Search Results for 'Taste'

Can lunar cycles affect the taste of wine?

A German great-grandmother called Maria Thun is wielding huge influence on the British wine industry. A calendar she first published in the 1950s categorises days as "fruit", "flower", "leaf" or "roo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Wine Notes: A new taste of wine downtown

The proliferation of wine tasting rooms in downtown Paso Robles continues. Last week, Clayhouse Wines, a family-owned operation with roots in the Northwest timber industry, opened its new tasting room on 13th Street, bringing the number of [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Winning the taste test

Merlot sales dropped between 20 and 25 per cent in the United Stated after the cult success of the movie Sideways, in which two rather bewildered mid-life crisis males meandering on a wine-soaked Californian stag do were constantly rude, un [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Georgian wines are a rustic, old-world taste and a stellar m...

The country of Georgia, located in the Caucasus region between Russia to the north and Turkey to the south, has been cultivating wine grapes since 7000 B.C., making it the oldest wine-producing area known. Until recently, it was difficult t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Wine taste funny? It may contain cat litter... Malcolm Gluck...

Just whisper the word 'wine' and most of us will start dreaming about a glass of full-bodied red or a chilled, crisp white. In goes the corkscrew, and out, slowly, comes the cork with a deeply satisfying 'pop'. Well, stop dreaming right n [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Wine labelling leaves sour taste

The labelling of Marsovin's new range of foreign wines has left a sour taste with its competitors, who feel the images of national landmarks mislead the consumer into believing it is local produce. Camilleri Wines and Delicata were disappo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

An electronic taste for wine

The wine buff's palate is a complicated multisensory organ as anyone who knows their Bordeaux from their Beaujolais knows. Now, researchers have taken a step towards an artificial nose based on a system amenable to multivariate analysis. Th [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Chinas growing taste for wine

Booming wine consumption in China is leading to a growth in locally produced wines but as Chinese tastes become more sophisticated, local wineries are finding that they need to play catch up in terms of quality and vintage. The coastal cit [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Have a taste of Colorado Wine

Colorado is quickly growing another tourist attraction. In the past five years the number of wineries in the state has more than doubled, now totaling between 65 and 70. Twenty-seven of those will pour samples June 28 at the second Boulde [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

Course Requirements: Good Nose and a Taste for Wine

“He was the true father of American wine, my hero,” Ms. Frederick said to her students, who sat before a map of Italy, each one peering over seven glasses of red and white wines in a room where the wafts of alcohol would give [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

Good Wine Reading With Mellow Aftertaste

GASOLINE? Shooting past $4 a gallon. Airfare? Similar trajectory. The dollar? Stuck at the bottom. Summer? A shady spot in the park and a good book is sounding awfully attractive. For wine lovers, a raft of absorbing new books will help [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

A DeVine taste for fine wine

DeVine Wine Services, a new company founded less than two years ago by sommeliers Christopher and wife Kerri-Anne Reckord, has created a niche with the introduction of classes in wine tasting and appreciation, delivered in cocktail settings [...]

Posted On : Jan, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Tempranillo Wines (Taste by their wide range of flavors)

This grape in particular got named after its precocious bloom, whose roots lie possibly in the Spanish word “Temprano”, meaning early. Thus widely employed in Spain, bringing forth wines of dazzling colors yet suitable f [...]