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Winter means bottling, fermentation and other key winemaking steps

Source: The Citizen, Nov 14 2012, 2:26am CST

We are into mid-November, and after a good, hard freeze, the temperatures are warming up a bit. The mild weather after our early harvest allowed several weeks for the vines to prepare for winter. This period of recovery was important because o ...

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Ata Rangi a gold award finalist

Source: Wairarapa Times-Age  |   May 19 2013, 2:22pm CDT

From humble beginnings as a bare stretch of farmland to an award-winning producer of pinot noir, Ata Rangi has been through many changes over the years. However, one of the highest points for the Martinborough vi ...

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Some Recently ReTweeted Tweets from alawine

Source: AlaWine.com  |   May 19 2013, 8:24am CDT

* I'm thankful for many things, but mostly for good wine and my exquisite taste in friends ~ napkin * Wine is cheaper than therapy... RT @iQuoteForHer #wine * Wine and poems are best enjoyed slowly. * Top #wine story: World's ...

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Let It Pour: Wine drinkers, beer drinkers come together

Source: The News & Observer  |   May 18 2013, 7:35pm CDT

In an era of raging culture wars and bitter political divides, I had all but abandoned the thought of Americans coming together to bridge the gaps and engage in meaningful dialogue. But I recently discovered a place here in our capital where part ...

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A breath of fresh air

Source: The Star Malaysia  |   May 18 2013, 6:11pm CDT

In or out: A contestant at the 14th world sommelier contest in Tokyo in March decanting a bottle of wine. Whether this is done or not depends on the wine. Should all wines be decanted? Our columnist provides the answer. AS a wine educ ...

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Celebrating the moment

Source: The Star Malaysia  |   May 18 2013, 6:11pm CDT

Made for celebrations: Chandon has a very clear vision of the type of wines they want to produce  they try to inject a sense of elegance and finesse in the wines, as well as a sense of fun and vibrancy. Enhance those fun, happy times with your ...

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Wines of the week: three bottles for spring

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 18 2013, 7:07am CDT

Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Riesling Kabinett, Mosel, Germany 2011 (£9.99, The Co-operative) A perennial highlight of the Co-op's wine range, this is a classic example of an under-valued (at least in this country) wine style: off-dry Germ ...

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2 days ago

Above the Côte d'Or (Free for all)

Source: Jancis Robinson  |   May 17 2013, 9:10pm CDT

Wine is one of the most sensitive measures of climate change. A rise in temperature during the growing season can easily result - indeed has resulted - in riper grapes and fuller-bodied wines. Drought in areas such as much o ...

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Laura Ness: Purple Orchid Inn chases the blues away

Source: The Californian  |   May 17 2013, 4:05pm CDT

When you need an escape thats not too far away, head to Livermore. You can bask in the warm sun by the pool with an ever-present breeze whisking through the olive trees and rose bushes that make the grounds of Purple Orchid Inn and Spa a true oasis. This ...

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2 days ago

The Hidden Treasures of a Burgundy First Family

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 17 2013, 2:36pm CDT

By Jay McInerney ON A DAMP, CHILLY April afternoon, Philippe Drouhin poured out two glasses of 2005 Joseph Drouhin Clos des Mouches Blanc and surveyed the vineyard that produced the grapes, unfurling on the slope below us. Ominous cloud ...

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Daytripping: On the wine trail through northern New York

Source: Ottawa Citizen  |   May 17 2013, 2:20pm CDT

Q: What did you do? A: I wined my way through the 1000 Islands region of New York State, touring part of a 300-kilometre wine trail that stretches from Ogdensburg west to Cape Vincent and as far south as ...

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