Making magic in the vineyards of Mont Ventoux

"If you must have a garage to be categorized as a "garage wine," then Domaine de Cascavel Cotes-du-Ventoux doesn't make the cut. But if you look twice, this new, engaging wine produced in one of France's wine boom regions is an ideal example of what a garage wine can be..."

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U.S. regions display goods at wine show

"If you think Napa and Sonoma Valleys are the only wine-producing regions of America, you have another thing coming, the U.S. top agricultural representative to Taiwan said yesterday."

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Plonk or perfection - there's a message in this old bottle

"A mystery in a bottle - this hand-blown glass with its tattered label is certainly that. It might contain one of Australia's rarest wines, which could make it one of the most expensive. Or it is simply a remnant of the "plonk" consumed by vineyard workers in the 1950s..."

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A good year for grapes in Virginia

"Winemaker Jim Law studied a row of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that had just begun to turn a dark red. "The magic happens now." In the next six to 10 weeks, Mr. Law and other Fauquier winemakers will begin to harvest their grape crops in what shapes up to be great year for wine."

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Wine mania hits Taiwan

"Vinos from the "New World," suds and brews from Asia, and indigenous liquor from the region's upstart distilleries are punching their way in into Taiwan's growing wine and spirits market."

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UK: Major drink fraud uncovered

"Customs officers in the UK have smashed what is thought to be a major illegal alcohol trading scam involving senior employees in the drink trade. According to customs officials, the smuggling operation has defrauded the country of £30m in tax."

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Can drinking wine trigger asthma symptoms?

"Some people with asthma have an attack and become short of breath after just one glass of wine. The symptoms are due to an adverse reaction to the sulfites used in most wines."

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Paris Businessman Brings Revolution to Chablis Winery

"William Fèvre winery in Chablis was established about 30 years ago, but the name and some bricks and mortar are virtually all that remain from its early days."

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Australia: Big wine casks banned from two towns

"The sale of four-litre wine casks will be banned in two towns in Western Australia's Pilbara district where the level of alcohol consumption is more than twice the national average."

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Italian wines making grab for gold

"Mention Italian wine and many people will immediately think of a straw-covered Chianti bottle. But just as there's more to Italian food than pasta with red sauce, there's much more to Italian wine than old-fashioned Chianti."

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Navigate your way toward Port

"I'm a firm believer in the notion that to ever truly understand a wine, one must walk the vineyards in which it's grown. Having done that, I now can say that I understand port...."

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Love is a many-vineyard thing

"The North Coast wine grape harvest is two weeks away and will last approximately two months. For winemakers at wineries of all sizes, it's a frantic scramble."

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From film to wine, art-cinema founder follows his dreams

"Those of us in our middle years usually start perfecting our hindsight, looking backward and wondering what would have happened if only we had taken that chance or followed that dream..."

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French fear we'll get taste for flat Swiss Champagne

"The tiny Swiss village of Champagne is fighting to preserve the name of its eponymous wine in the face of French demands that it is abandoned to leave the field clear for its' grand champagne houses."

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Move Over Merlot: Shiraz Is America's Hottest Red Wine

"From movie stars to trendy menus, it seems that Americans can't get enough of anything Australian. And just as stars from Down Under have taken Hollywood by storm, a new Aussie favorite has shown up on the cultural radar. Shiraz..."

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White wine from Black Country

"A council estate vineyard has brought wine-making to the Black Country. The vineyard at the edge of an allotment in Wrens Nest, Dudley in the West Midlands is expecting to produce up to 70 bottles of white wine when it is harvested in October."

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There's more to wine than California

"Twenty-five years ago, grapes for fine wine were grown in only a tiny handful of states. That's because grapes that make so-called European classic wines come from Vitis vinifera grapes, which are hard to grow in some regions."

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Why German wines are just wunderbar

"Those wine sellers or merchants stocking fine German estate wines know they are not going to make money on them but they keep hoping that consumers will catch on to what the wine trade, wine journos and the cognosenti know ...."

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NZ: Vidal shows its strengths

"The founder of Vidal Estate was Anthony Vidal who came to New Zealand in 1888. He worked for his winemaker uncle, Joseph Soler in Wanganui before establishing his own vineyard in Hastings in 1905."

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Italy: Hailstorms Wreak Havoc in Vineyards

"It started with the pitter-patter of large droplets of rain last Tuesday morning at 10:51 a.m. Dark, ominous clouds with underbellies of black velvet had moved off the Pratomagno Mountains..."

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Italy's Former Mafia Estates Become Productive Working Farms

"An Italian law approved in 1996 allows assets confiscated from the Mafia to be used for the good of society. Land that once belonged to Mafia boss Romualdo Agrigento, who is now serving a life prison sentence is now a vineyard, producing a crisp white wine..."

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Michigan winemakers band together to attract tourists

"New York, California and northern Michigan may have beaten Kathy Fielding in developing a way to promote their wineries. Fielding isn't ashamed to admit that the her idea of the Southwest Michigan Wine Trail was borrowed..."

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27th annual Virginia Wine Festival

"Forget your corkscrew. If you're going to the 27th annual Virginia Wine Festival next weekend, what you really need is a plan..."

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What's the hot new crop in Nova Scotia?- Hardy wine grapes

"When the Jost family of Malagash decided grapes were the way to go, there weren't too many people who saw sense in the plan. A vineyard and winery in Nova Scotia? The winters are too tough, the growing seasons much too short for heat-loving grapes..."

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Australia: Drinkers get win on wine

"A slump in domestic wine sales is proving a boon for wine lovers, as merchants slash prices in a bid to lift their depressed industry."

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NZ: Some in Marlborough keen to see the ferry go faster

"Marlborough tourisism and wine interests generally support increasing the speed of the Lynx fast ferry in the Sounds. But they don't want the ferry to go faster at the expense of the environment."

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