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Tocai is an aromatic dry white wine that is made from the grapes of the same name. It is grown in the Fuilia area of Italy and it is named after small eccentric glasses it is served in Italian taverns. The glasses are small and look like juice glasses. The grape is also sometimes known as Sauvignon Vert which translates to mean "green wine." It is also grown in Chile and France. The name is pronounced Toe-Koi.
Tocai is not to be mistaken for a Hungarian wine called Tokay. These two wines are very different and in fact the Hungarian wine maker sued the Italian wine maker to exclusively own this name and lost. There is also a Japanese saki type wine known as Tokei. Tocai is quite different and is strictly grown in Italy.
This fussy and eclectic grapevine only grows in certain types of cool climates. It is rarefied because it is vulnerable to disease, much like Pinot Noir, and it often will rot if not grown near Fruilia. This is one of these wines that suffer if the crop is too big so most growers only keep a couple of the vines on their vineyards. The harvest for Tocai grapes is small each year. This is why the wine it creates is expensive and also very much prized by wine tasters.
The wine it creates is a pale yellow and often is strongly aromatic of pears, citrus and wild flowers. The beverage also has a clean, slightly crisp finish that is very fresh and dry on the palate. It is a sharp, yet perfumed wine that is quite strong. It goes great with sushi, Japanese food, grilled clams, and shrimp. This wine is usually of a very high alcohol content - 14%. It is also of a slightly thicker consistency than most wines. This means too that it stands up well to spicy cuisines such as New Orleans, Chinese, or Thai food.
Tocai [http://www.wineaccess.com/wine/grape/Tocai] is drank as a fancy wine in North America but in its native Spain this is a very pedestrian beverage that is drunk regularly the same way that we drink orange juice in the morning. The locals that drink it tend to eat it with humble foods including omelets, cheese, pork, and beans. It also pairs exceptionally well with chicken, fish, and pork. It is a serviceable cooking wine as well and excellent for frying up garlic onions.
The grape is usually harvested young which means midsummer. It is drunk young which means that it is not usually aged for long or at all. It grows best in sunny locations with well drained soils and in climates that have cold nights. That is why it grows so well in the mountains in Chile.
Other names for this thick and oily dry wine include Tocai Bianco Tokay Italian, Blanc Doux, Sauvignon à Gros Grains, Sauvignon de la Corrèze, Trebbianello, Sauvignon Vert, Sauvignonasse, Malaga. His wine is often mixed with Tokay, Tokay d'Alsace, or Tokaji which is a wine that is indigenous to Hungary.
Sarah Martin is a freelance marketing writer based out of San Diego, CA. She specializes in travel, international cuisine, and fine wine varietals, such as Pinot Noir and Tocai. For a wide selection of wines, please visit http://www.wineaccess.com/.
The Highly Esteemed Japanese Chin Makes It Way To Britain And America
The Japanese Chin was very fortunate to be held in such high esteem in Japan. This was not the case with many other dogs in Japan during the 1800's. One writer, Griffis, wrote in the Corea: the Hermit Nation (1882) that "in Japan, dogs are held in very little honor except the 'chin' or Japanese Spaniel."
Earlier views were expressed by another writer, Robert Fortune. He wrote: "The street dogs appear to be the same breed as the common Chinese dog, and both have probably sprung from the same stock. On a warm summer afternoon these animals may be seen lying at full length in the public highway, apparently sound asleep; it was not unusual for our attendants to whip and kick them out of our road in a most unceremonious way. On many of them, the marks of the sharp sword of the yakoneens were plainly visible, and everything tended to show that, if the dogs were regarded as sacred by some, the feeling fails to secure them from being cruelly ill-treated by the common people. It was not unusual to meet with wretched specimens in a half-starved condition and covered with loathsome disease."
Robert Fortune also wrote his views of the Japanese 'sleeve dog': "The lapdogs of the country are highly prized both by natives and by foreigners. They are small - some not more than nine or ten inches in length. They are remarkable for their snub noses and sunken eyes, and are certainly more curious than beautiful." Robert Fortune also wrote: "they command high prices even amongst the Japanese; and are dwarfed; it is said, by the use of saki - a spirit to which their owners are particularly partial."
It was not until the mid-19th century that dog fanciers of the West became interested in the Japanese Spaniel, nowadays called the Japanese Chin. The continuation of trade with Japan by both the U.S. and Britain meant many specimens of the Japanese Chin found their way to the West.
At the very earliest British dog shows in 1862 a class was provided for the Japanese. Records tell us there nine entries. The class was won by Mr. C. Keller's black and white dog, Caro.
Miss Elizabeth Brown of Bayswater, London was an early Japanese Chin breeder and fancier, although as far as records tell us, she never exhibited. Her first dogs arrived in England in 1870. They were described as "unsurpassable for their tininess, luster of eye or silkiness of coat." In Japanese terms they had:
• Butterfly head
• Sacred-vulture feathered feet
• And chrysanthemum tails.
These two lived to be nine years old and left Miss Brown with one Chin daughter she called, Lady Dorothea.
One of the very first Englishmen to own and exhibit the Japanese Chin was Theo Marples. His Japanese Chin, Ming Seng was reported to have been imported with a cargo of tea. He was black and white, with a protruding tongue. Marples claimed he weighed nine pounds, although others claimed he weighed 12 pounds in weight.
Ming Seng won the Gold Medal at Crystal Palace for the 'Best Foreign Dog.' The medal was presented to him by the Revd G.F. Hodgson, who was known as an authority on the Japanese Chin at time.
The first recorded prize winner Japanese Chin historians can find was Captain Anderson's The Japanese Rose. She was a prize winner at the 1865 Islington Dog Show in London.
Early American Dogs
A few Japanese Chins were entered in the New York Show of 1877 and ten entered in the same event in 1882. One writer, Kurt Unkelbac, author of The American Dog Book, contends that the Japanese Chin arrived in the USA from Japan before it went to England. The first Japanese Chin was registered with the AKC in 1888.
The Japanese Chin was first recognized at the New York Bench Show under the auspices of Westminster Kennel Club on March 8, 9 and 10, 1877. It is shown in the catalogue for that show three Japanese Spaniels entered.
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Your First Time; Japanese Saki?
As my wife and I celebrated 22 great years in Branson this past weekend,At the "Shogun" restuarant I had my first match with Saki. Let me just say,I'll never do more than that first vase ever again! How was yours?
My first time was fantastic and pretty eventful. I was at a local yakitori shop and of course, Japanese business men were to be found drinking their stress away. They had a wine bottle sized sake being passed around to their "ripe as a tomato" faced co-workers. And the funny thing is, is the fact that it's harder to tell if you're utterly smashed when you're sitting on the floor drinking. The warm liquid travels down your throat and a few sips later, you'll be feeling slightly light-headed the entire night. The worst part is, is the getting up from the floor part and that's when you ultimately know when you've had too much. That's exactly what I've witnessed with the group of business men that were there at the restaurant. Not only were they loud, which is uncommon of Japanese people but they couldn't even make it out the door! So, if anything, I am glad that you and your wife sat at a table that night because if anything, you'll know when you've had enough. 
Oh, for future reference, it's spelled out as "sake" not saki, and pronounced as "sah-keh", not "sah-key".
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