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Wine snob ghost 'haunting Birmingham pub smashes house wine ...

A "wine snob" ghost is lurking in the cellar of a pub making its feelings known about the house wine, it has been claimed. The ghost, named Corky by regulars at the Court Oak pub in Harborne, Birmingham, apparently has very stro [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Red Wine from Vine to Barrel: A Visual Masterclass from a Na...

I was lucky enough to have been invited to the Louis M. Martini Winery in St. Helena, Napa Valley, earlier this month. This is a wonderful place to visit anytime of the year, but especially so in October and early November when the the vi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Okanagan icon is InterVin's winery of the year

With a staggering collection of 20 medals spread across virtually every category, Mission Hill Family Estate reigned supreme at this year’s InterVin International Wine Awards competition. The Okanagan Valley producer’s awar [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

TWE says wine sector still challenging

Wine maker Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) says trading conditions remain challenging but that the company is well placed for growth. TWE's brands include Penfolds, Wynns, Seppelt, Saltram, Coldstream Hills, Matua Valley, Beringer and Cha [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Chesapeake Wine Festival coming up Oct. 29

A selection of Virginia and international wines are the draw at the second annual Chesapeake Virginia Wine Festival from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Chesapeake City Park on Greenbrier Parkway. Area restaurants will [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Port wine cherishes its past, looks for a future

When Dominic Symington looks out from his shady hillside garden across the vineyards of Portugal's majestic Douro Valley, he sees centuries of family and European history. British families like the Symingtons have been at the heart of [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Cool California weather keeps winemakers waiting

Both of California's famed industries require big up-front investments, significant sales and marketing budgets, and are heavily dependent on star power -- whether from a smoldering starlet or a complex Cabernet Sauvignon grape. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Glass of wine 'strengthens the bones'

British researchers who looked at the relationship between diet and fracture risk found moderate amounts of wine appeared to boost bone density in the spine. But other alcoholic drinks, such as beer and spirits, did not have the same effe [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine fraud through identity theft on the rise

Some £600,000 of wine has been obtained through identity theft in the UK over the past six months, police have warned. The Wine and Spirits Trade Association and the Metropolitan Police are urging wine producers to carefully check o [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine festival offers new tastes

With seven more wineries to sample from this year, wine connoisseurs strolled into Pemberton Park on Saturday afternoon for the annual Autumn Wine Festival. Entering its ninth year, the festival followed past traditions by having foo [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Mexican labourers keep B.C. wine flowing

A Mexican flag flies in front of a new, 6,000-square-foot building at Hidden Terrace vineyard, near Oliver in the Okanagan Valley. Inside, bottles of hot sauce sit on tables in a kitchen that looks out onto rows of gewürztraminer gra [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

A late Oregon wine-grape harvest balances risks with rewards

Vintners began trooping north from California to Oregon nearly 50 years ago, enticed by the prospect of making wine right along the climactic edge of where grapes can consistently ripen. Now, with the 2011 harvest poised to get under [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Australian winemakers tempt Chinese palates to secure future

Australian winemakers are setting up replica cellar doors in China and running wine clubs and tastings as they intensify efforts to win Chinese buyers in a bid to offset shrinking demand in their traditional British and U.S. markets. T [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Heart health risk for non wine drinker

Medical University of South Carolina researchers found who non drinker have started drink wine they have increased on heart health disease. This disease only increased on that people between 45 and 64 years old for more than 10 years that [...]