New Zealand: Le Grys Flying High with Malaysian Air
"Travellers who choose to fly Malaysian Airlines can now enjoy award-winning premium wines from Marlborough, New Zealand. Malaysian Airlines have selected two New Zealand wines to serve to their Business and First Class passengers - both from the same winery."
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First U.S. Food and Agribusiness Exhibition in Havana
"Further whetting the appetites of farm-state business executives and lawmakers set on eliminating the 40-year-old embargo, organizers on Monday announced the first U.S. Food and Agribusiness Exhibition, a Havana trade fair that will showcase American brand-name products including wine, as well as raw grains and animal feed."
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Americans Make Trip on Boat of Corks
"Realizing a 30-year-old dream, American John Pollock is on his way down one of Portugal's largest rivers, from the border with Spain to the Atlantic, on a boat made of 160,00 cork stoppers."
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Have a grape Christmas
"You know you are in wine country when the Christmas season brings a grapevine tree bedecked with lights, bells and baubles."
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NZ: $3.5 million spin-off from festival
"This year's BMW Wine Marlborough Festival brought more than $3.5 million into the region."
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PhD student finds way to increase antioxidants in red wine
"Red wine that can fight heart disease and cancer could soon hit the market but must first delight the palates of wine connoisseurs."
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Keep your spirits up - drink Cognac
"Wine, both red and white, is increasingly becoming the focus of scientific health research while other grape-based or wine-based drinks such as Cognac or Armagnac have failed to capitalise on the science."
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Beaujolais boss's comments dismissed as little French whine
"A remark by a French vigneron that British drinkers attracted to Australian wines regard a good drop no better than Coca-Cola or beer has drawn a sharp rebuff from local winemakers."
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Seize the moment for Wine Australia
"The first Wine Australia event was held in 1996 at Darling Harbour in Sydney. It was an outstanding success with 315 exhibitors and 23,000 visitors, a good number of them trade buyers and journalists."
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Wine lobbyists battle nickle-a-drink
"Wine industry lobbyists are banding together to fight a bill, that would levy a 5ยข fee on each alcohol serving, to be used for emergency room and trauma center services needed for alcohol-related illnesses and accidents"
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Tararua could be Tuscan is a winner
"Pahiatua's Harrows Restaurant won the central Wine and Food Challenge ahead of 117 other entrants from Wellington, Martinborough, Masterton, Palmerston North, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Gisborne and outlying regions."
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Tom 1998
"Ever since leading Australian wine writer James Halliday awarded Montana's pinnacle red wine, Tom 1998, an "as close to perfection as the real world will allow" rating, wine aficionados have keenly awaited its release. Now it's finally here."
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Hunter's Pinot First Class
"Hunter's Wines of Marlborough recently reported that their 1999 Pinot Noir is now being served to first class passengers flying Singapore Airlines. It is the third time that Singapore Airlines has chosen Hunter's wines for their passengers."
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Is the bottom dropping out of the Chardonnay market?
"As recently as 1987 Napa Valley was a predominantly Chardonnay producing region, but now the grape accounts for only one out of 22 bottles produced and the price per ton tumbled 30 percent last crush"
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Over a barrel
"Winemakers today trace their the characteristics of their barrels to the forests of France, Hungary and Russia to make sure they are getting the best wood that is seasoned, cured and aged the right way, then shaped into barrels and "toasted" by highly skilled coopers."
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Marlborough wines the toast of NZ wine fair in Canada
"The annual New Zealand Wine Fair in Toronto is the premier showcase event for New Zealand wines in Canada. Organised by the New Zealand Wine Institute, the festival began in 1996, with just 13 wineries participating."
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Modesto: Silkwood Wines fights back after costly fire
"The Modesto-based wines with the fuzzy labels have been out of the market since the disastrous wine warehouse fire at Kornell Winery in Calistoga two years ago, which destroyed US$36 million worth of wine from 20 different producers."
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