Search Results for 'Wine'

Wine Reviews Drive Me Crazy – Exact same Words Just Differen...

For a lot of years I have heard all manner of words and combination of words to define a wine. When I was in college and could only afford the less costly wines, we would invent rather crass words to describe what we had been drinking. Ov [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

The Many Benefits Of Looking Into Wine Making Kits

Are you keen on drinking wine? Do you appreciate experiencing new forms of wine as well as new flavors? You have probably been enthusiastic about the thought of making your own wine if this sounds like you. This is merely natural for wine [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Oregon wine, Japanese clients

It's easy to say "wine" in Japanese. It's pronounced the same as in English. That, along with Japan's increased interest in imported wines, makes it possible for Cave Junction producer Ted Gerber to sell thousands of [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Calling All Winemakers: The New Sunset International Wine Co...

Winemakers from around the globe are invited to the enter the Sunset International Wine Competition, Sunset magazine’s first full-medal competition. The Sunset International Wine Competition has been designed by Sunset, the leading [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Food & Drink: Giving Minnesota wines a second chance

If you would have asked for my professional opinion on Minnesota wines a few weeks ago, I would have politely told you that there are much better things to drink. In fact, I was asked this after a wine and food pairing class I gave in Upt [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

How to Survive the Wine Retail Business

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with several friends who work in retail stores here in New York City. Over the course of several days and a few long conversations, I began to think of their plight. Not only have they been fairl [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

House Band Wines Launching 375ml Single-Serve Flex Pouch at ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--House Band Wines will launch its first-ever 375ml single-serve flex wine pouch at spring and summer music festivals in the U.S. beginning this month in Austin, Texas. The upstart brand sees [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Winemaking in the city

There was a time, in the late 18th century to be precise, when the Paris region was the largest winegrowing area in the whole of France, with some 42,000 hectares of vines. Then the arrival of the railways brought cheap wines up from the [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Experts 'taste wine differently from others'

A study has found that specialist oenophiles have a much more acute sense of taste than the rest of us – and it may even be in the genes. The findings mean that apparently eccentric descriptions of wine by critics such as Jilly Gool [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Get More Out Of Your Red Wine

Despite the fact quite a few men and women presume that wine tasting is all about sipping, swishing, and swallowing – most people are stunned to discover that it is in fact much more. Dissimilar to drinkers of other mixed drinks, wi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Wine, cheese event popular with library patrons

White Pigeon, Mich. —Organizers of a first-ever wine and cheese event at White Pigeon Township Library were hoping to get at least a few dozen people to attend Sunday’s two-hour gathering. To say they were overwhelmed when the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2012 | Comments : 0

Pawnshops for prosperous accept wine as collateral

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some U.S. pawnbrokers are taking liquid assets - literally. Along with family jewels and fine art they will accept wines as collateral for loans to help ease cash shortages of businesses and people on all rungs of the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

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 [...]