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Wine Regions

Wines of the French Riviera

March 28, 2011
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No trip to the south of France would be complete without a generous sampling of the region’s well-known wines. Not strictly the province of the connoisseur, wine on the French Riviera is as plentiful as the region’s storied light and, many would say, just as good for the soul. A wide portion of the Côte [...]

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Lebanese Wine – A New Buzz Region

March 18, 2011
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France, Italy, Spain… Lebanon? It’s not a country we normally associate with the world’s great wines, but this under-explored part of the wine world is fast becoming the latest buzz region among wine buyers who consider themselves to be in the know about these things. Red wine drinkers with more than a passing interest in [...]

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Adventurous Wine Buying

March 11, 2011
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Not so long ago, buying wine at the supermarket or off-license was a fairly predictable affair. There would be white and red wine from the established wine producing regions of France, Italy and Spain, alongside some New World selections from Australia, California and perhaps South America. With rather limited selections, buying wine on the high [...]

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Vertical Tasting of Domaine du Castel – Wine From Israel

February 28, 2011
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When I think of wine from Israel I think of sticky sweet kosher wine, badly made and little more then alcoholic grape juice, often tasting “cooked” and having herbaceous qualities. In order for a wine to be considered not kosher but muvushal, it does have to go through a “cooking process”, which, while not technically [...]

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Tannat: Uruguay’s Flagship Varietal

January 27, 2011
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I was in Uruguay before Christmas to try their national grape, Tannat. Tannat is originally from South West France, the Madiran DOC and there is known as a rustic wine with plenty of tannic structure. It’s not common to find 100% Tannat from France because of this. More often then not, it’s a blend, (as most French [...]

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Triu, an Austrian Red Wine

January 2, 2011
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“In my opinion, there is no better way to taste a wine then to stand amongst the vines and drink the fruits of said vines.” So said my host Hubert Sandhofer as we stood among his rows of vines on the softly rolling hills of Burgenland, Austria,  the famous shallow Neusiedlr Sea not far in the distance. [...]

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Blood Into Wine – Maynard James Keenan: the Credible Celebrity Vintner

November 16, 2010
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Wine is a dry enough subject already without people feeling the need to subject unbelievers to documentaries about it. That’s why it took something more colourful in the shape of the unlikely 2004 blockbuster Sideways to A-list the wine industry in the American collective consciousness. (Or at least that’s how the myth has it.) And [...]

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McLaren Vale Red Wines

September 21, 2010
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McLaren Vale is one of Australia’s oldest wine regions. When David McLaren, the Colonial Manager of the South Australia Company, arrived in a small farming colony thirty five kilometres south of Adelaide in 1837, he found a crop growing region with four distinct seasons. From December through March or April the area has a dry, [...]

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Climate Change and English Red Wine

August 29, 2010
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As scientists and world leaders argue over the impact of climate change and how we can best address the issue, the wine industry is already feeling the effects of changes to the planet’s temperature. Cooler regions producing ‘hot climate’ wines; increased alcohol levels due to very ripe grapes; and dramatic changes in acidity levels are [...]

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Red Wine From Chile

February 21, 2010
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With its varied terrain and climate, Chile is one of the major stars of the New World red wine scene. But although viticulture has been established here for centuries, it was only relatively recently that rest of the world began to sit up and take notice of Chilean wines. Today the country is famous above [...]

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Burgundy Red Wine

December 27, 2009
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To many red wine lovers, the Burgundy region of France is one of the finest wine-growing regions on the planet. It is certainly one of the most established, having been producing fine red wines for centuries and there is no questioning the fact that the vineyards of Burgundy continue to produce some classic wines. Located [...]

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