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 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

China: wine fans start to go for white

Within three years, greater China will spend more money on still wines than the UK, and become the world’s second biggest wine consumer by value, after the US. And along the way, the traditional preference for red in China will b [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 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

Avoid $2,000 Bottles of Aging Vintages, Go With Younger Wine...

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&r [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 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

Wines Worth a Taste, but Not the Vitriol

ROBERT M. PARKER JR., the powerful wine critic, called it “one of the major scams being foisted on wine consumers.” Other wine writers have joined in, though perhaps with less vitriol. Mike Steinberger, in Slate.com, referred [...]

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