It’s out there and a lot of people evidently have heard it: all 50 US states now make some kind of wine. And if you ask people which ones make...
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“The French are too traditional”. “The French are stuck in the old ways.” These are commonly heard complaints, mainly by folks...
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“Are you a Somahleeay”. “No: I’m an American”. There is a bit of confusion with the term “sommelier”....
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This past Sunday (Nov. 1st) several dozen winelovers gathered at Geja’s Café on Armitage for the 36th straight year. This, the...
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This is a very interesting book about one of France’s fine winegrowing areas and the ways its wines are priced and marketed. If you are a...
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The European Union recently announced changes in the way it handles its wine business. On the surface it may seem trivial; but the EU has...
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Argentine wines have hit the American market with a vengeance. According to Wine Business Monthly, sales to the US of table wines are up almost 50%...
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Recently, the grapegrowers and the larger winemakers of France’s Champagne region have come to terms over how much wine they can actually...
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The wines of Rhône River Valley have never been as well covered journalistically as have those of Bordeaux, Burgundy or Champagne among others....
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The results are in from the 2009 Michigan Wines and Spirits Competition and the Northwestern part of the state looks hotter and hotter. Six of the 7...
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