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Monday, July 14, 2008
Wine News
* Rosé passes white wine as France's favourite - Daily Telegraph
Rosé, long dismissed by purists as uncultured plonk, has overtaken white wine in volume of sales in France, buoyed by a fashion for pink. While much of France's wine growers battle lower consumption and persistent overproduction, pink wine - which ...
* Wine List - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Press Democrat wine columnist Peg Melnik scopes out wine lists around the North Bay, looking for good value and the occasional splurge. This week's picks (prices are retail; restaurant markup varies): JC Cellars, 2006 California Cuvee Syrah ($25 ...
* Livermore wine country grows despite economic malaise - Tribune-Chronicle
The withering economy has not soured business in Livermore's burgeoning wine country, where six wineries have opened in the past year. Business continues to pour in, as evidenced by a growing number of small but tenacious startup ...
* With Burgers on Grill, Searching Out 5 Surprising Summer Wines - Bloomberg
The most satisfying thing about tasting and writing about wine is discovering a wonderful bottle you hadn't expected much from or known much about. Particularly in summer, when I'm not ready to break out a Lafite-Rothschild to ...
* The mother of all vines gives birth to a new wine - HamptonRoads.com
Wine from the same vine that Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists likely plucked grapes from will soon be available to the public. MotherVine Premium Scuppernong Wine will be introduced on Tuesday on Mother Vineyard Road, the site of ...
* A replacement for the wine cork - KGO
A Sonoma Valley winemaker believes he has a invented a better wine-trap. His invention has already won a cash prize in a contest for business technology. According to Sonoma winemaker Timothy Keller, "There's a compound called 2,4,6-trichloroanisol ...
* Vintage future seen for Chinese wine - BBC Business
New Chinese wine makers are set to make a splash in the future China is set to become the world's largest producer of bulk wine in 50 years time as well as a major force in fine wine, experts are forecasting. Chinese wine currently has a low profile ...
* Traditional Wine Pairings Thrown Overboard - NPR News
Natalie McLean, author of Red, White and Drunk All Over, joins Host Liane Hansen to discuss how to select the best wine for dinner. Modern fusion cuisine and new wines throw traditional rules to the wayside
* Southern Oregon is home to more vineyards - Oregonian
Southern Oregon is home to an increasing number of vineyards, reports this morning's Medford Mail Tribune . Vineyards are popping up in Jackson and Josephine counties faster than corks at a wine-tasting convention. Consider this: In 1996 there were ...
* Now, a dictionary for wine! - Mid Day.com
Researchers have now devised a vocabulary that will speak of a vintage wine by its texture. The glossary of terms is based on familiar liquids, foods and household materials that they feel best describes the range of textures experienced when ...
* Wine of the week - Perfect summer treat on the cheap - Missoulian
It’s time to take a deep breath after the long Independence Day weekend, after spending all that money on gas, parties, food, gifts, fireworks and whatever else you packed in over those three days, and chill out with a first-rate value wine that ...
* Wine of the Week: Trimbach Pinot Blanc 2005 - La Crosse Tribune
The Trimbach family is in its 12th generation of winemakers who started in 1626 and remains a prominent force in the Alsace region in northeast France. The Alsace, nestled between the Vosges Mountains to the west and the Rhine River and Germany to ...