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May 8, 2011 How do American’s choose wine?

Borrowed from I8myflight on Flickr

The number one decision-making criteria for consumers to purchase wine in retail settings is having tasted the wine before. It is therefore very important for wineries to create more opportunities for consumers to experience their wine.

Here’s the summary table from the full Wine Business article, which is here <link>.

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May 7, 2011 City of wine

According to the Guiness Book of Records, Milestii Mici has the biggest wine collection in the world.

The collection comprises 1.5 million bottles. Stretching for 250 kilometres (160 mi), of which only 120 kilometres (75 mi) are currently in use, the Milestii Mici cellar complex is also the largest in the world. Overall, the complex holds nearly 2 million bottles. More than 70% of the stored wines are red, 20% are white and about 10% are dessert ones. The most valuable items of this collection, worth €480 a bottle, were produced in 1973-74; they are now exported only to Japan.

It’s in Moldova.Who would have guessed?

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May 6, 2011 Wine labels with a message

Swanson Vineyards in the Napa offer the opportunity to purchase their wines with a label appropriate to the occasion or moment. Great idea. I’ll bet the “please forgive me” option is a best seller.

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April 30, 2011 A wine rack for a bike. Brilliant

This is the perfect combination of two of my interests, wine and biking. Buy them here <link>

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September 18, 2010 Hollie, 22, from Manchester on wine

HOLLIE was intrigued to see the Pope downing Fanta yesterday. She said: “Pontiffs have traditionally favoured fine wines. In fact, appellations were first mentioned in the Bible, and Pope John XXII was key in developing the renowned Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the 1300s.”

Wine history from The Sun’s Page 3 girl.

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May 4, 2010 Cliff Richard’s bubbles

To mark his 70th birthday, Sir Cliff is producing his own brand of sparkling wine from his vineyard in Portugal. <link>

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April 12, 2010 Shortest wine list in the world

And the most disappointing. Thanks Magnificent Ruin

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April 2, 2010 Twitter makes wine

“Using a custom-crush facility, Twitter is making a California Chardonnay and a Pinot Noir under the Fledgling wine label and donating the proceeds from the sales to Room to Read, a non-profit organization that supports literacy programs around the world.”

The Wine Spectator interviews Biz Stone here.

And if you’re interested you can follow me here.

Update: The wine is now available. It’s called Fledgling. <link>

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April 2, 2010 Top wines from San Diego 2010

In two posts Alawine lists a selection of the Platinum Reds from the San Diego competition and the top wines of the event. Or you can get them from the horse’s mouth here.

And to save you a click, the best red in the show was a Pinot Noir, the 2007 LaZarre Pinot Noir, Central Coast. A complete bargain at $35. This is what it looks like.

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April 2, 2010 Good value red wines from Oz

from Gourmet Traveller

There’s always value in reading articles like this one. You may not be able to get exactly that wine at exactly that price. But what you do get is a list of wineries to be on the look out for. You never know, they may appear in your local wine shop.

Wynns Coonawarra is always reliable. As is Peter Lehman. I’ve never really taken to Wyndham Estate but a good friend of mine speaks highly of them. The one I’ll be looking for is the Trentham Estate Pinot Noir. A picture always helps keep something in the memory. So here’s what the label looks like.

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