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Wine Prices: Lowering the Ceiling
in Celebrate Wine, on November 26, 2009
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Decanter had a piece recently on the impact of the recession on wine prices in the US. The era of the US$100-plus bottle may be over as the US recession takes its toll on Baby Boomers' wealth, according to a new report.
In the preliminary findings for its 2010-11 Annual...
Seen that? - Texas Holds Up Wine
in Celebrate Wine, on November 22, 2009
...s alcoholic beverage Commission is going to make sure they do. That means restrictions on importing wines. From MSNBC: The law imposes a ban against ordering wine from any location out of state. But u...
Seen that? - Jewel of a Perfume
in The Jewelry Weblog, on November 19, 2009
...campo, California this winery, much like jewelry designers, have create a "collection" of wines, and what better name than the Jewel Collection? Along with being able to purchase wine direc...
Seen that? - Hotel le Cep in Beaune, France
in Hidden Travel Gems, on November 13, 2009
...England Australia GI will enable wine growers in the district to regionally brand and market their wines.Australian wine makers [...] Read More DVD Region Codes Explained at ...
Need a Good Wine for Thanksgiving?
in Celebrate Wine, on November 12, 2009
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Good Wine Under $20 has a very useful piece at the moment geared to wines for Thanksgiving. Whether you prefer sparkling, rosé , white, or red wine, I'm sure there's so...
Schon gesehen? - Ravenswood - markanter Kalifornier
in Wein Worte, on 10.11.09
...s Ravenswood ansurft, wird direkt auf der Startseite darüber informiert, wo es lang geht: NO WIMPY WINES. Alles klar? Netterweise wird dann auch gleich erklärt, was damit gemeint ist, denn die Weine (...
Seen that? - Harvest Moon for Revolution?
in House of Nintendo, on November 9, 2009
Harvest Moon for Revolution? at House of Nintendo Harvest moon developer Natsume recently told IGN that they're currently working on a project for the Nintendo Revolution. Few details were given, but it's not outrageous to assume it will b...
Seen that? - Let My Wine Breathe
in Celebrate Wine, on November 8, 2009
...nts still open include: Get Uncorked, which has food from down under as well as various Yellow Tail wines (Semillon Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve Cabernet S...
The Spanish Wines of Toro
in Celebrate Wine, on October 29, 2009
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Mercury News had a feature recently on the growing popularity of wines from Spain's historic Toro region. Vines have been planted in Toro, about 100 miles northwest of Madrid,...
Schwarzenegger Signs Bill to Liberalize California Wine Laws
in Celebrate Wine, on October 24, 2009
...y to the local public. Sponsored by the Wine Institute, the law will allow winemakers to sell their wines in licensed venues away from the winery.
The bill will also allow customers to take home u...
Seen that? - Brazilian Classic Sweet - Brigadeiro
in Latina Viva, on October 22, 2009
...be held on August 31 in Auburn, Indiana. It sounds like a can't-miss event complete with fine wines, festive food and live jazz in the museum, which is noted for its art deco design. For every bot...
THe Portuguese Wine Revolution
in Celebrate Wine, on October 11, 2009
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I looked last month at Portugal's wine regions because of the growing interest in that country's wines. Well, now BusinessWeek is characterizing the growing popularity of Portuguese wines as a r...
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in Wangtam, on 2009-10-05
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Seen that? - IS RUBY ON RAILS FOR REAL
in Java Entrepreneur, on October 2, 2009
...ser and closer I'm seeing a lot of wine blogs put up their list of suggestions for Thanksgiving wines. (Don't worry, I am working on my own list._ The thing I've noticed about a lot of &qu...
Portugal's Wine Regions
in Celebrate Wine, on September 29, 2009
...You don't hear much about Portugal, but they produce some outstanding wines. Wine BLog recently took a look at the wine growing regions of Portugal, complete with a map. Portugal, like all other...
Wine Season Destinations
in Celebrate Wine, on September 14, 2009
This TravelPost article looks at wine travel in the US as the grape harvest is underway.
If you've never considered wine travel, you should: Now is a better time than any to embark on a wine-tasting adventure. Harvest season (when the grapes are ripe enough to be plucked from the vines and ju...
Sicily's Wine Industry
in Celebrate Wine, on August 31, 2009
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I don't often see much on Sicilian wines. So when I came across this piece on Sicily's diverse wines and winemaking, I decided to save it...
Jack Felber of the Glouce...
Loan deals Italian style
in Sox First, on August 24, 2009
...ld love. The Guardian reports that cash strapped Italian food producers plan to put up expensive wines and dry-cured hams as collateral on bank loans. Italian banks already store massive wheels of ...
A Good Petit Sirah
in Celebrate Wine, on August 17, 2009
Would you like a good, fruity, complicated Petit Sirah ? Good Wine Under $20 says you need to try 2008 The Crusher Petite Sirah , made by Don Sebastiani & Sons. If you're looking for a wine that delivers great fruit, nice acidity, and excellent complexity at an affordable price, then t...
Americans Love Imports
in Celebrate Wine, on August 12, 2009
...world, the cost of labor and goods isn't anywhere near what it is in the US. As a result, great wines of regionality and careful crafting can be purchased for a fraction of the cost of an American...
Publicizing Your Winery - on Philoneist
in Celebrate Wine, on July 27, 2009
Your winery has just created a new website. You've even got your own new domain name. But how do you publicize it in a way that gives people the details they need to establish a little trust?
One option is to enter your website's information at the philoneist , a wiki that tells users what...
A Good New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
in Celebrate Wine, on July 24, 2009
...ifornia, Australia, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina are also major producers of sauvignon blanc wines.
This is a wine with the character necessary to stand up to spicy food, according to the autho...
Drop the Pounds with Red Wine...
in Celebrate Wine, on July 16, 2009
There may soon be a new diet supplement available. In fact, it's already on the market!
A recent study at the University of Porto seems to show that red wine can facilitate weight loss. The key may be a chemical that occurs naturally in red wine that increases levels of oestrogen in the body....
Rosé
in Celebrate Wine, on July 12, 2009
...n Rosés. And since they don't receive much press, I thought I'd pick up the story... Rosé wines are perhaps the most versatile, food-friendly wines around. They have had an image problem to ov...
Why Do We Get Hangovers (and What to Do About It)
in Celebrate Wine, on July 5, 2009
I love wine: red, white, and rose' (okay I lean more toward red), sweet or dry (dry is better). And I know my limits. So hangovers rarely happen to me. But on those rare occasions when I wake up with a little pain in my head and a case of dry mouth, like most people I spend a little time wonde...
Chianti Rufina
in Celebrate Wine, on June 29, 2009
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Tuscany is a place blessed with some of the world's best grapes. Sangiovese grapes. And they make some of the world's best wine, IMHO.
Deb Harkness had a post recently on a 2005 Marchesi de' Frescobaldi Chianti Rufina Nipozzano Riserva. " Cherry aromas and f...
Three White Wines: Gary Vaynerchuk
in Celebrate Wine, on June 20, 2009
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Wine personality Gary Vaynerchuk had a good program earlier this month on Three White Wines that have been getting a lot of attention: Simone Sauvignon Blanc 2008 from Chile, Nobilio Ico...
On the Shores of Lake Geneva...
in Celebrate Wine, on June 14, 2009
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Jaunted had a piece recently that looks like a great vacation idea - wine tasting in Switzerland, in an area where the vineyards are a UNESCO world heritage site.
It's called The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces. Thirty kilometers of UNESCO World Heritage site stretch along the...
Age and the Australian Riesling
in Celebrate Wine, on June 7, 2009
...ad of a cork. And there's some healthy skepticism around about whether they mature into quality wines.
Dr. Vino visited some Australian wineries that bottle Riesling and sampled some older vintag...
Washington's Best Wine
in Celebrate Wine, on May 30, 2009
...ve been. Rather, it involved attending the annual Taste Washington wine festival in Seattle.
Fifty wines is not an education. But two hundred and fifty is a good start. That's about how many I ma...
Wine Time: the Bunnel Family Cellar in Washington State
in Celebrate Wine, on May 24, 2009
...es customers a unique opportunity to appreciate the relationship between food and their distinctive wines," according to Entrepreneur.
The cellar's wines are good quality micro-vintages. Whi...
A Look at Japanese Saké
in Celebrate Wine, on May 10, 2009
Having spent a sizable chunk of time in Asia, I'm familiar with saké . It's often called rice wine, even though it isn't technically a wine in any real sense. Vinography recently took a look at a particular saké and drew the conclusion that the process of making it resembles the b...
California's Mendocino Wines
in Celebrate Wine, on April 29, 2009
... a number of other vibrant, evolving wine regions. Vinography recently took a look at some of the wines produced in California's Mendocino wine region at the first annual Taste of Mendocino wi...
Naked Chianti
in Celebrate Wine, on April 21, 2009
Linda Sterling did a review recently of a nice chianti. A very nice chianti, actually. And she did it naked...
If you never seen Linda 's Naked Wine Show you're missing out. On this particular episode she looks at Barone Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico 2006 - which, at under $25 a b...
Wines for Latin Cooking
in Latina Viva, on April 18, 2009
...I came across two videos recently on Wines for latin Cooking. They were on Gary Vaynerchuk's Wine Library TV and he had Ingrid Hoffmann from the food network as a guest.
The two episodes of ...
A Look at 2007's Rhône Wines
in Celebrate Wine, on April 15, 2009
... spent a good ten days tasting 2007 vintages. Based on that trip, as well as the dozens of bottled wines I've tasted since I've been back in the office, I can report that it's a mix of goo...
Eric Asimov in Alcase
in Celebrate Wine, on March 31, 2009
...gh a tasting of 25 of the winery's vintages. His description of the evenings events (and of the wines involved) make for good reading. You can find it here .
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How to Rent an Affordable Classic on Your Next Riviera Vacation
in Classical Drives, on March 25, 2009
...ar scenery, the Mediterranean sea, Monaco and its Grand Prix, beaches, boats, French cuisine, great wines, elegant villas, exciting cars, glamorous women, a temperate climate. Of course, those dreams ...
The Wines Spies
in Celebrate Wine, on March 24, 2009
... give the web site a visit. The site is a blog review site, of sorts. But they are also selling the wines they review, at an attractive discount in many cases. The Wine Spies, LLC is a unique kind of ...
A Time to Invest
in Celebrate Wine, on March 18, 2009
Late last year Vinography pointed out that now is a very good time to invest in wine. Three months later, their point is still true... While the wine industry has trailed the general market malaise and the dive has not been as precipitous, things are tough right now in the world of wine. And the...
Buying Wine in LA
in Celebrate Wine, on March 12, 2009
... on seven of the city's wine shops.
Among the shops is Du Vin. Du Vin's focus is European wines, and the shop, a converted house off Melrose, feels like it should be tucked away on a narrow ...
Palm Springs Concours Begins With a Blast
in Classical Drives, on March 6, 2009
... dressed, being treated to specialty foods from renowned area chefs, accompanied by fine California wines. Suddenly there was a veritable explosion of sound as a show car parked nearby was fired up wi...
California Zinfandels: Which Ones Are Best?
in Celebrate Wine, on February 28, 2009
Vinography had an informative and insightful look earlier this month at California's Zinfandels. The author went to the ZAP Zinfandel Festival "for a chance to taste a whole lot of Zinfandel."
The place was crowded: Most Zinfandels top-out at $40 a bottle, and most really good ones ...
Italy's Unknown Wines from $10 to $20
in Celebrate Wine, on February 16, 2009
...The NT Times had an informative piece earlier this month on wines from Italy in the $10 to $20 prie range. Few places offer a wider selection of singular wines in the $10 to $20 price range - the sw...
Is That an "Honest" Wine You're Drinking?
in Celebrate Wine, on February 4, 2009
...and white divisions exist has some sort of agenda.
Instead I'd like to suggest that the honest wines distinguish themselves from the pack in the same way that truly kind and thoughtful people mig...
New Zealand's Wine Country
in Celebrate Wine, on January 28, 2009
It's been a few years since I've been to New Zealand. I spent a few days in Auckland once and was blessed to be allowed to spend Christmas with a Maori family near Napier. Some of the family's men swam out into the bay to get fresh abalone for Christmas dinner...
Chang-rae Lee has a...
Tasted a Good Wine Recently? Snooth It...
in Celebrate Wine, on January 22, 2009
Hat tip to TechCrunch this week for point Snooth out to me.
Snooth describes itself as "the world's largest and fastest growing community of wine lovers." TechCrunch's description is probably a little more objective. They call Snooth "a social wine review site that is gai...
18th Annual Boston Wine Expo 2008
in Celebrate Wine, on January 20, 2009
...wcasing over 450 international and domestic wineries from 13 countries pouring over 1,800 different wines; An Exclusive Grand Cru Wine Lounge, featuring the finest wines in the world; and a Seminar Se...
Zinfandel Festival 2009
in Celebrate Wine, on January 16, 2009
If you haven't yet, you might want o get hold of a ticket to the Zinfandel Festival to be held in San Francisco on January 28-31, 2009. This year's theme is "Unmask Your Passion".
"Unmask Your Passion" reflects our enthusiasm for America's Heritage Wine-Zinfand...
A Philosophy of Wine?
in Celebrate Wine, on January 9, 2009
Is wine a topic for Philosophy? Barry Smith thinks so...
I mentioned elsewhere this week that one of my favorite websites was Philosophy Bites . The website makes podcasts available - podcasts of interviews with leading academics in the field today. They discuss, well, philosophy. And occasion...
Pinot Grigio for New Years Eve
in Celebrate Wine, on January 2, 2009
My wife and I dropped in on some friends early on NY Eve. We'd planned to be home by 11pm or so. After all, we live in a very rural area and it's not like there are block parties going on. But as it turned out, we stayed later than that. So my champagne is still chilling in the fridge and th...
Tilar J. Mazzeo's "The Widow Clicquot" Tells How Champagne Became Famous
in Celebrate Wine, on December 31, 2008
Jane and Michael Stern has a great review of Tilar J. Mazzeo's biography of Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin in the NY Times on Sunday.
With New Year's Eve upon us and a glass of bubbly soon to be in almost everyone's hand, I thought the review of Mazzeo's book was timely. Clicquot...
Tonino Lamborghini Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on December 30, 2008
...rs, burners, solar panels, water treatment, air conditioners, air generators, hydraulic components, wines, golf carts and more. Undoubtedly the masterpiece of Lamborghini was the "Miura," t...
Wine Without Clothes: The Naked Wine Show
in Celebrate Wine, on December 19, 2008
Susan Sterling has brown straight hair that flows down to at least her chest and a small mole on the front of her right shoulder. She has a light tan and, I think, wears lipstick to do her wine show. Lipstick, and maybe a little make up - but nothing else, at least as far as I can tell... Okay, some...
Gary Vaynerchuk on South Africa's Pinotage...
in Celebrate Wine, on December 8, 2008
I wandered upon this podcast of Gary Vaynerchuk and couldn't help but be entertained. I suppose I've lived a deprived life until now, having managed to reach the age of 48 without actually seeing any of Gary's previous 589 wine podcasts.
Gary has a unique style and his animated st...
Do You Have Your Champagne for New Year's Eve Yet...?
in Celebrate Wine, on December 2, 2008
Heather Johnson gives us a few tips for picking out a bottle of champagne or sparkling wine for New Year's Eve. It's not like you can do without some the bubbles in your glass for that one night each year.
Heather's tips on dryness and fruitiness are especially useful if you aren...
NY Wine Lovers Taste 2008 Beaujolais Nouveau
in Celebrate Wine, on November 25, 2008
French vintner are hoping that this years offering of Beaujolais nouveau will raise spirits during the hard financial times facing much of the world, according to the Associated Press . The vintage is traditionally released on third Thursday of November.
Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine made from ...
Shooting up with AIG
in Sox First, on October 20, 2008
... of CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN cars at £5000 ($US8649)
SUMPTUOUS feasts washed down with bottles of fine wines and liqueurs costing £5000 and giant picnic hampers to guzzle in between slaughtering birds . ...
Mid October Food and Wine Festivals
in Do you like to cook?, on October 17, 2008
...e gourmet offerings, the festival will expand to include California wineries sampling more than 600 wines attended by more than 3,000 wine lovers. Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , roxy maronyan
Fo...
Learning about Gigondas
in Celebrate Wine, on October 14, 2008
...et overshadowed by its flashy and better-known cousin, Chateauneuf du Pape. However, the smooth red wines of this Rhone Valley region have a charm and complexity all of their own. Like Chateauneuf, th...
Cheese of the Month - Sainte Maure de Touraine
in Do you like to cook?, on October 7, 2008
... two purposes; to hold the cheese's shape and to allow air to penetrate the interior.
White wines such as Vouvray or sancerre , or a red from the Loire such as Chinon are delicious when pai...
Drink Local Wine
in Celebrate Wine, on October 6, 2008
...on, and Washington anymore.
At "Drink Local Wine," you'll find information about wines from Illinois, Maryland, Georgia, and Wisconsin...and, of course, my home state, Ohio. Be sure...
Veuve Clicquot für unterwegs
in Worldwide Luxus, on 30.09.08
...black leather dazzles with glowing interiors. Ideally meant to carry a range of high-end wines and champagnes, this trunk also features high-tech fittings like an LCD screen and a small refrigerator...
Wine Set for the Cure
in Celebrate Wine, on September 28, 2008
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Mon th (NBCAM). Started by First Lady Betty Ford, a breast cancer survivor herself, and her daughter Susan in 1985, NBCAM has made great strides both by increasing early detection of this disease and erasing the stigma that was once attached to it. A...
The Road to the "Wine House"
in Celebrate Wine, on September 27, 2008
...residential election, one Washington DC restaurant, OYA Restaurant and Lounge , is pitting Arizona wines (from Senator McCain's home state) against those from Illinois (Senator Obama's home s...
Robert Parker's Wine Buying Guide
in Celebrate Wine, on September 26, 2008
...39;s Wine Buyer's Guide," a 1536-page catalog of the world's great, good, and average wines and comes out on October 7. Far from being dry and laborious, this tome is easy-to-read with l...
Amazon.com to Begin Wine Sales
in Celebrate Wine, on September 20, 2008
...ss. Beginning as early as mid-October, the online retailer will offer a selection of more than 300 wines from all over the United States to customers in 26 states. The company indicates that the sele...
Free Downloadable Wine Book
in Celebrate Wine, on September 5, 2008
Best Deal Magazines is currently offering "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine" as a downloadable version for free. The guide is currently off of print in bound form, but is loaded with good advice on how to select, taste, and collect wine. Although aimed at the beginning wine lover,...
Pairing Sangiovese with Food
in Celebrate Wine, on September 3, 2008
...Fall is just around the corner and few wines are more enjoyable when the weather turns cool than Italy's Sangiovese wines. In the video below, Iron Chef Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich discu...
Drink for the Cure
in Celebrate Wine, on August 30, 2008
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Fat Bastard wines are doing their part to cure this disease by donating 25 cents for every bottle sold in restaurants and retail stores, up to $75,00...
