Moueix buys into Chateau Belair
Tuesday, January 30th, 2007The Moueix family has bought a 31% stake in the company behind top St-Emilion chateau Belair.
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Archive for January, 2007
Callaghan Vineyards
Monday, January 29th, 2007Clark Kent in a parka? Nah! It’s just Kent Callaghan out there pruning vines in his winter parka to protect against the cold wind blowing across the prairie. Kent is one of the few people I’ve met in Arizona who actually grew up in Arizona. He founded Callaghan Vineyards with his parents and seems to […]
Seen & Heard at ZAP!
Monday, January 29th, 2007Every year, just before Super Bowl time, Bay Area wine lovers play host to ZAP, the Zinfandel Advocates and Producers event that consumes both halls at the venerable Fort Mason Center. This year there were slightly fewer wineries than last year, for reasons I can’t quite figure out. From the plethora of purple teeth […]
Hungry Heart
Monday, January 29th, 2007A memoir of growing up Vietnamese in Michigan, yearning for American food.
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US drinks record 300m cases of wine in 2006
Monday, January 29th, 2007The US consumed a record 300m cases of wine in 2006, according to latest government statistics ? almost enough for the US to drink its way out of a six-year wine glut, say some reports.
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LVMH man in line for top job at INAO
Monday, January 29th, 2007LVMH wine man Yves Benard confirmed today that he is expected to become the new president of France’s wine regulatory body, the INAO (Institut National des Appellations d’Origine).
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Rolland leaves Chateau Kirwan under Mondovino cloud
Monday, January 29th, 2007Celebrated flying winemaker Michel Rolland has left Chateau Kirwan, with the estate owners saying they are looking for higher quality.
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The Great Winery Boom of 2006
Monday, January 29th, 2007In case you haven’t noticed, dear reader, there are a lot of Big Wine Headlines that never make their way here onto Vinography. In addition to my desire to present you with the sorts of stuff that I would want to read were I in your place, I also try to filter out a lot […]
The Science of Sparkle
Sunday, January 28th, 2007It still comes as quite a surprise to me just how much high-tech investigation goes on about the bubbles in Champagne. Physicists and material scientists can’t be blamed, however, for preferring discussions of laminar flow and fluid dynamics in the context of a glass of sparkling wine rather than, say, diesel outboard motor exhaust […]
Schubert Wines, Martinborough, NZ: Current Releases
Saturday, January 27th, 2007Martinborough, New Zealand started its life with the supremely inglorious sounding distinction of being the sheep capital of the North Island. At that time New Zealand wasn’t a country, it was either a budding colony or an ancient tribal homeland, depending upon who you talked to and what color skin they had. In either case, […]