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Friday Wine News Links
Pope made an honorary sommelier. Makes sense to me. I don’t think anyone can argue that the Pope is a man who has served his fair share of wine in his lifetime. Henri Jayer, world famous maker of Pinot, dies. Jayer shunned many technical innovations in winemaking and disliked uniformity ...
An Official California Wine? Not So Fast, Senator
... quote [ The rationale went like this: California has officially honored a flag, a flower and a fossil, so why not a wine that has shaped a $15 billion industry admired even by the French? ]
-from: www.nytimes.com
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New wine grape-growing region recognized
quote [ YAKIMA — The Rattlesnake Hills, a sweeping area southeast of Yakima in central Washington, soon will be designated the state’s ninth federally recognized wine grape-growing region. ] - from: seattletimes.nwsource.com Read the full story
French steal ‘Kiwi’ for EU wine labels
quote [ A French winemaker has registered the name “Kiwi” for use on any wine sold in Europe - meaning the term cannot be used there by New Zealand winemakers. ] - from: www.stuff.co.nz Read the full story
Red wine may fight deafness, hearing loss
quote [New York: Moderate consumption of red wine or aspirin may fight deafness and hearing loss caused by loud noise or intake of certain antibiotics, say scientists.] -from: www.newkerala.com Read the full story
Cork forests at risk from switch to screw-top wine
quote [Up to three quarters of the unique cork oak forests of the Mediterranean could be lost within 10 years because of the increasing popularity of the screw-top wine bottle. ] -from: news.independent.co.uk Read the Full Story
France moves to limit wood chips in wine
quote [French wine authorities have laid down plans to ban the controversial use of wood chips in higher quality appellation contrôlée wine, after the practice was approved by the European Commission.] - from: www.beveragedaily.com Read the full story
The Big Question: So does French wine still deserve its reputation as the best in the world?
... quote [ It matters much less than the American triumph that this week’s tastings were intended to commemorate: the so-called “Judgement of Paris” of 1976. Then, leading wine tasters, including French ones, placed top Californian reds ahead of the finest French clarets for the first time. That result shook the French industry to its roots. ]
-from: news.independent.co.uk
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Americans’ Growing Taste for Wine Turns Out To Be More Than a Fad
quote [ Americans are drinking more wine than ever before, a new study by the Wine Market Council shows. At the same time, America is still far behind some nations in per capita consumption. ] - from: www.nysun.com Read the full story
Celebrated Wine Writer Dan Berger Joins Appellation America; As Editor-At-Large Berger to Tackle Larger Issues of Terroir in ...
quote [ Appellation America today announced the appointment of Dan Berger to the position of Editor-at-Large for the Internet-based wine portal http://wine.appellationamerica.com/ and publication. ] - from: www.tmcnet.com Read the full story
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