Search Results for 'Wine'

Valley wines get to shine at contest

Some people in the wine industry want to show that they can take the heat. They grow grapes in the San Joaquin Valley, a region that gets mighty hot as the fruit matures over the summer. The valley gets few of the cooling summer breezes t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Fine wines under the hammer in Hong Kong as Asia glugs away

Hong Kong was set on Thursday to hold its first wine auction since it scrapped duty on the tipple, the latest sign of how Asia's growing thirst for fine vintages is powering the global industry. International auction house Bonhams will hos [...]

Posted On : Apr, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

At Il Vino You Choose Wine, They Select the Food: Paris Dini...

Choosing which wine to go with your food is a task some diners find so stressful they just ask the sommelier to do it for them. Il Vino d'Enrico Bernardo, a new Paris restaurant, turns the challenge around: You order a glass of wine, the [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Finding good South African wine

I was in South Africa a few years ago, and my return trip rates as my worst travel experience of all time. We flew from Cape Town to Johannesburg to Amsterdam to Vancouver to Calgary with a 10-hour reroute through Los Angeles (that include [...]

Posted On : Apr, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Australian Vintage 08 wine crush up

Winemaker Australian Vintage Ltd (formerly McGuigan Simeon) said Thursday that its wine crush for the 2008 vintage was 183,000 tonnes - 15 per cent above last year. Chief executive Dane Hudson said the crush was in line with the company's [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Perfect Temperature Dual Wine Bottle Chiller

The best wines must be consumed in specific temperatures, everyone knows that. And a solution for that problem is to use the Perfect Temperature Dual Wine Bottle Chiller that comes with a probe that can be inserted into wine bottles to real [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

7 gold-medal winning wines for $12 or less

By REBECCA MURPHY / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Wines in The Dallas Morning News Wine Competition are judged by grape variety and, in some large categories, by vintage. That's all the judges know when they are tasting t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Urban Wineries in New York Combine Best of Trends

Wine bars are popping up all over town these days, and diners are also gravitating toward food made with local ingredients, so it makes sense that the next wave in the vino trend will be local wineries. Though a Staten Island vineyard is in [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

No more bad vintages thanks to changes in winemaking

As buyers and critics took part in last week's tastings of a difficult-to-grow 2007 vintage in Bordeaux, producers agreed that modern techniques were changing winemaking. Ten, 20 or 30 years ago this vintage would probably have been a write [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

Wines of the World

Basically, what characterizes the wines' new world is the geographic localization where they come from. Breaking the ancient wine culture, localized in places such France, Italy, Spain and Portugal. It would be correct to say that the " [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

New virtual community is all about wine

I am not computer illiterate. (Is that a double negative?) Maybe I'm a little computer "challenged," but I do know a thing or two. Sure, the technology is zipping along rather rapidly, but I am managing to keep afloat. Everyone i [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Spanish wine has earnt its place in the sun

Spain has more acres under vine than any other country. And although, for most of us, Spain equals rioja and rioja equals Spain, there is much else to tempt the wine lover, be it crisp, refreshing whites, soft, mellow reds or the great comp [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Millions of middle-class women drinking more than they reali...

Millions of middle-class women are drinking far more alcohol than they thought, according to official figures revealed. The surge has been revealed after the Government was forced to revise consumption calculations because of the tren [...]

Posted On : Apr, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

carmine ristorante italiano Wines

Wines ...brings out the flavor in food and enhances the dining experience. Olive Garden offers a wide variety of wines that will complement your meal. White Wine Sciardo bianco Galante chardonnay Verdicchio fazi-battaglia Mosca [...]