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Sweet Sales For Wine And Chocolate Weekend

YAKIMA, Wash -- The annual Red Wine and Chocolate lived up to the hype for wineries. Some business owners say they saw their best sales in years. KIMA learned wineries went into the weekend with a lot of uncertainty. For some, nothing [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Wine-testing lab first of its kind in NZ

A Christchurch testing laboratory has partnered with an American firm to provide hi-tech wine testing services in a bid to snare the Kiwi wine industry. Hill Laboratories started as a two-person operation in Hamilton in 1984 and now [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Wine Turns Mortgage Title Mogul Into Entrepreneur of Viticul...

On a crisp winter’s day in 2010, Bill Foley was exploring a troubled winery for sale in Sonoma County, California, when he was taken aback by the sight of an enclosed horse-riding ring the size of an airplane hangar. Foley, who m [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

When vintage wine goes bad

Pianist Arthur Rubinstein was fond of telling the story of the wine connoisseur who once invited the composer Johannes Brahms to dinner: “This is the Brahms of my cellar,” said the collector to his guests, filling the master&# [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Sparkling wines entice the senses

Leave it to the French to speak of wine and love in the same sentence. The Gallic love for wine gives inspiration for a variety of sensual indulgences. It is hard to rival the experience Champagne delivers to the senses. (All Champagne [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Wine & chocolate: A perfect pairing for Valentine's Day

DENVER - If you like chocolate and if you like wine, it may seem like a no brainer to share this duo with your sweetie this Valentine's Day. 9NEWS Your Money Reporter Heidi McGuire found the right person to help you make the right pur [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Two glasses of wine a night triples risk of mouth cancer, Go...

Television adverts which start running on Sunday evening will say that drinking "just a little bit more" than recommended daily limits for alcohol increases the risk of serious health problems. Government advice states that men [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

Despite problems of matching, India`s wine industry booming

Standing in front of a wine tasting class of restaurant managers, wine importers and producers, Cavaliere Subhash Arora declares: "People in India waste too much time in matching wines to food." The crowd looks up from their [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Chinese wine investors worry as rare vintages drop in value

SHANGHAI - Tipsy Chinese investors drunk on the legend of Lafite wine have been rudely shocked by the cold economic fact that what goes up can come down. Helping to push the prices of branded wine up by an average of 30 percent in ea [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

How to make birch sap wine

Nothing in the forager's calendar is more seasonal than birch sap. Blackberries, wild garlic and most other wild foods are around for months; with birch sap you have two weeks, three at the most. In Dorset, where I live, it is approxi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2012 | Comments : 0

Champagne Flattened by Italian Sparklers From Franciacorta: ...

Don’t dare call the wines of Franciacorta “spumante,” the semi-sweet bubblies from Asti. And don’t confuse them with Champagne, even though Franciacorta sparklers are made with the same methode champenoise. Nor sho [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

European wine prices plunge

A SHIFT in the tastes of Australian drinkers has wine producers turning red with anger and white with fear. The strong Australian dollar, coupled with the aggressive tactics of supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths, has caused a plunge [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Australia Wine Exports Hit as Aussie Surge Aids Bordeaux: Re...

Australia’s wine lovers are embracing European bottles as never before, exacerbating a decline in the local industry already suffering from plummeting exports. With the Australian dollar at record levels against the euro, importe [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

West Coast Wines

If you want to put your money where your mouth is in this precarious age, an investment in good wine pays dividends far faster than a musty stock certificate. But if you want to know exactly what’s in the bottle, you have to put bli [...]