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New York winery pushes 9/11 “memorial” wine

“Epic fail” were the kindest words celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain had for a line of “9/11 memorial commemorative” wines being peddled by a Long Island company ahead of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks [...]

Posted On : Aug, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

U.K. wine ‘sham’ hits 300 Canadian, U.S. investors

They thought they were investing in high-end whiskies and champagnes with the potential to earn returns as high as 110 per cent in three months. Instead, it turns out 300 Americans and Canadians who invested $48-million in the scheme were [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Finger Lakes winery takes top honor

A Finger Lakes winery was named Winery of the Year, and a wine from the North Fork of Long Island won the Governor's Cup for best New York state wine. The awards were announced Tuesday at the New York Wine and Food Classic in Watkins [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Variety the spice of life for wine lovers

Wine boredom setting in? Drinking too much, oh, Malbec or Chardonnay or Champagne this summer? Bust out of your routine and try something new. Maybe you’ll find a new favourite. At these prices, you can probably afford to take a [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

SA accedes to wine trade agreements

South Africa has signed two international agreements to facilitate the wine trade among signatory countries, the agriculture, forestry and fisheries department said on Friday. The agreement on mutual acceptance of oenological practices (M [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

China awash with counterfeit vintage wine

With average consumption just one litre per person per year, China may not have an age-old wine tradition, but it is catching up fast and is expected to become the world's sixth largest wine consumer by 2014. "A good wine show [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine From Here: Natural Wine in California

The documentary film, "Wine From Here: Natural Wine in California" will debut to the public in San Francisco on Thursday, August 25, at 7 pm. The film will be shown in the context of San Francisco's Natural Wine Week. &qu [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine of the Week: 2010 Bodegas Muga Rosado

I'm flying through my summer wines, already out of rosés. But I've got a new candidate for house wine: the 2010 rosado or rosé from renowned Rioja producer Bodegas Muga. It's salmon-pink in color, more structured [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Why won't the British treat wine seriously?

I was accused this week of being a wine snob. Plus ça change – I'm the editor of Decanter magazine – so no, when trying to source decent wine, I generally don't linger around the supermarkets' under-£5 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Finger Lakes’ wine superlatives

Another July, another visit to my sister and her family in upstate New York and, yes, the now-requisite jaunt into the Finger Lakes wine region for a little northerly swirling. But instead of sharing tasting notes with such mundane phrase [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Spirits, not wine up pancreatitis risk

Drinking just one 4cl measure of spirits can increase the risk of an acute attack of pancreatitis, but wine or beer does not appear to have the same effect, according to researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. To come to [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Orange winery's export deal to China is a first

Orange County's Barboursville Vineyards will soon be selling wine in China. Gov. Bob McDonnell's office announced the trade agreement yesterday. In May, McDonnell led a trade mission to several Asian countries, including China, an [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine Consumption May Protect Against Nasty Sunburn

Drinking wine may protect against the harmful effects of sunburn, researchers from the University of Barcelon revelaed in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. They explained that grapes and grape derivatives have a compound - a [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Drinking wine could help to stop sunburn

Ultraviolet (UV) rays emitted by the sun are the leading environmental cause of skin complaints, premature ageing, sun burn and even skin cancer. But in another nod towards the healthy mediteranean diet, Spanish scientists found substance [...]