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These are the latest red wine bargains being reported by news sites across the Web through Google. Or be more selective and choose news feeds for one of the specific wines below. Should your mood change to whites, you can review the latest reports of white wine bargains, from Chablis to Sauvignon Blanc.
Beaujolais · Cabernet Sauvignon · Merlot · Pinot Noir · Sangiovese/Chianti · Syrah/Shiraz · Zinfandel
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WINE BITES
Journal Live, UK - British-owned Château de Sours Rosé 2007 (100% Merlot) is a perennial Majestic favourite and the latest vintage is an attractive strawberry and … |
 New York Times |
You Can Have Your Rice and Drink It, Too
New York Times, United States - Can’t tell a malbec from a shiraz? You’re a bozo. Indifferent when facing a choice of Bud Light or Bass? What a dolt. Can’t distinguish Johnnie Walker from … |
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Forget formalities, just taste the wine
Lloyd’s List, UK - … a good-value entry point to an over-priced region. Magnien’s wine is marked by clean and pure fruit style with a gently spicy, wiry pinot noir finish. … |
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Try Pizzini for the very best of Italy
Manly Daily, Australia - On top of all that there's a rather intriguing blend called Il Barone ($43) shiraz, cabernet, sangiovese and nebbiolo that is developing a hard-core … |
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3 Top Drops
Manly Daily, Australia - UNDER $15 Taylors Promised Land Shiraz Cabernet, 2005This is Taylor's entry level wine and it's very good for the price. Round, juicy plum and dark cherry … |
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The Chronicle Wine Selections: North Central Coast Pinot Noir
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Good value. Rating: TWO AND A HALF STARS 2006 Kendall-Jackson Vineyard Estates Highland Estates Seco Highlands Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir ($35) There is 2 … |
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Table for Two: Touché Bouchée
Monterey County Herald, CA - For me, it is more than a salad; it's a revelation — and a bargain at nine bucks. The grilled lamb ($27) is cut into small steaks and dusted with a … |
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Wine of the week: 2005 Waterstone Cabernet Sauvignon
St. Helena Star, CA - Napa Valley - As you know, it’s pretty hard to find bargain Napa Valley cabernet — by that I mean, say, under $25. There are a few out there. … |
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Dowd On Drinks: The Rising of the Pinks
Falls Church News Press, VA - White Zinfandel, for example, often is billed as a rose but actually is a “blush” wine. A mixture of red and white that tends toward a pale color also can … |
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Growth and Transpiration of Tomato Seedlings Grown in Hazelnut …
RedOrbit, TX - Influence of water deficit stress on leaf area development and transpiration of Sangiovese grapevines grown in pots. American Journal of Enology and … |
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Sonoma importer of Bulgarian wines tops $1M in Internet sales
Charlotte Business Journal, NC - VINI produces merlot and cabernet sauvignon, and makes up the bulk of BulgarianWine.com's sales. Other brands include Blue Ridge, Domaine Boyar, … |
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Fairhope Vintners Offers First Release of Classically Styled Napa …
Drinks Media Wire (Communiqués de presse), France - The mission of Fairhope Vintners is to make Cabernet Sauvignon in a classic, age-worthy style contrasting many of today's over-ripe wines that possess … |
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Wine round-up
Manchester Online, UK - I recently tasted their De Bortoli Gulf Station Pinot Noir 2007 (Sainsbury's £9.99), below left. It smells of warm, damp earth, almost mushroomy - which is … |
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Touché Bouchée
Monterey County Herald, CA - For me, it is more than a salad; it's a revelation — and a bargain at nine bucks. The grilled lamb ($27) is cut into small steaks and dusted with a … |
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Wine Of The Week
Tulsa World, OK - It includes unoaked Western Victorian shiraz, Langhorne Creek cabernet sauvignon and Barossa shiraz and cabernet. The latter two spent some time in French … |
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Ontario flavours for BBQ season
Metro Canada - Vancouver, Canada - When people ask me for local BBQ selections, they're often thinking of an alternative for their favourite Shiraz. I tell them to forget it. … |
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Corkheads: Wine casks suit summer in the out-of-doors
San Mateo County Times, CA - Non-vintage blends work, too, as long as you know you're getting a Central Coast Chardonnay or a Shiraz from southeastern Australia. favorite boxed wines, … |
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2005 Chateau Teyssier
The Vail Trail, CO - The 2005 Ch. Teyssier is $32, a bargain for a St.-Emilion of such high quality from the 2005 vintage. Finally, a note on merlot and cab franc. … |
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Sonoma importer of Bulgarian wines tops $1M in Internet sales
Bizjournals.com, NC - VINI produces merlot and cabernet sauvignon, and makes up the bulk of BulgarianWine.com's sales. Other brands include Blue Ridge, Domaine Boyar, … |
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Wine competition highlights best of syrah
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, WA - The winery is on Highway 97A near Chelan. www.tsillancellarswine.com Covey Run 2005 Columbia Valley, $8-$9 — A real bargain! … |
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2008 San Luis Obispo County Wine Industry Awards Announced at Mid …
FOXBusiness - The wine and wine grape industry contributes $1.8B to the local economy as the largest value-added agriculture product in San Luis Obispo County. … |
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What would Jesus drink?
Creative Loafing Sarasota, FL - Perhaps a sweet, port-like wine swirled in his chalice, or maybe he turned his water into merlot or cabernet. Who knows, but his miserly magic would come in … |
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Showing entries for Category: Hunter-Valley
Examiner.com - Australia produces fantastic wines of good value, wines that are bright, fresh, and full of fruit. They are “user friendly” in that they offer the style of … |
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Frei Brothers' Redwood Creek provides good value
News-Leader.com, MO - Redwood Creek 2006 Merlot ($7.99). This vintage has plenty of cherry/berry flavor and aroma, as well as an earthy element in the background that adds depth … |
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When excellent wines receive low scores
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA - The wine was 2006 Sobon Estate Syrah from the Shenandoah Valley near Sacramento. The wine is a project of the Sobon family, founders Leon (his friends call … |
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Montelena sold to French millionaire
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA - While it was the winery's 1973 chardonnay that won the tasting, it is the estate's $125-per-bottle cabernet sauvignon that has cemented its reputation, … |
 San Diego Union Tribune |
You can raise a glass to the wine, food and service
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - One time I challenged our waiter to find us the best value in a Napa cab, where $75 bottles are the norm. He came back with a 2005 Gain Bay “Andrew's Cuvee” … |
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Fairhope Vintners Offers First Release of Classically Styled Napa …
PR Web (press release), WA - Fairhope Vintners' offerings are the Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (85% Cabernet Sauvignon 7.5% Cabernet Franc 7.5% Merlot/ 872 cases produced) US$45; … |
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Corkheads: Wine casks suit summer in the out-of-doors
Contra Costa Times, CA - Three Thieves Bandit Merlot: Joel Gott and his fellow Thieves continue to impress with their one-liter Tetra Pak cartons. This velvety Merlot is delightful … |
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On a roll
San Jose Mercury News, USA - Says Musolf, “Baby boomers, seniors, corporate employees–everyone can come down and have a glass of Chianti and a slice of pizza, and spend some quality … |
 Indian Wine Academy |
New Importer promotes Spanish Wines
Indian Wine Academy, India - A 2006 Zinfandel from Cline followed by Syrah 2006 were the next two wines. Both were quite palatable, but with the price being the same, I would prefer the … |
 Yahoo! Eurosport |
Tour de France - Blazin' Saddles: Exterminate Evans
Yahoo! Eurosport, UK - The stage starts at 11.40am local time, so the peloton has time for some bargain-hunting. Blazin' Saddles concocted a shopping list for the top six riders, … |
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Author Q&A
Wall Street Journal - The Rocky Gully is a crazy value at $15. A good cru Beaujolais, slightly chilled, is hard to beat on the deck: Try the Marcel Lapierre 2006 or the Clos de … |
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Map of German wine regions (source)http://www.merchantwines.com …
Examiner.com - Cabernet Sauvignon– has in roots in Bordeaux (pun intended…) but is grown to perfection is parts of the New World as well. It is likely the best known … |
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Italian wines finally become hot drops Down Under
Courier Mail, Australia - Coriole from McLaren Vale with Sangiovese, the great grape of Tuscany, was one of the first local wineries to make the push into our collective … |
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George Edwards
Monterey County Herald, CA - Anthony Craig, founder of Sonnet, also vinifies Pinot Noir under the Tondre label with the same sense of style that earned my appreciation for both the … |
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Getting the taste for a top tipple…
Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK - The colour will also vary according to the type of wine – a Merlot will usually be an intense ruby red, while a Cabernet Sauvignon will be a darker, … |
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The Who VH1 Rock Honors, plus Backstage Contract Collection, Rock …
San Diego Reader, CA - Drinks: one bottle each of White Zinfandel, Hennessey, Bombay Gin, Grand Marnier, a six-pack of Heineken (“bottles only”), a case of assorted soda (“no … |
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Sonoma cabernet sauvignons put to test
Statesman Journal, OR - 2003 Kunde Cabernet Sauvignon, $23.99. The Kunde offered really ripe fruit scents, with jammy raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries and blueberries plus … |
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A Frenchman's wine finds
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Those unusual wines, like a crisp Côtes du Jura white made from the rare Savagnin grape, and a top-notch pinot noir from a rising young star in little-known … |
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Ladies’ choice
The Times, South Africa - A pair of red blends from Doolhof are seriously good value: a 2006 vintage Bordeaux impersonator called Cape Boar for R35 and a powerful shiraz blend from … |
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What would you save? Jim Schultze, a case of wine
San Jose Mercury News, USA - He chose 12, two of which were a '95 DRC La Tache Burgundy, left, worth $1500 and a '99 Windy Oaks Estate Pinot Noir Reserve which was the first vintage … |
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A wimp wine goes big
The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - This puts it just behind merlot, but far behind the more than 60000 hectares of cabernet sauvignon. So why have so many grape growers turned their backs on … |
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Wines of the week
The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - The wines of the week are reserved for those wines that show both exceptional quality and outstanding value. Vin de Pays D'Oc 2006, Merlot/Syrah, O'Terra, … |
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Thief Wine Shop & Bar opening at Milwaukee Public Market
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - … widely available, but this Shiraz-Grenache offering is a little less common. Keep a look out for it, however, because it is a cool summertime bargain. … |
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The Fat Duck
guardian.co.uk, UK - … is good value and devastatingly easy to gulp. Don't fancy either of those? A very fresh pinot noir would mingle well with the uncooked beef flesh, too, … |
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Wine: Cheap but cheerful
Independent, UK - From Australia the 2006 Bush land Premium Single Estate Hunter Valley Shiraz, £4.99, genuinely punches above its weight for the Hope Estate’s impressively … |
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France continues to set the standard for global fine wine production
Times Online, UK - … seductively syrah-spiced hermitage in the hot terraced south, then France reigns supreme. Vintages obviously play a part in Gallic supremacy. … |
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Poetic works deserve wider recognition
North Shore News, Canada - At 17, Roland-Khosravi was forced to flee his beautiful hometown of Shiraz — an exotic city known for its poets, wine and gardens, the cultural capital of … |
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UK Retail Concentration, Chilean Wine Producers and Value Chains
RedOrbit, TX - By Gwynne, Robert N This paper seeks to examine how value chains impinge upon firms within the Chilean wine sector. The value chain analysis will further … |
