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Volunteers Help With Winery Harvest" Volunteers arrived at a Kansas winery Sunday morning to help with the harvest.
Topix.net Monday, September 28, 2009TOKYO: Wine prices plunge amid downturnJapanese supermarkets, department stores and restaurants are increasingly stocking top-class wines at prices that are unlikely leave consumers with a hangover.
Topix.net Monday, September 28, 2009Wine and food pairing is a balancing actWine and food pairing are supposed to be a balancing act. The tasting aspects of the food and the wine must complement one another and the balance between the tastes is a crucial part for great pairing.
Topix.net Monday, September 28, 2009German chancellor Angela Merkel in KoblenzThe cobbled stone cellars, built in 1177 by Cistercian monks, are cool and dark, lined, now as then, with 1,000-litre barrels made from dark-brown German oak.
Topix.net Monday, September 28, 2009VIDEO: Chateau Latour - 2009 harvest beginsWe catch up with Penelope Godefroy, Quality and Research & Development Manager, as the 2009 harvest kicks off at Chateau Latour.
Decanter.com Monday, September 28, 2009Government to allow smaller drinks measuresThe UK government announced today it would allow wine measures under 75ml to be served in on and off-trade premises.
Decanter.com Monday, September 28, 2009Michel Laroche and Jeanjean mergeLanguedoc negociant and wine producer Jeanjean has merged with Michel Laroche in a ?52m deal, creating one of France's biggest wine companies.
Decanter.com Monday, September 28, 2009Cheers for last of the summer vinesEnglish grape growers have begun their annual harvest as industry experts predict that home-grown wine production will almost double in the next six years.
Topix.net Monday, September 28, 2009Brewery Hill Chardonnay-Viognier from Naked WinesAs part of their tie-up with Jamie Oliver internet retailer Naked Wines are offering a mixed case of wines (either six individual bottles or a double up for the full case) that link in with a JO
recipe. (You can sign up to receive a regular seasonal case, with each wine linked to a recipe). With the foodie-hero again in the lime-light with his American trip currently showing each Tuesday (9pm Channel 4) the
recipes are taken from this TV series and the (rather good)
recipe book - Jamie's America - that accompanies the programs. Naked Wines are offering the mixed six pack for £34.99. The first two hundred cases ordered come with a free copy of Jamie's America. It's tricky tracking down the recipes from the wines (there were no notes included in the wine case which I expected) and there are no obvious links from the wines on the Naked Wines site to the
recipes. You have to go to the Jamie Oliver website... One wine-
recipe combo I had a go at replicating over the weekend was the Bre
Spittoonbiz Monday, September 28, 2009Champagnea s flavor is right under your noseChampagne really is bursting with flavor. New research reveals the 10 million or so bubbles that pop from a glass of the sparkling wine carry loads of aromatic molecules that ultimately spray into the air right under your nose.
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