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Sicily's diverse wines and winemakingSicily's wine making history roughly parallels that of other Mediterranean regions.
Topix.net Sunday, August 09, 2009Burgess Cellars is a wine purist's dreamTerroir is the buzzword of modern wine lovers, bandied about by ordinary imbibers and pros alike with great abandon - sometimes with ample justification, sometimes less so. The French concept certainly guides the Burgess family, which has been making wine in...
SF Gate Sunday, August 09, 2009Some wine companies tailor their marketing to attract more men.Cal Dennison likes a nice cold glass of Chardonnay. And he is man enough to admit it.
Topix.net Sunday, August 09, 2009Rosé is slipping, but not among sparklersI've been worried about rosé for a few years now. The more attention dry pink wine gets, the more quality seems to slip. Perhaps the rosé doldrums have arrived because it's often a byproduct of red winemaking. You bleed some pinkish juice off steeping grapes -...
SF Gate Sunday, August 09, 2009Turn to Washington for great Cabernet valuesIt's a tough year for lovers of collectible Cabernet. Flat-screen TVs, cars, all matter of durable goods are seeing their prices slashed, but when it comes to wine there is what you might call institutional resistance. It's not just that wineries don't want...
SF Gate Sunday, August 09, 2009Father, son will host wine dinnerEAST LANSING - Father and son winemakers Nils and Kirk Venge, the co-owners of Venge Vineyards in Napa Valley, Calif., will appear at a wine dinner at The State Room Restaurant on Tuesday, Aug.
Topix.net Sunday, August 09, 2009Plastic bottles reshaping the wine tradeHow about a bottle of the '02 Chateau Plastique? The ubiquitous 750-milliliter
glass wine bottle is starting to get competition from a plastic upstart, both on retail shelves and at a few restaurants.
Topix.net Sunday, August 09, 2009Rootstock attributes and selection for Australian conditionsIn the July/August issue of Australian Viticulture magazine, readers were given access to the report by CSIRO's Rob Walker and Peter Clingeleffer titled 'Rootstock attributes and selection for Australian conditions', following the authors' presentation at the 2009 American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) symposium, held in the Napa Valley, California, in late June.
Wine Biz Sunday, August 09, 2009New presentations at NWGIC this weekAll are welcome to attend a free presentation being organised by the National Wine & Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC) to be held on Friday 14 August at the Tuscany Wine Estate Resort, corner of Hermitage Road and Mistletoe Lane, Pokolbin.
Wine Biz Sunday, August 09, 2009
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