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	Calvados - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calvados was one of the original 83 départements created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.
		Calvados is surrounded by the départements of Seine-Maritime, Eure, Orne, and Manche.
		On the north is the Baie de la Seine, part of the English Channel, and on the east the Seine River forms the boundary with Seine-Maritime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calvados (286 words)

	Calvados - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Calvados (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Calvados is best known for the local brandy of the same name, which is distilled from cider apples grown in the extensive orchards of the Pays d'Auge, east of the departmental capital of Caen.
		The south of Calvados is hilly, while the area nearer the coast contains numerous fertile valleys that provide good pasturage.
		The rocky coast bordering the English Channel here is extremely treacherous; a galleon from the Spanish Armada of 1588 – the Calvados – that foundered on rocks between the mouth of the rivers Orne and Vire gave the reef, and thereafter the département, its name.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Calvados (217 words)

	Calvados (spirit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calvados is an apple brandy from the French région of Lower Normandy.
		Calvados is the basis of the tradition of le trou Normand, or "the Norman hole".
		Calvados can be served as aperitif, blended in drinks, between meals, as digestive or with coffee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calvados_(spirit) (948 words)

	Calvados- an apple a day in drink form
		Calvados is mainly produced using a column still, and aged in very dry oak casks.
		Busnel uses sixteen pounds of apples per bottle and over 20 apple varieties to create Calvados vintages, which are dated and indicate the Calvados has been produced from a single distillation, and blends, which mark on the bottle the age of the youngest Calvados used in the blend.
		Calvados can be sipped neat as a digestif, as an apéritif, with ginger ale or tonic on the rocks, and is sure to add a delicious new twist to classic cocktails.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/August05/Calvados.htm (569 words)

	fabrication du calvados
		As for the A.O.C. calvados, it has its' own land for collecting and transforming, which is bigger than the aforementioned.
		Calvados ages at the bottem of very dry oak trees.
		A competent alchemist is capable of bringing together calvados of various ages and origins (gathered from different soils).
	www.pomypom.com /english/secrets/calvados/calvados.htm (312 words)

	Calvados Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The French département of Calvados is in the région of Basse-Normandie.
		Calvados is bounded on the north by the Baie de Seine, on the east by the River Seine, on the south by the département of Orne, and on the west by the département of Manche.
		Juno Beach Centre at Courseulles-Sur-Mer, Calvados commemorates the D-Day landing of the Canadian liberation forces at Juno Beach during the Battle of Normandy in World War II.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/calvados.html (192 words)

	Saveur - Calvados: Spirit of the Apple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At the turn of the century, 90 percent of all calvados was made noncommercially, by farmers, on the farm.
		Calvados is made in delineated regions within the département of Calvados (supposedly named after the man-of-war El Calvador, part of the Spanish Armada, which sank off the coast of Normandy in the 16th century) and portions of the départements of Manche, Orme, Eure, and Seine-Maritime.
		Appellation regulations for the region require that calvados du Pays d'Auge be double-distilled in the traditional manner, aged in oaken casks, and not be sold until it is at least two years old.
	www.saveur.com /article.jsp?ID=15899 (1230 words)

	Strat's Place - Daniel Rogov - calvados
		As if to prove that not all Calvados is great, about four or five million Frenchman start their days by making their way to the brass or copper covered bar in their neighborhood cafes and there down a large glass of young Calvados.
		Truly good Calvados, on the other hand is aged in oak casks for from ten to fifteen years before it is considered drinkable.
		Although most people think of Calvados as an after-dinner drink, some, like this writer, may even adapt the habit of many Normandy farmers, of serving it in the middle of large meals to aid digestion and cleaning the palate between courses.
	www.stratsplace.com /rogov/calvados.html (704 words)

	Drink feature - Calvados cocktails
		Calvados has been undergoing something of a renaissance recently, as sommeliers and cocktail barmen across the capital rediscover this superb and underrated spirit.
		The Calvados is then transferred to oak barrels for ageing.
		The aroma of a good Calvados should obviously be reminiscent of apples, but this shouldn't be at all overstated.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /drink_feat_calvados.asp (603 words)

	Calvados
		The Calvados extracts various substances from the wood, including tannins which give it color and body.
		Over the years, the remaining Calvados in the cask loses some of its strength, and it will need to be blended with a twenty-year-old Calvados with a higher alcohol content before a further period of maturation lasting for several months.
		The approximate age of the most mature blended Calvados cannot be taken into account as a reference.
	www.internetwines.com /spirits-brandy-calvados.html (760 words)

	Chateau du Breuil : Products. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This "Appellation du Pays d'Auge Contrôlée" Calvados is slowly aged in oak casks and personally controlled for quality by the cellar manager.This fine blend aged at least 8 years, both light and fruity, has a bouquet of walnut, almond and vanilla...
		Born from the harmonious combination of apple juice and Calvados, the Pommeau de Normandie is blazing as the autumn in the "Pays d'Auge".The sweetness of apple and of Calvados aged in oak casks makes the Pommeau de Normandie an original aperitif drink and an excellent accompaniment with desserts.
		In a tumbler: ¼ "Coeur du Breuil" liqueur Calvados
	store.chateau-breuil.fr /html/produits.html (741 words)

	Calvados (Department, France) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The General Council of Calvados uses a white flag with the logotype of the General Council in the middle.
		The logotype is made of two approximate square fields placed side by side, on the left a green square with a white apple, on the right a blue square with two white waves.
		Calvados was traditionnally used in the trou normand (Normand hole).
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fr-14.html (547 words)

	Calvados
		Located in the choicest delimited Pays d'Auge AOC district in the center heart of Normandy's Calvados country (a tiny geographic zone akin to the highest quality Grande Champagne district of Cognac), five generations of the Boulard family have been supplying a world market with splendid blended and single vintage Calvados bottlings for nearly two centuries.
		Calvados apples are mostly bitter and not good to eat at all.
		Calvados from the rest of Normandy is distilled only one time and tends to be a bit harsher on the palate, lacking the smoothness and delicacies, the complexities and full-bodied bouquets of Pays d'Auge.
	www.beveragebusiness.com /bbcontent/art-arch/mmbrad06.html (2480 words)

	CALVADOS LENAULT ::::: Calvados Producer :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
		Then this cider is kept for one year in oak casks, later to be distilled to obtain a calvados with a strength of about 65-70°.
		To qualify for the AOC appellation, a sample of this calvados is submitted within a year after its production to the Commission Interprofessionnelle de Dégustation (an expert panel) which gives its approval, or not.
		This vintage calvados, aged for so many years in oak casks with the help of our know-how and with the help of time, has acquired the natural colour (nothing artificial added) and the exceptional aroma of fruits and fragrances found in Normandy.
	www.calvados-lenault.com /eng/home.php (417 words)

	Blank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But calvados, the drink of Breton or Norman paysans and cosmopolitan style pundits, has escaped easy characterisation it smells divine, warms the gullet and, unlike many other distilled drinks, it actually tastes of the fruit it is made from - fat, round apples squashed in the cider press.
		Calvados is classless yet classy, fruity yet dry, neither male nor female, ageless.
		Everywhere, people are stroking their chins, lifting an eyebrow, and saying, "You know, I think I'll have a calvados." Mayfair's Savile Club, a bookish haunt well of the trend-setting path, has seen a calvados rush in the past couple of years.
	www.ciderbrandy.co.uk /pr2.html (1128 words)

	Calvados Boulard - La Marque
		Produced from a blend of Calvados varieties from the Pays d'Auge of which the age varies from 3 to 5 years, the Boulard Grand Solage is characterised by its apple fragrance and its amber colour.
		Obtained from blending several Calvados varieties from the Pays d'Auge aged between 8 and 15 years, Boulard XO is a remarkable Calvados which can be recognised from its complex aromas of grilled almonds and ripe apples, as well as its balanced and mild taste.
		Following a selection of various Calvados types, each bringing its own characteristics, the head cellarman blends the chosen batches in order to create the unique personality of the Boulard Carafe 21 ans d'âge.
	www.calvados-boulard.com /uk/tresor.html (517 words)

	Calvados du Pere Louis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This old cider is then distillated to obtain a very strong white alcohol (70°), which is kept in oak barrels for at least 10 years in the case of the Calvados du Père Louis.
		Before it is bottled, spring water is added to the calvados to get an alcohol rate of 42°.
		Calvados du Père Louis is sold in the farm where it is made, “Les Aluns”, in Manche (Normandy), and is also shipped.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /sophie.g/calva/e_index.htm (238 words)

	Get hit in the snifter with a Norman apple brandy
		Calvados takes its name from El Calvador, which ran aground in Normandy during the war between the Spanish and English in 1588.
		Calvados is comparable to Cognacs and Armagnacs in its smoothness and complexity, but it offers something other digestifs can't -- the distinct flavor of apple.
		Most of the Calvados available in the United States is from large producers, but in Normandy the industry is mostly represented by small family farmers, who often also make cider and keep cows.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/04/01/WIGRS5TU751.DTL&type=wine (1284 words)

	Calvados an apple-sweet winter warmer - Today: Wine - MSNBC.com
		The goal is to expose Calvados to new palates, and the 40-odd New York restaurants hyping Calvados from now until March have one big thing going for them: It's a perfect cold-weather treat.
		Calvados, a defining drink of the French region of Normandy, is distilled from fermented apple cider and then aged two years or more in oak barrels.
		The Calvados name was attached to the liquor about the time Allied troops were arriving on nearby beaches during the D-Day invasion.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6976621 (910 words)

	Nation's Restaurant News: Cool calvados cocktails to shake up Big Apple at The Drake's fall festival
		Calvados, of course, is the wonderful apple brandy that hails from Normandy, France.
		At Q56, though, Calvados once again will be providing the base for some innovative cocktails, and it will be used in the kitchen by chef Rhys Rosenblum to prepare a special menu.
		The Big Apple Martini is a simple affair made with Calvados, apple schnapps, vodka and apple juice, whereas Pomme D'Amour is, perhaps, a little more daring--it marries Calvados with strawberry schnapps, fresh lime juice and a French liqueur flavored with passion fruit and cranberries.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_37_38/ai_n6199031 (747 words)

	Calvados - guide to the region and the apple brandy, Normandy, France.
		Calvados - guide to the region and the apple brandy, Normandy, France.
		Calvados is carefully distilled in Normandy from dry cider made from special apple varieties, aged in French Oak barrels then blended and bottled for the connoisseur.
		The book is a first in comprehensive reporting in English on the facts, the history, the myths and secrets, as well as how to taste, judge and enjoy this unique spirit.
	www.calvadosbook.com (287 words)

	Domaine Dupont - Calvados production (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The second distillation of the petite eau produces the final Calvados and is called the "bonne chauffe".
		Old Calvados is the perfect way to end an elaborate meal that has been accompanied by fine wines.
		The silkier calvados will be served plain, while a calvados with more intense aromas will be appreciated either plain or to accompany well selected coffee, chocolates with high cocoa content, or cigars.
	www.calvados-dupont.com /pages_anglaises/calvadosuk.htm (1225 words)

	BevNetwork - liquor wholesale, wine store, wholesale wine, wine merchant, wine retail, beverage industry
		That was decades ago, and, blame it on the image-wrecking, mass-produced Calvados that began to hit our shores, or Cognac and Armagnac stealing all the glory, but today Calvados consumption here has dwindled to a barely-noticeable fraction of the 11 million cases the region produces annually.
		Any Calvados produced outside this region carries the more general designation of Appellation d’Origine Calvados, and is the result of a simpler, single distillation process.
		A blend of vintages ranging in age from eight to 40 years, this Calvados is rich and smooth on the palate, with cooked fruit and raisin notes and hints of roasted almonds.
	www.bevaccess.com /monthly_issue_article.asp?ID=46 (1353 words)

	Spirits and Alcoholic Beverage Guide at Epicurious.com
		In general, the three Calvados-named AOCs — Calvados (the largest), Calvados Pays d'Auge, and Calvados Domfrontais (where pears must comprise 30 percent of the cider) —; regulate where the spirit can be produced, which apple and pear varieties are allowed, and how the cider is produced, distilled, and aged.
		While basic Calvados and Calvados Domfrontais usually undergo a single "column" distillation, all Pays d'Auge Calvados is distilled twice in copper alembic (pot) stills.
		Bartenders have also discovered that Calvados can be a mellower alternative to whiskey and other brown liquor in mixed drinks or on the rocks, neat, or with soda and ice.
	www.epicurious.com /drinking/spirits/liqueur/calvados (1543 words)

	BRANDY-4 CALVADOS
		Calvados to most spirits aficionados is a distilled spirit made of apples.
		You'll find their Calvados, which are distilled exclusively from apples, in many of the top, top restaurants around France.
		Calvados is double-distilled in stills from the Cognac region.
	www.weimax.com /brandy-4_calvados.htm (802 words)

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