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Wine Brands (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Wine tourism is a difficult topic when you're not a specialist of... tourism but love wine. Promoting both at the same time is a difficult exercise: wine is part of a local culture. When you didn't travel to the place where the wine comes from, you discover a region through the wine. How to connect both? Some people found the right answer and founded 10 years ago the " Great Wine Capitals Network...
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McDuff's Food & Wine Trail (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
There was a time in my life, in my earlier days of wine exploration, when I drank Spanish wine much more often than I do at present. Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Bierzo, Albarino and wines of any number of other regions, vines or styles were just as likely to grace my table as were the wines of France, Northern Italy and Germany that more typically find their way home with me now. I think that's a fairly...
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Willie's Wine Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
As I mentioned in my last post, I got a selection of fine wines from three of my siblings, I have divided them up into three groups. Old World Whites (L-R) Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean 2005 - I've had a number of Montrachets over the years including a particularly fine one the day after my wedding, whose name escapes me, and have always enjoyed them. Again am looking forward to this....
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Paramus Post (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Ask a traditionalist about wine-and-food pairings, and be prepared for a lecture on the virtues of serving Rioja with rosemary grilled lamb chops or Champagne with oysters. Let the fuddy-duddies harvest these low-hanging grapes. Gary Vaynerchuk has fresher, zanier ideas. In a September episode of his video blog, "Wine Library TV," he raved about how the 2007 Landmark Overlook Chardonnay enhanced...
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Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain's Rioja region for a conference i
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From the Gutt (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
"Red wine with fish. I should have known." So said James Bond to the villain Red Grant in From Russia With Love . Not to contradict the man of all men in the Bond movie of all Bond movies, but perhaps he wasn't aware of salmon with Pinot Noir? Or, more properly in the case of Bond, salmon with red Burgundy? More recently, Wine Spectator executive editor Thomas Matthews essentially gave an...
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Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
* * * * * Tom Perry, American-born, long-time Rioja resident, wine industry veteran and expert on wine marketing. Photo by Gerry Dawes©2009. Don Geraldo, Yes, I was able to attend, thanks to a complimentary invitation from Marqués de Riscal, whose finace director Fernando Salamero was my boss for 15 years while I was the director of the Rioja Exporters' Association. I'd be glad to answer...
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the new bordeaux (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In the interest of doing what I say on the tin, I thought it would be useful to highlight how Bordeaux fared during the Wine Future conference in Rioja. For a start, there were very few Bordelais winemakers there. Among the non-speakers, I saw Jean Charles Cazes, and reportedly Bernard Magrez was there, although I didn’t see him personally (would love to hear what he took away from the two days...
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SFist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The truth of the matter is, you can drink almost anything with turkey dinner -- most full-bodied, earthy, or well-balanced red wines, and many German, or Rhône-style whites will do the trick just fine. So many diverse flavors mean that many wines are bound to taste good with at least something you have on your plate. But every year, food and wine magazines and the food sections of newspapers...
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the new bordeaux (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I've been back from the Wine Future conference in Rioja for a few days now, and have been hearing from a number of other attendees who agree that it was fascinating in parts, but patchy, with speakers dividing into those who stayed on point and talked about the future (the clue was in the title guys), and those who just talked about themselves, and their own organisations. One of the most interesting...
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Vinography (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
This is one of those wines that I live for. The kind that begins with an unknown bottle thrust in front of me by a friend with a twinkle in their eye, and ends with a profound memory of taste that becomes one of those moments that wine lovers cherish. Such wines are not common, at least not for me, but they are what keep me passionate about drinking and writing and enjoying the world of wine. Occasionally...
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Gristmill (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
by Agence France-Presse Photo: Max xx via FlickrSPAIN—With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain’s Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry’s top concern. “All over the world, alcohol levels are going up,” said British wine critic Jancis Robinson at the WineFuture conference, citing just one...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
With the Copenhagen climate change summit looming, the world of wine convened on Spain's Rioja region for a conference in which global warming emerged as the industry's top concern.
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Repository of Useless Information (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
My brother's wife bought back a Marques de la Concordia Rioja Extrême 2004 from trip to Barcelona. She and the rest of the family minus me liked it very, very much so I guess she made a good choice. I struggled with it, however. 15 months in new French oak and all it smelled of was milk-chocolate. Creamy palate. I bought a bottle of Tulloch Semillon 2008 to try them out on it - and I am happy...
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Petite Terroir (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
GrünerVeltliner is synonymous with the Austrian Wine market. Just as Argentina has adopted Malbec and for Rioja: Tempranillo, Austria is famous for this incredibly versatile, crisp grape that is currently at the top of my list. As a sushi and asparagus lover, I am incredibly pleased to see Grüner Veltliner as the wine of choice for these foods. What's even better? Despite the cooler weather...
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