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Flor (musician)

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  • Beethoven's Violin Concerto

    we missed an event? Click here to let us know. The MPO with conductor Claus Peter Flor and Liza Ferschtman on violin present what many regard as Beethoven’s greatest concerto, alongside Brahms’ Symphony No 1. The content of this field is kept private and will 12:22 AM from Vision KL Read more »

  • Dances Around the World

    music director Claus Peter Flor and the world-class Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) as they take you through some of the world’s most invigorating dance music. From Brahms to Sugata, Ginastera and beyond, these infectious tempos will have you dancing 5/30/12 from Vision KL Read more »

  • Veronica Bartolomeu Wins Elite Model Look

    Veronica Bartolomeu was named the winner of Elite Model Look Angola/2012 contest held on Saturday night in the Paz e Flor complex, in Luanda. The model, who ran the title against nine other candidates, will represent Angola in the final of Elite Model Look   from AllAfrica.com Read more »

  • PEOPLE SELENA Widower shares memories in 'To Selena, With Love'

    1995, two weeks shy of her 24th birthday. The Mexican-American singer was a sensation in the Tejano world with hits such as Como la Flor, Bidi Bidi Bom Bom and El chico del apartamento 512. She was on the verge of crossing over to the mainstream when she was   from Fort Worth Star-Telegram Read more »

  • Pulsing classics

    festival. Besides performances by Hands 1 and Hands 2, local drumming groups that will be participating include traditional musician Kamrul Hussin, Batteryheadz Percussions and Prakash Kandasamy, Samuel J Das & Friends. This time round, international drumming   from The Star Malaysia Read more »

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About Flor (musician)

Flor (Spanish and Portuguese for 'flower') is a winemaking term referring to a film of yeast on the surface of wine and which is important in the manufacture of certain styles of sherry. The flor is formed naturally under certain winemaking conditions, from indigenous yeasts found in the region of Andalucía in southern Spain. Normally in wine making it is essential to keep young wines away from exposure to air by sealing them in airtight barrels, to avoid infection by bacteria and yeasts that tend to spoil it. However, in the manufacture of sherries, the slightly porous oak barrels are deliberately filled only about five-sixths full with the young wine, leaving "the space of two fists" empty to allow the flor yeast to take form and the bung is not completely sealed. The flor favors cooler climates and higher humidity, so the sherries produced in the coastal Sanlúcar de Barrameda and El Puerto de Santa María have a thicker cap of flor than those produced inland in Jerez. The yeast gives the resulting sherry its distinctive fresh taste, with residual flavors of fresh bread. Depending on the development of the wine, it may be aged entirely under the veil of flor to produce a fino or manzanilla sherry, or it may be fortified to limit the growth of flor and undergo oxidative aging to produce an amontillado or oloroso sherry.

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