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Sun, 19 Sep 2004
- US-Wine delivery
no cinch
A few clicks of the mouse
will get caviar, sex toys and Mexican Vicodin delivered to your door. But in 24 states
- Colorado not among them - you can't get wine that way. In some it's a felony, in
others a daunting maze of permits and licenses.
Wine rooms take
entertaining upscale
With a wine collection
of 15,000 bottles, including some worth upward of $15,000, investment banker Alexander
Cappello naturally wanted a top-notch wine cellar for his Brentwood, Calif., home.
Scientists discover
causes behind red wine's health benefits
Scientists have come a
step closer to understanding the causes behind the health benefits of drinking red
wine, by successfully converting chalcone synthase, a biosynthetic protein enzyme
found in all higher plants, into an efficient resveratrol synthase, a beneficial
component of red wine.
Wine Eases Blood
Pressure Risks
Wine may literally be
the blood of life, according to a new French study that shows wine appears to lower
the health risks associated with high blood pressure.
What does it
mean to say that a wine has been chaptalized
Chaptalization is a process
in which sugar is added to the grape must before or during fermentation in order
to increase the alcoholic content of the wine.
Mon, 20 Sep 2004
- US: Table wines'
alcohol content rises - is a new classification in order?
"Recently some late-harvested
California varietal reds of over 14 percent alcohol have appeared on the market.
These appear to us to be too high in alcohol to be considered as table wines."
The rising tide
of Rhone-styled red blends
The region known as the
Rhone runs south from Lyon past such famous places as Chateauneuf du Pape and Avignon.
In the north, on east-facing hillsides, the red wine grape of choice is Syrah.
Napa uncorks
tasting rooms and wine bars
More than 360 wineries
line the beautiful Napa Valley. For visitors here, winery visits are a must. These
visits provide guests with glorious atmosphere and views, California history, an
understanding of the winemaking process and, of course, an opportunity to sample
and purchase superlative wine.
Tue, 21 Sep 2004
US: Sundance
Creates Its Own Wine Label
Utah's Sundance Resort,
which is owned by movie star Robert Redford and home to the Sundance Film Festival,
has launched its own wine label and is showcasing the winemakers in a dinner series
as part of its new "Celebration of Wine as Art" program.
Call It the "Fleetwood
Uncorked" Tour: Rock Star Drums Up Own Wine Label
It's not often that a
vintner releases a new rock album at the same time he releases a new wine. But Mick
Fleetwood, who has a solo project coming out this month, took time out yesterday
from the tail end of a worldwide Fleetwood Mac tour to promote his Mick Fleetwood
Private Cellar label.
If wine is a food, what is a hangover?
On July 22, the French
wine lobby released a strategy paper in support of a Ministry of Agriculture initiative
to have French wine legally redefined as a "nutrient" - that is, as a food
product with nourishing components.
What is an organic
wine?
As is the case with many
other foods and beverages, the wine world is seeing a surge in organic products.
CHILE: Errazuriz to go biodynamic
Chilean winery Errazuriz
is launching itself into full biodynamic viticulture with part of a new 160ha hillside
property. Errazuriz has a history of innovation: winemaker Francisco Baettig constantly
experiments with wild yeasts on a wide range of varietal wines, and the estate has
the most certified organic land of any Chilean winery.
Wed, 22 Sep 2004
- US: Northwest
crop of wines strongest in 20 years
Something magical is happening
here in Northwest winemaking circles. In recent weeks I have been tasting new releases
from dozens of wineries, including old favorites such as Andrew Will and Sineann,
and exciting newcomers such as Fidélitas and Beresan.
Boxed Wine Put To The Test
Most people buy wine by
the bottle or by the glass, but what about wine by the box?
SA: Competition
in wine market up sharply
South African consumers
are benefiting from the much stronger competition in the local wine industry, which
has led to aggressive pricing and more brand availability, according to Distell Chairman
David Nurek.
Wine price forecast will have corks
popping in Bordeaux
Fine wine prices will
continue their dizzy ascent into the stratosphere, corks will become a rarity, France
will be overtaken by Spain and instead of Australian chardonnay we?ll all be drinking
Argentinean malbec.
Happy days for wine exports
Wine exports are going
"great guns" this year, winegrowers say, and could reach 45 million litres
for the year to June 2005, up about 45 per cent from the year just ended.
Southcorp shuts
down wineries
Southcorp will reportedly
shut down the first of its big wineries on Friday.
CHILE: Bottled wine exports jump 19%
Exports of Chilean bottled
wine jumped 19.2% between January and July this year, compared to the same period
last year, to US$363.3m, according to the private wine producers association Vinas
de Chile.
Thu, 23 Sep 2004
- Tower wine rack for new hotel
Europe's first ever 4,000
bottle 'wine tower' is the centrepiece of Stansted's newest hotel. The Radisson SAS,
which opened this month, boasts a spectacular free-standing wine rack over 13 metres
tall. This construction is only the second of its kind worldwide.
Red wine cuts risk of prostate cancer
Red, red wine. Apparently,
it goes to your prostate as well as your head. Drinking four or more glasses of red
wine a week chops the risk of prostate cancer in half, according to a new study from
researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
US: Conserving the land - for wine
In the 1840s, pioneer
James Livermore planted the first vines in this rocky, temperate stretch of land
35 miles east of San Francisco Bay. Four decades later, as Napa was just getting
its bearings, prospering immigrants like C.H. Wente and James Concannon had planted
large swaths of vineyards through the valley.
Bordeaux on the borderline
Merely to mention the
Chateaux of Bordeaux to a wine lover is to conjure up images of the often superb,
and equally as often expensive, wines of long established wine producers such as
Margaux, Cheval Blanc, Lafite and Petrus or of newer but no less superb cult wineries
such as Le Pin.
AUS: Penfolds
'clinics' lead to healthier prices
A certified taste test
of Penfolds wines more than 15 years old is bumping up the price of the sought-after
vintages by 10-20percent.
US: The state
of the vine
The grape supply in California
vineyards is finally falling into line with demand and this year there should be
no grapes left hanging on the vines when the harvest ends, according to wine industry
analysts.
CANADA: Mixed
season for vintners
While the summer of 2004
was disappointing for beach and backyard enthusiasts, how much impact did our unseasonable
weather have on the Ontario grape crop? And what will the '04 vintage be like when
bottled and consumed next year and beyond?
Southcorp cheers
Little Penguin's start in US
The United States remains
a tough market for Australia's two largest winemakers. But while Southcorp appears
to be making some progress with its new Little Penguin brand, Foster's Group continues
to struggle.
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