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Record-breaking Bordeaux 05 Decanter tasting (2 days, 1 hours ago)
Decanter's first tasting of the newly-bottled 2005 Medocs produced a record-breaking 25 awards - only two of them First Growths.
Decanter.com

Parker rebukes top properties over Bordeaux 2005 (2 days, 1 hours ago)
Robert Parker has released his scores for the first tastings of the just-bottled 2005 Bordeaux – with another broadside at high prices from the ‘museum pieces' that are the great wines.
Decanter.com

Withnail director drank 200 bottles of fine wine in two weeks (2 days, 3 hours ago)
The director of cult comedy film Withnail & I drank 200 bottles of blue chip Bordeaux in just two weeks, he has revealed.
Decanter.com

Wine tourism booms in Prosser as more wineries cluster in town (2 days, 16 hours ago)
It was less than four years ago that Wade Wolfe built the first winery in a neighborhood of new streets and empty lots that only marmots called home.<br /><br />"...Prosser is going to be the center of the wine industry in the next 10 years,"
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Negotiators in Congress finish $286 billion farm bill (2 days, 16 hours ago)
he bill totals roughly $1.3 billion for a variety of grants, research and marketing assistance targeting specialty crops and organic agriculture. The specialty crop spending would be several times more than was provided in the last farm bill, written in 2002.
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The Fourth Annual Wine Industry Technology Symposium Announces Session Topics (2 days, 16 hours ago)
Wine Industry Technology Symposium (WITS)", the premier event showcasing strategic use of information technology and services for the wine industry, today announces session topics for its fourth annual conference on July 14-15, 2008 at the Marriot Napa Valley.
WineBusiness.com

Quarantined Sonoma Growers Anxious (2 days, 16 hours ago)
Will grapes from a 15-square-mile area be in jeopardy from apple moth precautions?
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Little Black Dress Wines Updates Award Winning Portfolio (2 days, 16 hours ago)
Little Black Dress Wines is expanding its award-winning line with the addition of a 2006 Pinot Noir sourced from France, and will introduce Chardonnay in a traditional Burgundy package with the 2007 vintage release.
WineBusiness.com

Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. Announces Launch of Southern Wine & Spirits University (2 days, 16 hours ago)
The new curriculum and comprehensive sales, operational and management training programs now in development will formally and professionally enhance core educational and developmental priorities across the Company's entire corporate structure.
WineBusiness.com

China to become leading wine producer (2 days, 4 hours ago)
Chinese wine will conquer the world in terms of volume and fine wine, a recent study suggests.
Decanter.com

Brunello may change ratings system (2 days, 22 hours ago)
The Brunello di Montalcino Consorzio is considering changing the way the official rating for Brunello is decided.
Decanter.com

Quenin is new St Emilion president (2 days, 22 hours ago)
Jean-Francois Quenin, owner of Chateau de Pressac, is to be the new President of the Conseil des Vins de Saint Emilion, as Hubert de Bouard finally steps down.
Decanter.com

Introducing Appellation America's Best-of-Appellation Evaluation Program (3 days ago)
Appellation America

Castel buys Oenoalliance (4 days ago)
Castel, France's largest wine company, has bought Bordeaux wine merchant Oenoalliance.
Decanter.com

Bordeaux: prices from Quinault, Beychevelle, Rieussec (4 days ago)
The first prominent red wine properties have begun to release their prices for Bordeaux 2007s – days after Robert Parker released his scores for the vintage.
Decanter.com

Grange 2003 released (4 days ago)
Penfolds has released its 2003 Grange with an estimated price tag of up to AUS$550 (£260, US$510) a bottle.
Decanter.com

There’s no icon like Robert Mondavi (5 days ago)
But who is there to continue his American wine vision?
Appellation America

A Wine Rite-of-Passage in the Ozark Highlands (6 days ago)
The Ozark Highlands is an appellation without pretension, where the wine speaks for the land and for itself. Come along for an introductory trip on this lesser-known Missouri wine trail.
Appellation America

A New Wine Legacy For EOS (6 days ago)
Winemaker Nathan Carlson has been appointed Director of Wine Making at the Paso Robles EOS winery.
Appellation America

Bordeaux 2007: Parker slams with faint praise (8 days ago)
American wine critic Robert Parker has released his 2007 Bordeaux en primeur scores. He has awarded only three wines up to 100 points - all of them white; among the reds, only four achieved up to a potential 95.
Decanter.com

Bordeaux Wine Trading Company future doubtful (10 days ago)
Wine merchant the Bordeaux Wine Trading Company is threatened with being struck off the companies register for failure to comply with UK company law.
Decanter.com

Watered-down EU wine reform ratified (10 days ago)
The European Council has finally approved watered-down wine reforms originally proposed two years ago.
Decanter.com

Blumenthal lauded for chocolate wine (11 days ago)
Michelin-starred techno-chef Heston Blumenthal OBE has won a Conde Nast Traveller Innovation Design Award for his chocolate wine.
Decanter.com

Vinopolis runs English wine week preview (11 days ago)
Wine experts including Oz Clarke and Jancis Robinson MW have chosen a selection of English wines to be shown at Vinopolis in the run up to English wine week.
Decanter.com

Napa Valley High: Mountains of Difference (11 days ago)
A recent comparative tasting of wines from the three Napa sub-appellations that comprise the Mayacamas Mountain range proved when it comes to Napa wines there are mountains of differences.
Appellation America

Acker Merrall sells 'Shah's Champagne' (11 days ago)
Acker Merrall & Condit has auctioned two bottles of 1959 Dom Pérignon rosé Champagne that were never released for commercial sale and that went straight to the Shah of Iran.
Decanter.com

Bordeaux must fight anti-alcohol lobby (12 days ago)
Bordeaux winemakers should turn up the pressure against the anti-alcohol menace in France, says an alcohol industry lobbyist.
Decanter.com

Sherry: Domecq, Valdivia, Perez Marin sales (12 days ago)
While sherry country is grubbing up surplus vineyards, there have been a number of sales and mergers in the marketplace over the last twelve months.
Decanter.com

Allegations of glass price fixing spark EU enquiry (12 days ago)
A member of the European Parliament has requested an enquiry into illegal price fixing by glass bottle makers in Europe.
Decanter.com

Austrian wine exports soar (13 days ago)
Exports of Austrian bottled wine jumped 30% in 2007, further cementing the country's reputation for fine wine produced in small quantities.
Decanter.com

Dubourdieu, Van der Niepoort in frame for luxury vineyard development (13 days ago)
Wealthy wine lovers will soon be able to buy a ready-made vineyard complete with internationally-renowned winemaker in the south of Spain.
Decanter.com

August Briggs: It’s both the winemaker and the vineyard (13 days ago)
A good colleague, Jim Laube, posited in his Wine Spectator column recently:, “So what is it? The vineyard or the winemaker?” His contention is that in the U.S., it’s the latter that is in the forefront, and he may be right. But, as is the case with August Joe Briggs, it’s possible that it’s both.
Appellation America

Natural Wine: Choosing Your Priorities (16 days ago)
Appellation America

Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Gets Its Dew (18 days ago)
The perfect terroir for growing Pinot Noir is not enough to make the exceptional Pinot Noir that comes forth from the Russian River Valley. No, you also need grapegrowers and winemakers who know how to coax the best out of the grapes. BINGO!
Appellation America

Why we’ll learn to eventually spell ‘appellation’ - and taste it (19 days ago)
I said Appellation, not Appalachia!
Appellation America

Your Genetics May Determine The Wines You Prefer (20 days ago)
Do we have a genetic makeup that determines everything we taste and thus like and dislike?
Appellation America