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Discriminations (Free subscription) | yesterday
Randolph Bell, formerly special envoy in the Bureau of European Affairs at the State Department and now a columnist for the Richmond Times Dispatch , has an interesting column today discussing the differences between religious diversity in Europe and the United States. “Europeans,” he writes, “have a different view than do we of religious diversity and of the role of religion in...
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Wine Pictures from BKWine (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Except, Latour, like many of the big Medoc properties, does not have a shop and do not sell any wine to visitors. Chateau Latour, sign for lorry / truck deliveries, Pauillac, Medoc, Bordeaux, France - Chateau Latour, Pauillac, Medoc stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Chateau Latour is one of the four wine chateaux categorised...
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Conservation Value Notes (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Bordeaux's famed Saint Emillion wine growers have discovered the benefits of ecosystem services and biodiversity: Viticulture has made the area wealthy but monoculture provides an ideal habitat for pests like spider mites and leafhoppers to colonise and infest a field, destroying the grape quality and yield. For decades, chemicals provided the answer, but led to a cycle of dependency. "When you...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
There wasn't a single bottle of Bordeaux in King Louis XVI's cellar, but 30 years later Napoleon's Empress Josephine had amassed a vast collection of luxury Bordeaux wines, launching a fashion that put Latour and Margaux on high society tables. In a new exhibit, "Josephine's Cellar: Wine at Malmaison during the Empire", at the National Museum Chateau de Malmaison just outside Paris, visitors...
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Wine Pictures from BKWine (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Wine shop. Sign outside with Chateau Petrus various old and expensive vintages. The town. Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France. - THIS IS ONLY A SELECTION OF SAMPLES. Use the image SEARCH function to find more relevant photos. Saint Emilion medieval village, Bordeaux stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine. The village of Saint Emilion is one of the most picturesque in the Bordeaux wine country....
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Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Why Wine Ratings Are Badly Flawed - WSJ.comToday, critics like Mr. Parker exert enormous influence. The medals won at the 29 major U.S. wine competitions medals are considered so influential that wineries spend well over $1 million each year in entry fees. According to a 2001 study of Bordeaux wines, a one-point bump in Robert Parker's wine ratings averages equates to a 7% increase in price, and the...
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Football Transfer (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Bordeaux vs Juventus live Champions League fixtures. FC Girondins de Bordeaux or Juventus will win in France? Invest Champions League tickets to watch live Bordeaux vs Juventus, schedule: 25 November, kick off time: 20.45 cet. Bordeaux Champions League live fixtures FC Girondins de Bordeaux vs Juventus live match at Stade Chaban Delmas Bordeaux France. Buy Bordeaux wine after watching Bordeaux Juventus...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Wine.com, the nation's #1 online wine retailer, today announced the launch of Club Claret, a new assortment of affordable Bordeaux wines. The Club Claret collection features approachable Bordeaux wines specially chosen by Anthony Foster, Master of Wine and Bordeaux expert. Wine.com is the exclusive retailer of this collection in the U.S. market.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Petrus, Romanee-Conti, Chateau d'Yquem -- wines coveted by connoisseurs, and targeted by counterfeiters. According to French wine professionals, a handful of rare and fine wines face the same threat from fraud as luxury handbags and designer sunglasses. Trafficking in fake wine has "always existed a little, but it's definitely amplified with the rising prices of fine wines", said Sylvain...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Listen up, pilgrim: Thanksgiving's coming, and it's high time to think about appropriate wine pairings. Let's check in with Mario Ortiz, general manager and sommelier at the Firehouse in Old Sacramento. Here are his tips for using wine to elevate your Thanksgiving meal to an exceptional feast. What wines come to mind when thinking about a traditional Thanksgiving dinner? I like to suggest Champagne...
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Seth's blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
They’re just like us! In France, a decade ago a wine researcher named Fréderic Brochet served 57 French wine experts two identical midrange Bordeaux wines, one in an expensive Grand Cru bottle, the other accommodated in the bottle of a cheap table wine. The gurus showed a significant preference for the Grand Cru bottle, employing adjectives [...]
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
BORDEAUX, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While Bordeaux’s history is centuries old, a new campaign aims to make Bordeaux wines come alive for American wine lovers. The “Life Goes Better with Bordeaux” campaign brings together easy to understand wine information with real time where-to-buy details, food pairing suggestions, helpful tips, events around the country, and live online chats with...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
A new Web site set up by the promotional body for the Bordeaux wine region of France will allow wine drinkers to get a little practice in selecting the right vintage.
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Schiller Wine (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
I like Bordeaux wines and have quite a number of them in my wine cellar. I find the write up below on different vintages, starting with 1982, by Jancis Robinson very useful for reference when going down into the cellar and deciding which bottle to bring up. Go back a decade for the best bordeaux By Jancis Robinson Published: August 29 2009 02:33 | Last updated: August 29 2009 02:33 An excellent new...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MyRecipes.com, Time Inc.'s food portal, launched a new wine channel focused on providing great, easy, and sometimes unusual, food and wine pairings. The expanded wine coverage aims to take the mystery out of pairing wine with food and includes a new video series called "Weeknight Wines," a new "Pairings of the Week" column, and a sophisticated wine...
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