French town offers a look at how famous champagnes are made
"Take a stroll down the Avenue de Champagne. See the fabled cellars where the favorite drink of kings, millionaires and movie stars is being carefully created. Have a glass of your favorite brand after the guided tour underground..."
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Proceedings stalled in case concerning use of Napa name
"The waiting continues in the case of the Bronco Wine Co. vs. the Napa Valley Vintners Association. The parties await an oral hearing from the California Court of Appeals after a temporary stay in January 2001 was granted to Bronco that would have banned it from using the word "Napa" on its labels."
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Don't blame it on the cork
""It's corked"... that slightly too loud complaint from the adjacent restaurant table, is probably incorrect... but that doesn't mean the customer is wrong to moan, according to a new survey."
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Alcohol may prevent diabetes
"Older women may be able to ward off the threat of developing diabetes by having a couple of alcoholic drinks each day."
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Spitting Purges Wine-Taste Law Of Ripple Effect
"Good news for underage students in Florida's cooking schools. you can drink wine. Well . . . almost. Let's put it this way. You can put the wine in your mouth, but you have to spit it out.... Really. This is one of the great new laws Florida legislators cooked up when they presumably weren't drinking themselves."
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Old Portuguese grape seeds to be revived
"Scientists in Portugal say they hope to make significant progress in plant research with the remains of Portuguese grapes recovered from the wreck of a ship that sank more than five-hundred years ago."
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Playing Politics With N.Y. Riesling
"New York's Finger Lakes district, northeast of New York City, makes some of the nation's finest rieslings, wines that gain recognition far and wide for their charm, intensity and classic food-matching tastes."
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Canada: Guggenheim architect commissioned to build winery
"The owners of the Le Clos Jordan vineyard estate in Canada's Niagara Peninsula have commissioned Canadian architect, Frank Gehry - known primarily for his unorthodox Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao, Spain - to design plans for a new winery."
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Like blue-chip stocks, even great wines are affordable now
"Time was when it seemed like every really good California wine was allocated; that is, doled out parsimoniously like candy to well-behaved children, to only the most favored accounts."
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Can a regular guy pass the sommelier SATs?
"Viewed from the outside, sommelierhood always seemed to me like a high-fenced country club, snobby, exclusive, and yet as hopelessly alluring as the Groucho Marx auphorism promised...."
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Testing time for the taste buds
"It takes skill, finely tuned senses and a lot of practice to take part in a wine options, according to one man who has been entering them for nearly 20 years."
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