Sentence examples for charismatic wine from inspiring English sources

In a corner of the massive Erdody Palace in Stare Mesto, the stylish Elesko wine bar (Venturska 1; eleskowinebar.sk) was pouring glasses of its own 2008 barrique alibernet (a stately, charismatic wine with nicely understated oak) for 5.80 euros (about $7.95 at $1.32 to the euro).

As the charismatic director of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, he has in seven years transformed what was originally a one-day wine tasting event on the campus of Florida International University for a few hundred people into a four-day extravaganza on the sand attracting tens of thousands of visitors, and, this year, a live broadcast on the "Today" show.

Handsome, charismatic, with a gift for wine, Philippe is the kind of son Paul always wishes he had, down to a shared weakness for expensive shoes.

Carlo Petrini, a charismatic Italian who writes about food and wine, started Slow Food with friends who shared his notion that left wing politics and gastronomic pleasure could be happily married.

Eatingis overlaid with social and domestic meanings, and Conrad's refusal of food and wine is linked to the charismatic power he wields over his followers and his lover, and to the control he exercises over himself.

Another significant barrier between young wine drinkers and Bordeaux is the absence of a charismatic advocate for the wines.

Elizabeth LeCompte, the group's charismatic leader, holding a microphone in front of a glass of wine she was drinking, didn't look pleased, wondering aloud who could fill in.

Though there may be more coveted cult wines than those of the Scholium Project, the charismatic and somewhat quixotic Schoener is possibly America's only winemaker with a cult following of his own.

Owner Luc Gilles is an eccentric, charismatic Frenchman who jumps into his 1932 van every year and drives round the wine regions, choosing his bottles carefully and only returning when the van is full.

The charismatic Alberto di Gresy decided in 1973 to produce and bottle their own wines under the family label rather than selling the grapes to other producers.

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