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Bordeaux wine prices to increase up to 15 per cent on back of exceptional vintage, surge in demand from China
May, 08, 2011
THE PRICE of a bottle of the very finest Bordeaux is about to soar higher than ever, driven up by a second successive exceptional vintage - and by China's insatiable thirst for an investment. "The chateaux are saying to themselves: 'We'd like to ask just a little bit more than last year,'" Miguel...
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Wine culture starting to take hold in China
May, 07, 2011
HONG KONG -- The scene stopped me in my tracks. There, on the street in the middle of the bustling market, stalls filled with fake Longchamp bags and knockoff Ralph Lauren, was a young Chinese man standing behind a table wearing a portable microphone and hawking vacuum-powered wine-pump openers. ...
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Cheers! English wine challenges champagne with sparkling results
May, 07, 2011
It's been a tremendous year for English wine with our vineyards producing an amazing 4m bottles, a record. And it turns out that the Queen is going to start making her own wine at Windsor, though you won't be able to buy it for three years and will, of course, have to wear a ridiculous hat while dri...
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Putin's party to drink only Russia-made wine, tea
May, 07, 2011
(IANS)- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, leader of the United Russia party, has said his party members would drink only Russian-made wine and tea. 'Certainly United Russia will eat only homegrown produce,' Putin said at a party conference in Volgograd city when asked by a member from a tea ...
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UK: Royal family to set up vineyard in Windsor Great Park
May, 06, 2011
The royal family is setting up a vineyard in Windsor Great Park to produce English wine. More than 16,500 vines bearing champagne grape varieties will be planted in 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of the park, owned by the Crown Estate. Laithwaites Wine, tenant farmers on the royal estates, said they w...
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US: Mixed News for Virginia Wine Industry
May, 06, 2011
Madison,VA.—After weeks of media fascination with the Kluge Estate and Winery auction in Virginia, magnified by Donald Trump’s ultimate purchase for cents on the dollar, the state’s industry is generating more news, some not so good, but some much more hopeful....
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Red wine and chocolate are good for the mind and even better when consumed together, scientists claim
May, 06, 2011
It is the perfect excuse to round off a meal with an after-dinner mint and one last glass of Merlot.Research suggests that red wine and chocolate are good for the mind. It is thought that polyphenols - plant chemicals abundant in dark chocolate and wines - widen blood vessels, speeding the supply o...
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U.S. wine exports to Canada booming
May, 06, 2011
U.S. wine exports to Canada increased by 30 percent last year and were valued at $269 million in 2010, due in large part to interest generated from promotional events throughout Canada. As a result, the United States is now the third largest supplier of wine to Canada, surpassing Australia last ye...
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Bordeaux wine prices to increase up to 15 per cent on back of exceptional vintage, surge in demand from China

Wine culture starting to take hold in China

Cheers! English wine challenges champagne with sparkling results

Putin's party to drink only Russia-made wine, tea

UK: Royal family to set up vineyard in Windsor Great Park

US: Mixed News for Virginia Wine Industry

Red wine and chocolate are good for the mind and even better when consumed together, scientists claim

U.S. wine exports to Canada booming

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