Agnece France is reporting "the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, or I.N.A.O., the official body that determines France's wine laws, has decided to expand the country's Champagne-producing region to meet growing worldwide demand. A century-old
Seattle, Wash. - March 11, 2008 - Allen Shoup, founder of Long Shadows Vintners, along with members of a small investor group including respected Napa Valley vintner Agustin Huneeus, Sr. of Quintessa, announced the purchase today of the acclaimed
For the many who new Jamie Daveis in Canada this clip from the Napa Valley Register by L. PIERCE CARSON The grande dame of American sparkling wine, Jamie Davies died Tuesday afternoon at the Calistoga estate where she and her late husband,
ABC.net.au is reporting the South Australian Government has announced changes to wine labelling rules. Consumer Affairs Minister Jennifer Rankine says the new labelling system will allow producers to use the same label for both local and international
WASHINGTON, DC - Office of Champagne, USA announced today that Belgian Customs authorities seized and destroyed a shipment of over 3,200 bottles of André sparkling wine. The shipment was seized at the port of Anvers, Belgium, on Tuesday. It is the latest
January 3, 2008 Oliver, BC... While most people were snug in their beds sleeping off the evening's cocktails and champagne, Sandra Oldfield and her team at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards were busy harvesting icewine. From 5:00-8:00am on New Year's Day,
1:36PM Friday December 21, 2007 The New Zealand Hearld is reporting "up to 15 vats of wine have been cracked or damaged as a result of last night's earthquake at Montana winery's Gisborne site. Montana spokeswoman Cathy McKeown said the chief wine maker
NEWS RELEASE Dec. 20, 2007 Ministry of Agriculture and Lands KELOWNA - Agriculture and Lands Minister Pat Bell presented Mission Hill Family Estate Winery with a Minister's Award of Excellence today. "Mission Hill Family Estate winery
The Austrian wine community is mourning one of its greatest pioneers. Alois Kracher died early in the morning of December 5th from complications due to cancer. His death came unexpectedly to many in the wine community. With Alois Kracher's passing, Austria
Vancouver, BC (November 2, 2007) - Starting today, travellers can fly directly from Vancouver, Canada to Auckland, New Zealand aboard Air New Zealand, a Star Alliance partner. The new route reduces travel time by six hours to a little over 14 hours in
New York City, November 1, 2007. The 2005 vintage marks the 20th anniversary of Tenuta dell'Ornellaia's flagship label, Ornellaia, and to celebrate the estate released for the first time ever a 9-litre salmanazar of Ornellaia 2005. The bottle
Last week it was suggested to me that there is no price for wine today, that is you can pretty much charge what you want and raise few eyebrows. Today I learned that Krug Champagne, or at least its owners LVMH, have a firm grasp of the concept. The
A Calgary-based investment group, Vinequest Wine Partners GP Ltd., has made an offer, which has been accepted, to buy seven-year-old Black Hills Estate Winery, one the most successful of the Okanagan's cult wineries. Black Hills, which moved into a
DRY WHITE WINES: IT'LL BE GREAT... Very hot years are rarely great for white wines. The flavours of the earlier maturing white grapes are burned off through their ill-protected skins, whereas red grapes, thanks to their pigmentation and tannins, are
Sonoma, CA, August 1, 2007 - Internationally recognized for research on the effects of climate change in the wine industry, Pancho Campo, Spanish wine educator and founder of the Wine Academy of Spain, addressed more than 120 influential winegrowers,
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