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A new wine futures’ spread betting scheme could help investors to cash in on the booming international market in fine wine without having to buy a drop.
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Recent sales figures suggest that despite the American mortgage crisis, economic weakness and the low dollar, Americans are still bullish on wine.
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Iwould never have thought that lavender and fennel pollen would be seasonings that resonate with Americans, but Mary Keehn guessed otherwise. The endlessly creative owner of Cypress Grove Chevre in Arcata (Humboldt County) - maker of the popular Humboldt Fog -…
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It’s not hard to imagine the butterflies faced by a first-time host at Auction Napa Valley. Just ask Gretchen Lieff. Lieff and her husband, Robert, showcased their new winery, Lieff Wines, with dinner for a dozen guests Friday at their Rutherford home. Robert…
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At the top of Napa Valley, vintner James “Bo” Barrett wanted to use Calistoga, the location of his historic Chateau Montelena vineyards, on his wine labels. Elsewhere in the valley, vintners could do just that - wine made from Stags Leap District grapes could…
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2005 Bodegas Piqueras Castillo de Almansa Garnacha Tintorera ($8) Founded in 1915 in the Almansa region of southern Spain, Bodegas Piqueras released its first bottled wine in 1961. It was the first area winery to use oak barrels after the 1975 creation of the…
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Australia has posted a vastly bigger than predicted grape crop of 1.83m tonnes for 2008.
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Constellation Brands has sold eight wine properties for US$209m.
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The concept: The labels of Hall’s small-lot and single-vineyard Artisan Collection bottlings feature select modern and postmodern artwork. Mike Reynolds, Hall Wines president and former winemaker, created a special lot of Cabernet Sauvignon in 2005, the last…
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The 17-year-old who died last week pruning vines in California was working in vineyards part-owned by Fred Franzia of Two Buck Chuck fame.
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The chairman of the the Brunello Consorzio has resigned after one year in the post claiming that his work is done’.
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The Italian government and the Brunello consorzio are at loggerheads as to who will take charge of the ongoing crisis over alleged adulteration of the wine.
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Chips and salsa are oh so predictable. Give the snack an Asian spin with edamame puree and wonton chips: Cook 8 ounces of frozen shelled edamame according to package directions. Cool slightly under running cold water. Puree in a food processor with a garlic…
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A new international wine educators’ certificate should be created, a conference heard.
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2004 Dehesa de Rubiales Prieto Picudo Alaia ($12) The hook: Like Tempranillo or Zinfandel, but offers more depth. The details: Grupo Galiciano has combined 45 percent fruity Tempranillo with 50 percent wild card Prieto Picudo, a black-skinned red grape that…
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Chateau Margaux has released its initial tranche at 240, a drop of 27% on last year’s price. Chateau Latour has released today (11 June) at the same price.
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‘Newly discovered facts’ in the ongoing Jefferson bottles’ case have come to light, according to billionaire collector William I Koch.
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Tributes to the late Robert Mondavi helped push last weekend’s Auction Napa Valley totals to their second highest ever despite the weakened economy in the US.
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Water Lounge and Raw Bar opened Tuesday in what used to be Pearl Oyster Bar in Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood. While the interior and surroundings are reminiscent of Pearl with its glowing bar, movies and blue-green walls covered in artwork, the concept has…
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The militant winemaker group CRAV has resurfaced with arson attacks on roadside speed cameras and telephone network hubs in the south of France.
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It used to cost me sixpence to watch a Punch and Judy show on the beach in Cleveleys, the seaside resort on the northwest coast of England, where I was raised. There were donkeys there, too. Sixpence bought me a ride on one, breakwater to breakwater and back….
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Chateaux Mouton Rothschild
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France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region is opening a retail showroom in London.
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As the Bordeaux
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Old wine barrels from the Kendall-Jackson winery in Sonoma County will be taking on an environmentally friendly second life - as rainwater containers and backyard composters. Kendall-Jackson, which produces 3 million cases of wine each year, has agreed to…
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A bartender recently confided that he’d sooner slit his wrists than have to make another Cosmopolitan. “It’s that damn ‘Sex and the City’ movie,” he moaned. And sure enough, my sister gushed that she and her pals went to see the film last week and afterward…
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Foster’s Group CEO Trevor O’Hoy is leaving after a 33-year career with the company.
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Michael Hill-Smith MW, Decanter World Wine Awards regional chair for Australia, has been named Member of the Order of Australia.
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When it comes to Father’s Day, my dad is impossible to shop for - he wears clothes left over from the ’70s (and likes it that way), eschews most technological gadgets and can’t get enough of his James Taylor CDs. But a meal cooked by his daughter? That makes…
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France’s traditional Bordeaux
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