new bassist, Gail Greenwood, formerly of Belly, to its line-up. She has replaced Jennifer Finch, who left the band over the sum- mer to return to college. L7 is working on a new album called "The Beauty Process - Triple Platinum." V Chicago punk Ben Weasel has reformed his band Screeching Weasel. The group will release a new collec- tion of 12 songs on Nov 5 on the Fat Wreck Chords label, which is run by Fat Mike of NOFX. The album will not be called "... And Out Come the Chihuahuas" as was rumored in punk circles, but instead will carry the tamer title "Bark Like A Dog." BOOKS V The next few weeks will bring three of the finest female fiction writers to our fair city. Joyce Carol Oates, Ann Beattie and Mona Simpson will all swing ti C fir V Tobias Wolff, 'e finest who is swiftly becoming one of ; the dominant fic- tion voices in the e Coming nation, released a *A. new short story r I collection this month. The title story appeared this past summer in the New Yorker. "The Night in Question" (Knopf, 206 pp., $23) promises to be as rich and vivid as Wolff's previous books, the most famous of which is "This Boy's Life," a memoir of his childhood which later became a feature film starring Robert DeNiro and Leonard DiCaprio. V Finalists for the National Book Award in fiction are the following: "Ship Fever and Other Stories" by Andrea Barrett (W.W Norton & Co.), "Atticus" by Ron Hansen (HarperCollins), "The Giant's House" by Elizabeth McCracken (Dial Press), "Martin Dressler: Tale of the American Dreamer" by Steven Millhauser (Crown) and "The River Beyond the World" by Janet Peery (Picador U.S.A.). Winners will be announced Nov. 6 at the Waldorf- Astoria in Manhattan. Each finalist receives $1,000. The winner gets $10,000. Awards will also be given for non-fiction, poetry and juvenile litera- ture. V "Ploughshares"' fall fiction issue is simply chock full of the stuff that makes the October nights a little more toasty, so get all curled up on the couch. 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