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Gallup poll gives wine a thumbs down
But polls also bounce around a lot. And they’re simply surveys of attitudes, not actual behavior. It will be interesting to see if 2008 is the umpteenth year of consecutive growth in wine consumption in the US. What’s your bet?

How To Find Affordable Wines That Are Good
Wine is such a wonderful luxury, that it can be and is enjoyed by multitudes of people throughout the world. Most of these people never experience a one hundred-dollar bottle of wine. Yet there are so many different affordable wines on ...

US wine industry 'doing nothing' on climate change, Taste 3 hears
A leading US wine region climate researcher says the US is ‘doing nothing' to study the problem.

E Wine of the Week
Taste five wines, which I’ll recommend in my August E Wine columns, plus a welcome wine upon arrival. The cost is $10. No reservations needed, just drop by and taste at your own pace. Go to brucecochran.com for details. ...

An $8000 bottle of wine
I was fascinated by the wine list. It was thicker than the menu, six or eight pages long. And it was all Italian wines, listed in Italian by wine region. Cantinetta Luca has gone to great lengths to collect wines from every wine ...

Wine Country Flowers
cyclist451 posted a photo:. Wine Country Flowers. Another angle on the flowers I saw in the Alexander Valley.

Titus Vineyards 2006 Napa Valley Zinfandel
Backgrounder: Reports have been flooding in to Wine Spies Central Command about titus Vineyards and their ability to craft wines with insane QPR. For today’s wine, we sent Agent Red undercover to the winery to taste the wine – and ...

More good cheap wine: White Zinfandel (Rose) from Beringer
Nowadays, rose/blush/pink wines are all the rage, and you can get plenty in the LCBO. To me, most of these new wines taste very serious, and one of the things I liked about the old roses were that they were not serious. ...

“Big Business” Wines Are Proper and Have No Soul
I was recently inspired by the Sauvignon Blanc episode of Jancis Robinson’s Wine Course on DVD. During the lesson, Jancis traveled to the Loire Valley in France and spoke to its rebel winemaker, Didier Daugeneau “The Wild Man of ...

I love cheap, err, frugal wine
Since my college days of buying Wild Irish Rose for my friends on their 21st birthdays, I've always had an affinity for affordable wine. In my opinion, as long as its wine, you always seem a touch classier than say, gripping a 40 ounce ...

Daily Ramblings: Wine
Have you ever seen or smelled a wine so amazing that you would have loved to take a sip? A wine so beautiful and vibrant in color that you just had to stare? A wine that just seem to take hold of all your senses and hold you there? ...

Wine Review: Ehlers Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2007
Eager to understand how soil can impact the taste of wine? So I’ve just opened a bottle of Ehlers Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2007 and inhale the delicate aroma of ripe, yet still firm, peaches and apricots. This aroma carries through to the ...

Keep the Cheap Wine Flowing
I blogged last week about blind wine tastings - my own casual experiments as well as some more serious academic ones. The bottom line is that in blind wine tastings, there is a zero or even slightly negative correlation between the ...

Wine News Update

* Red wine packs benefits - Buffalo News
What’s the best beverage to serve with red meat? The results of a recent study confirm that red wine is an excellent choice. Scientists in Israel recently announced their findings that beneficial compounds in red wine offer protection against ...

* Wine of the Week: Jim Neal Wines, Central Coast, Chariot Sangiovese - Dallas Morning News
Jim Neal morphed from chef at renowned restaurants such as Spago Hollywood and Terra in Napa Valley to winemaker through his successful endeavor to make a commercial verjus: a tart, but wine-friendly vinegar substitute made from unripened grapes ...

* Perfecting the process of wine pairing - Herald Tribune
Pairing wine with food is a mystical process, and I use the word "process" because there are no fixed rules. It's possible to argue that a wide variety of wines would work just fine with most dishes. Moreover, how a dish is prepared dictates the sort ...

* Wine advice: Crisp white wines are perfect for summer sipping - Idaho Statesman
A block party such as this one in the Sonata subdivision in Southwest Boise is an ideal occasion for enjoying summer wines. There's one thing certain about the weather between now and Labor Day: It's going to be hot. But summer weather presents a ...

* Wine of the week: Rodney Strong Vineyards Sonoma County Merlot - Island Packet Online
This was one of the best merlots I have tasted in a long time for the price. The nose was filled with jam-like fruit, all spice and clove. Black raspberry preserves hit the taste buds in a wave of flavor, followed by subtle notes of white pepper and ...

* Wine Pick Of The Week: 2007 Cono Sur Cabernet Sauvignon/Carmenere $11 - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Every year I get more impressed with the wines coming from South America. Chile and Argentina have made great strides, but on many occasions I've also been surprised by the efforts of Uruguay and Brazil. The value offered by these wines becomes more ...

* SheKnows : Food and Cooking : Wine : Dessert wines to drink after ... - Sheknows.com
Wine is rapidly becoming the drink of choice among Americans. Not only is the number of people drinking wine increasing, the number of wines on the market is also on the rise. Experts estimate that, by 2015, Americans may even drink more wine than ...

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 ...

Wine News

* Wine Of The Week - The State
Aromas of red raspberries and an earthiness fill the glass. The classic Pinot Noir trait lets you know this is a wine with soft but elegant flavors. Vanilla and white pepper were perfectly balanced by ripe cherry and raspberry flavors. The finish ...

* Wine Of The Week: 2005 Robert Stemmler Pinot Noir, Nugent Vineyard - Las Cruces Sun-News
It is not lightly that one recommends a $40 California pinot noir, but this Burgundylike beauty from Robert Stemmler is, if anything, underpriced for its exceptional quality. It offers bright black-cherry fruit -- seasoned with subtle earthy notes ...

* Wine powers royal wheels - Farm Weekly
Britain's Prince Charles has converted one of his cars to run on biofuel made from surplus wine. He has overhauled his 38-year-old Aston Martin in a bid to make it more environmentally friendly. It is now fuelled by bioethanol - a substance extracted ...

* Resveratrol may prevent breast cancer - Food Consumer
Taking the amount of resveratrol found in a glass of red wine could suppress a carcinogenesis that would otherwise lead to breast cancer, according to a laboratory study in the July 2008 issue of Cancer ...

* French to roll out the best for Bastille Day - News.com.au
Most Mondays on the Brisbane restaurant scene are quieter than the grave but not next week. French eateries will be celebrating Bastille Day. Any French eatery worth its baguette or boudin blanc will be raising the tricolour and putting on a ...

* Old wine, fresh fraud? - Reuters
Roman historian Pliny complained of adulterated wine some 2,000 years ago and this spring's tempest in bottles of Brunello di Montalcino shows that some people remain tempted to stretch a good thing. Combine that with ...

* Tree-free, waterproof wine label made from stone - Food Navigator
The company claims that the material it uses in the labels, FiberStone paper, is unique as it is made from limestone, whereas conventional papers are made from tree-based virgin wood pulp or recycled wood pulp. Label Impressions president, Jeff ...