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Winter Inflicts Damage on Cool-Climate Wine Regions
March, 25, 2014
(WineSpectator) - A relentless winter with dangerously low temperatures has killed vine buds and wiped out a significant portion of this year's potential wine grape crop in parts of the Finger Lakes, Ontario and Michigan. Growers are assessing the damage and hoping to coax the most fruitful growth ...
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Ohio wine grape losses hit hardest in Northeast Ohio, but still plenty to drink
March, 25, 2014
(Cleveland) - Ohio grape growers – the spark of our fast-growing, $500 million wine-tourism industry -- are expecting a near-total loss of their best crops this year, thanks to the coldest, toughest winter in they can remember. Glasses of estate-grown Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Riesling will...
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Now You Can Buy Wine With Bitcoin
March, 24, 2014
(Wine-Searcher) - An online wine retailer has announced that it will accept bitcoin as a payment method for customers. Entrepreneur and former IT manager Tala Drzewiecki originally founded the San Francisco Bay-run website Winelandia as a wine and food blog. In February 2014, she started ...
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California Grapevines Budding Out
March, 24, 2014
(Wines&Vines) - The warmest winter on record is officially over, and a potentially long, dry growing season has begun. How is the weird weather affecting California vineyards? With the help of regional association directors, Wines & Vines took a virtual zigzag down the state this week, a...
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Are Standing Tasting Bars Better than Seated?
March, 24, 2014
(SVBWine) - “Today, our bodies are breaking down from obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, depression and the cascade of health ills and everyday malaise that come from what scientists have named sitting disease.”~ James Levine, MD, PhD The votes are in and the reality is ev...
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Explorers Club sues Diageo’s Johnnie Walker
March, 24, 2014
(TDB) - Diageo is being sued by an explorers club, which counts Neil Armstrong among its members, over the naming of its exclusive Johnnie Walker Explorers’ Club whisky range. The Explorers Club, which is based in Manhattan and whose members include Sir Ernest Shackleton and Buzz Aldrin, fil...
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Wine Talk: The mystery of Chablis
March, 24, 2014
(MetroWestDailyNews) - The mystery of Chablis is hardly a case for Sherlock Holmes, despite the fact that this famous wine from the Burgundy region tastes like no other white wine in the world, including its kissing cousins from the nearby Cote de Beaune. The village of Chablis,...
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FRANCE: Carrefour to add Bordeaux wine production plant
March, 24, 2014
(Just-Drinks) - French retailer Carrefour is set to up its wine production footprint in the Bordeaux region of the country. The company said late last week that it will build the facility, via its trader Johanes Boubée, in Beychac-et-Caillau. Bordeaux provides around a quarter of Carrefour'...
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Winter Inflicts Damage on Cool-Climate Wine Regions

Ohio wine grape losses hit hardest in Northeast Ohio, but still plenty to drink

Now You Can Buy Wine With Bitcoin

California Grapevines Budding Out

Are Standing Tasting Bars Better than Seated?

Explorers Club sues Diageo’s Johnnie Walker

Wine Talk: The mystery of Chablis

FRANCE: Carrefour to add Bordeaux wine production plant

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