Tuesday, August 06, 2002

Found - a lost sister for GrangeHermitage

"PENFOLDS winemakers have found a "priceless" sister wine to the Grange Hermitage they never knew existed. At a wine clinic in Sydney yesterday, a collector brought in a bottle of St Henri Claret stamped 1955."

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Why does my head hurt?

"Consider wine or spirits as a fermentation process followed, or not, by a distillation process. Leave all your romantic thoughts about wine and spirits behind as you don a chemist's hat."

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In praise of (good) chardonnay

"Let's see a show of hands. How many have jumped on the ABC - "anything but chardonnay" - bandwagon in recent years? If so, I hereby declare this silly and destructive oversimplification passe. It's safe to come home."

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The Nederburg Student Wine Challenge.

"The annual Nederburg Inter-Varsity Wine Challenge has broadened its scope to accommodate the growing numbers of participants and is now open to technikons countrywide - and with these changes comes a new name - The Nederburg Student Wine Challenge."

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Music in the vineyards returns with new line-up

"Music in the Vineyards returns next week to Napa Valley for the 8th consecutive season. The 2002 season is dedicated to the memory of Gail Adams, the dynamic founder and leader of Music in the Vineyards who passed away last May from pancreatic cancer."

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From the vine

"Armed with five-gallon buckets, 70-something couple David and Betty House head into their Warren County vineyard while the dew is still fresh. They'll stay in the vineyard until the work is done - until all of the gathered grapes are stored in a walk-in cooler. It may take hours. It may require staying outside in the rain."

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Pocket scanner could signal end of lost shopping lists

"A supermarket is testing a pocket scanner which it says could signal the end of scribbled shopping lists. People can carry the scanner with them all the time. They might be at a dinner party and enjoy a particular bottle of wine, then add it to their shopping list."

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Winemaker, Molly to be honored

"A Calistoga winemaker and a Napa angel will be honored at the third annual Women in the Wine Country celebration on Aug. 11 at Imagery Estate Winery in Glen Ellen -- a fund-raiser for Democratic Assemblywoman Patricia Wiggins' re-election campaign."

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Sunday, August 04, 2002

Annie's Lane wins two trophies in Brisbane

"The 2002 Annie's Lane Clare Valley Riesling won a trophy as the best commercial white wine while the 2000 Annie's Lane Clare Valley Shiraz won the trophy for the best commercial red wine."

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Ohio-Made Wine Becoming Popular

"Laughing twenty-somethings in tank tops, men in golf shirts and mothers pushing strollers stood in lines five to six deep to sip Ohio-made wine in plastic cups at 50 cents a splash, then wriggled through the crowd to shop for organic cheese, fresh corn and gourmet jams..."

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Australia: Different wines, different fruits, same label

"Over the past few years, the ACT Wine Industry Network's Michael Tabart has not only been selling other people's wine, but also assembling some for bottling under his own label..."

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Wit and Wine

"In what it hopes will become an annual festival, Shakespeare Santa Barbara will present its inaugural production, A Midsummer Night's Dream, starting Aug. 9 at the Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard."

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Australia: Jacob's Creek Pours A Winner

"Phil Laffer of Orlando Wyndham has won the 2002 Qantas Airways and "Australian Gourmet Traveller" Winemaker of the Year award...."

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Annie's Lane wins two trophies in Brisbane

"The 2002 Annie's Lane Clare Valley Riesling won a trophy as the best commercial white wine while the 2000 Annie's Lane Clare Valley Shiraz won the trophy for the best commercial red wine."

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Ohio-Made Wine Becoming Popular

"Laughing twenty-somethings in tank tops, men in golf shirts and mothers pushing strollers stood in lines five to six deep to sip Ohio-made wine in plastic cups at 50 cents a splash, then wriggled through the crowd to shop for organic cheese, fresh corn and gourmet jams..."

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Australia: Different wines, different fruits, same label

"Over the past few years, the ACT Wine Industry Network's Michael Tabart has not only been selling other people's wine, but also assembling some for bottling under his own label..."

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Wit and Wine

"In what it hopes will become an annual festival, Shakespeare Santa Barbara will present its inaugural production, A Midsummer Night's Dream, starting Aug. 9 at the Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard."

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Australia: Jacob's Creek Pours A Winner

"Phil Laffer of Orlando Wyndham has won the 2002 Qantas Airways and "Australian Gourmet Traveller" Winemaker of the Year award...."

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Annie's Lane wins two trophies in Brisbane

"The 2002 Annie's Lane Clare Valley Riesling won a trophy as the best commercial white wine while the 2000 Annie's Lane Clare Valley Shiraz won the trophy for the best commercial red wine."

On Wine News



Ohio-Made Wine Becoming Popular

"Laughing twenty-somethings in tank tops, men in golf shirts and mothers pushing strollers stood in lines five to six deep to sip Ohio-made wine in plastic cups at 50 cents a splash, then wriggled through the crowd to shop for organic cheese, fresh corn and gourmet jams..."

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Australia: Different wines, different fruits, same label

"Over the past few years, the ACT Wine Industry Network's Michael Tabart has not only been selling other people's wine, but also assembling some for bottling under his own label..."

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Wit and Wine

"In what it hopes will become an annual festival, Shakespeare Santa Barbara will present its inaugural production, A Midsummer Night's Dream, starting Aug. 9 at the Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard."

On Wine News



Australia: Jacob's Creek Pours A Winner

"Phil Laffer of Orlando Wyndham has won the 2002 Qantas Airways and "Australian Gourmet Traveller" Winemaker of the Year award...."

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Australia: High-flying Pinots

"Three Tasmanian pinot noir wines will soon be served to first class passengers on Qantas international flights. They are made by Pipers Brook, Wellington Wines (Coal River Valley), and Panorama Vineyards (Huon Valley)."

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Copia To Celebrate Julia Child's 90th Birthday

"Three days of marathon toasting begin this weekend in Napa to celebrate the 90th birthday of Julia Child, who challenged Americans to consider fine dining at home as an alternative to TV dinners."

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Christie's First Ever Paris Wine Sale

"Christie's International Wine Department is to hold its first ever sale in Paris. 'Fine and Rare Wines - Tribute to the First Growths' will take place on 14 September. Christie's claims that the sale will be the most comprehensive review of the 20th century's finest Bordeaux vintages...."

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The Best Wine I'd Never Heard Of

"The smartest question ever put to me by a reader may be, "What's the best wine in the world that I've never heard of?"..."

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Australia: WA Vineyards Claim Victory On Tax

"The West Australian wine industry has claimed victory over the State Government on a plan to increase land taxes. WA Wine Industry Association chief executive Sarah Dent said the Government's desperate attempt at revenue-raising had backfired."

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History imbibed at the Auckland Museum

"Auckland Museum is uncorking the history of winemaking in New Zealand with a tasty exhibition running until August 25. It features historic wine magazines, labels, bottles, equipment and advertising, and a photographic exhibition, plus the first wine press used in New Zealand."

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