Juice is obtained by stacking up the wine grapes in a tank and letting the grapesâ weight do the crushing. Since the juice is in contact with the grape skins only for a very short time, the rose wine obtained through this technique has a very pale color â e.g. Gris de Bourgogne, a rose wine from the Loire Valley. Rose wines made through bleeding are rich, fruity and have great freshness.
Cumin is the dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family. The cumin plant grows to 30â50 cm (12â20 in) tall and is harvested by hand. It is an annual herbaceous plant, with a slender, glabrous, branched stem which is 20â30 cm (8â12 in) tall and has a diameter of 3â5 cm (1 1â4 â2 in).
Cumin-a guide to cumin including culinary uses and recipe ideas. Cumin is a popular spice particularly in Mexican, North African and Indian cuisines. You will most probably recognise the taste in the unique flavour of chilli con carne, where cumin is one the spices that gives this dish a hot, peppery and spicy kick.