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Web sips: Wine headlines, 9/6/07

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Sexy Images, Wacky Names, Fine Art Help Wine Labels Stand Out
Judging wines by their provocative covers: Like the one for Marilyn fans sporting a “fresh-and-fruity” Norma Jeane.

Long Island wines get rave reviews 
Here’s your chance to find out what Wine Advocate, the Wine Enthusiast and The New York Times have in common.

French wine labels may lie
It ain’t pretty: “Up to a third of wines sold under France’s regional appellation system might be from an entirely different region.”

Most Expensive Wines of All Time
Billed as the highest-priced bottles ever (including the priciest one ever broken), with pictures: Pick one up for $500,000, for a gift basket or something.

Fall is the best time to harvest deals, including wine
That’s when “new bottles from last year’s harvest show up on shelves,” says Natalie MacLean, editor of Nat Decants.

Fine wine enters the mainstream via Target
Georg Riedel explains why his glasses land on these particular shelves.

Wine Tip
Finally an answer to that age old question: “When should you pair food with an unoaked vs. an oaked wine?”

Wet weather takes toll on French wine harvest
Can the news get any worse? France is “bracing for one of its smallest grape harvests in 20 years,” a victim of summer storms and plant diseases.

Thirsty for more news? Follow up this serving of new and notable headlines by digging into continuously updated feeds from national and international news outlets: The focus is on red and white wine bargains.

Web sips: Wine headlines, 8/28/07

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The Economical Oenophile
Expert Robert Parker touts “perhaps the top U.S. importer of wines priced under $10 a bottle.”

Iraqi Past Ferments in An Unlikely N.Y. Winery
True wine lover: Story of a man who turned his townhouse into a vertical winery.

Grape genome unpicked
Scientists say vintage sequence could lead to new wine flavors.

So long, summer sippers
Looks like we’re heading toward the season for some “serious pinot.”

Caps off to a great value wine
A wine expert’s ode to a “a classy $10 white in a funky bottle.”

How could one collector find so much rare fine wine?
On the trail of mind-bogglingly expensive bottles.

Thirsty for more wine news? Follow up this serving of new and notable headlines by digging into continuously updated feeds from national and international news outlets: The focus is on red and white wine bargains.

 

Web sips: Wine headlines, 8/23/07

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Great Wine Bargains: Big, Burly Reds
His kids and their spouses have taught him about “a new kind of hunt—the hunt for great wine bargains.”

How to lose the booze
Exploring the trend for relatively low-alcohol wines, with examples.

Chinese wine consumers at mercy of dodgy producers
Unscrupulous wine producers mislabel bottles, adulterate wines, pass them off as genuine to unwary consumers, decanter.com says.

Fortify Yourself: Learning the Basics of Port
Spotlights three styles and the “complexity and dimension” of those aged in cask or bottle.

 

Web sips: Wine headlines, 8/21/07

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To Screw Cap Wine Bottles or Not?
Quick answer: Like everything in life, it’s not so simple, according to this informative Q&A that explains the differences and why you have to match the wine with the stopper.

Reader mail meets impossible food wine pairings: nori!
Hint: It has something to do with dried & seasoned seaweed, and a French boyfriend.

‘Pretty fantastic’ grape harvest underway
Some positive but counterintuitive news from California’s North Coast: A smaller than average harvest is predicted, but that typically means “well-developed grapes and good prices.”

Wine as a health drink
Wine has now been officially declared as being good for your health, says a high-ranking official in the Indian federal state of Maharashtra.