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BEAUJOLAIS – a NAME of ITS OWN?

It appears as if Beaujolais is finally going to get a little respect. New studies of the Beaujolais terroir has been authorized in order to create the first ever classification for the often under-appreciated wine typically associated with the fruity Beaujolais Nouveau moniker. Two studies are planned. The first, which...
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The TIMES, THEY are a CHANGIN’

In an effort to drum up some much needed revenue, The New York Times is jumping into the wine business. The New York Times Wine Club will offer a selection of wines at two price levels, $9O for the six-bottle Times Sampler (4 red, 2 white) or $18O for the...
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BUILD A WINNING WINE LIST

Restaurants have long enjoyed robust and profitable wine sales. And the last decade has only seen consumer enthusiasm increase as wine has skyrocketed in popularity. But are restaurants selling wine as effectively as they could be? Perhaps not. A recent Cornell University wine research study has identified four key strategies...
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GOING GREEN with PLASTIC BOTTLES

Think that’s completely déclassé? You just might be seeing a lot more of it as businesses are increasingly searching for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. In an effort to be more environmentally conscientious, Sutter Home is switching to plastic for all 187ml wine bottles. Senior Director of Marketing Wendy...
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A NEW KIND of CORK

Portugal-based wine cork giant Amorim’s new closure, called Acquamark, has been developed to provide winemakers with a clean natural cork stopper at a competitive price. It will be targeted at the “high volume end” of the wine industry, the lower to middle price brackets of the sector that account for...
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PUT a ZORK in IT

Once opened, resealing a bottle of bubbly with its cork has long been impossible . . . until now. The world’s first resealable, reusable and recyclable sparkling wine closure has appeared on the market. Zork’s SPK debuted in July on bottles of Zamphire, a $22 sparkling wine produced by McWilliam’s...
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WINE and DRUGS: NOT a GOOD PAIRING

This gives new meaning to the expression “counterfeit wine”. Bulgarian customs officers have seized more than 7OO liters of concentrated cocaine worth an estimated €1O million (US$13.94 million) found concealed in over 1OOO wine bottles. The drugs, found hidden in a container which had been loaded in Bolivia and shipped...
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The MILLION DOLLAR WINE BOOK

Got an extra million dollars lying around? You can always buy a book on wine. Weighing in at 66-pounds, and set to be released in the spring of next year, Wine Opus will list the world’s top 1OO wineries. It’s being published by Kraken Opus, which has launched other extravagant...
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ORGANIC WINE? NOT SO FAST

Everywhere you look these days products tout themselves as organic. But are they really? It would seem that some companies have taken liberties with their definition of organic. Restrictions, however, are tightening. Based on a memorandum between the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),...
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HELLO VINO!

How did the world ever get along without the iPhone and its apps? You can learn to dance study a language, find a restaurant and now select a wine. “Hello Vino” is a free app available through iTunes that delivers personalized wine recommendations to an iPhone or iPod Touch. The...
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