Over the last couple of weeks, a significant wine fraud was uncovered in the south of France involving a dozen executives in the Languedoc wine industry and fake Pinot Noir they sold to Modesto, California-based winery E&J Gallo. Claude Courset of the
Canada and US Wine Industry Representatives Rally to Send Support to Chile Call for public donations to support Chile in crisis In Short: Although Wines of Chile reported late yesterday that the impact to the wine industry from the February
Dear VIA Customers and Friends: As you are most probably aware by now, Chile was hit by a very strong and devastating earthquake on Saturday morning of a magnitude of 8.8. For the magnitude of the earthquake the loss of life has not been as terrible
Dear all: As most of you may know, we suffered a severe earthquake in Chile yesterday. The center of the earthquake was just 60 miles from our Maule operations. All our staff is well. The challenge now is enormous as we were about to start our
Powerful Earthquake Rocks Chilean Wine Industry Epicenter was in wine region of Maule; As country digs out, vintners confront damages and looming harvest James MolesworthPosted: March 1, 2010 Chile's wine industry was not spared from the effects
Alphabetical by Winery 88 Black Hills Alibi 2008 Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon, Okanagan Valley, $3088 Black Hills Chardonnay 2007, Okanagan Valley $3088 Blasted Church Chardonnay Musqué 2008, Okanagan Falls, Okanagan Valley, $3088 Blasted Church Nothing
91/100 Mission Hill Oculus 2006Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaOculus continues down the softer rounder richer path but slowly. Very peppery, spicy, minty nose with black olive, leather, mineral, liquorice and blackberry notes sprinkled with
88 Black Hills Carmenère 2007 Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaBC $50.00 winery direct and private wine shopsSoupy leafy, herbal nose with smoky, savoury, licorice root and menthol notes. Good thing its carmenère because the roasted pepper,
Just confirmed winemaker Tom DiBello will depart CedarCreek Winery for new challenges. The search is on for a new winemaker. The plan is on to find someone new perhaps from outside the valley. For the moment assistant winemaker Bill Pierson who has been
Ossau Iraty (OH-soh-ear-ah-TEE) is a delicious AOC, traditional sheep's milk cheese from the Basque region of the French Pyrenees using only unpasteurized milk. This is a cheese made on many different small farms throughout the area, where the sheep still
My goal this week is to embrace the Vanoc good host strategy and encourage you to try to be a great food and wine host for the Games. There is little doubt Vancouver is the most cosmopolitan food and wine city to ever host a Winter Olympics, and it comes
Earlier this month, I was invited to join a Canadian contingent of wine critics to judge at the seventh Wines of Chile Awards. Each year, the Chileans organize a rotating panel of critics from their leading export markets, hoping to gain some insight
We head back to the Rhone this week for one simple reason: real value. The current price-quality-ratio in the southern Rhone is one of the best in the business with particular emphasis on the quality side. Most everyone in the wine business (and you can
Today, a few thoughts on wine prices for 2010, beginning with the No. 1 question in the business: How much are you, the consumer, prepared to pay for wine on a regular basis? And when will restaurants return to buying wine and beef up inventories? If
As much as I enjoy a good glass of tempranillo (pronounced tempera-KNEEL yoh), I am confident 2010 will not change its global status, which is somewhere between what did you say and not very well known. The good news is this noble Spanish variety will
It's been a tumultuous decade for wine, beginning with a champagne meltdown in 2000 and finishing with a similar scenario in 2009. In between we saw the rising prowess of New World producers in California, Australia, Chile and Argentina coupled with seemingly
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