Drinks

In case you are wondering how seriously people take all this talk of globalization affecting wine producers, the answer is…very seriously.

By Jo and Tom Chesworth Posted on Sun, May. 01, 2005 “The red wines of Spain are some of the best bargains presently available on the American market,” write Jo and Tom Chesworth of the Wine Cellar,

Savoir faire versus megabucks. Artform or hypeform? Can only true vineyard nobility produce quality wine? Are we losing the craft forever to make way for cookie-cutter wine production on a mass scale?

I find wild stories about incredible prices paid for a bottle of wine enormously amusing. I can’t imagine spending such a fortune, but maybe if I had it, I wouldn’t think twice about it.

Price does not always bear a direct relation to quality, but this article on the Cotes du Rhone wine region finds that it pays off to shell out a few extra Euros…

The better educated we become as consumers, the less likely we are to spend a pretty penny on a dud. Some wine marketers fall into temptation, seeing how any mention of an award makes their bottles move off the shelf faster.

Under a new European directive, countries would surplus grapes might be forced to pull up low quality vines and turn those extra grapes into fuel or something like it.

Monterrey County, California, is enjoying a grape boon. They are so prosperous in the vine that they don’t have enough wineries to handle the production. Some of their grapes are going to production and bottling centers outside of the County. So if you are thinking of setting up your own winery…maybe you should take a…

Australian labs are working on a way to lower alcohol content in wine by adding yeast…I am a bit skeptical about fiddling with perfection, but then again, I am not an Australian scientist!

Corktease contributor Tom Wark writes in Fermentations about his experience in wine auctions, first as an insider (he used to work for one) and then as a customer who is looking for a good deal on an aged wine.

WINE IN RESTAURANTS Catherine Fallis Master Sommelier, aka grape goddess The Wine List is My Friend For business and for pleasure, think of your guests first. Don’t worry about what they may think of you. Being honest and drawing them into the process is more impressive than pretending to know more than you do about…

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