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January 2009 Wine NewsArchives by MonthWine News Archives |
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Buying Less Expensive Wine, and More of It | January 1, 4:27 pm | 0 comments "It may not have been the year to buy a $150 bottle of Dom Pérignon. But perhaps it was the year to buy four $35 bottles of Korbel. In response to the economic downturn, alcohol retailers and industry experts say, consumers have been trading down for less expensive wines and spirits. But what they have saved per bottle, many have almost made up for in quantity." Source: nytimes.com |
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1 Large Glass of Wine Per Day Raises Cancer Risk 20 Percent | January 2, 12:34 am | 0 comments "Drinking a glass of wine every day may be good for your heart health, but experts say it increases your chances of liver and bowel cancer by about 20 percent, Asian News International reported." Source: foxnews.com |
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Red Wine-Braised Brisket Recipe | January 3, 8:56 am | 0 comments
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Wine as an Economic Indicator | January 4, 12:01 pm | 0 comments "What has become of the high-end oenophiles, though? Surely they’ve been affected by the downturn. Liv-ex, a fine wine exchange, seems to have the answer. Merchants and collectors trade bottles of expensive wines — the kinds that wait in cellars for years or decades, not in the fridge for a few nights — on this London-based market." Source: nytimes.com |
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Store your wine where you have space | January 5, 3:38 pm | 0 comments "Keeping wine chilled has been a little bit of a problem for me. If I try to put more than a bottle or two in the refrigerator, I don't seem to have room for everything else that should go in there. But my kitchen barely has room for me--it certainly doesn't have the space for a standalone wine cooler. I'm not about to give up any of my counter space for anything like that, either. Solutions seems to have found the one spot in my kitchen that I can fit a wine cooler in, though: the Under-Cabinet Wine Cooler mounts to the bottom of a cabinet, just like a microwave. I know my kitchen has a cabinet this wine cooler will fit under, and I bet most other kitchens are the same." Source: cnet.com |
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Looking for the best wines of 2008? Try these | January 6, 11:00 am | 0 comments "If you are one of those always looking for a great $10 bottle of wine, try our wine of the year: 2007 Hughes Beaulieu Picpoul de Pinet." Source: lansingstatejournal.
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Top 10 Wines Feature Duckhorn Merlot, Clos Du Val Chardonnay | January 7, 10:06 am | 0 comments "There’s an old saying that you deserve to drink a good wine in good times and need to drink one in bad times. Fortunately, I drank enough reasonably priced good wines in 2008 to avoid Grand Cru withdrawal. Here are my picks, in no particular order, for the 10 best wines I drank in 2008 and have every intention of enjoying in 2009. All are available in stores or online." Source: bloomberg.com |
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'09 is time to expand wine finds | January 8, 10:23 am | 0 comments "It’s a new year, and we all have good intentions for what we will accomplish in 2009. For some of us, it’s to exercise more (or at all). For some it’s to spend more time with the family. And for some, it’s to make a real change in the world. Those are all noble goals. But in addition to any formal or informal resolutions we make, we also like to think about how we can expand our wine knowledge. So for 2009, here are our wine resolutions." Source: journalgazette.net |
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Sticky situation - sweet-wine makers face shrinking market | January 9, 11:26 am | 0 comments "It is also a time, arguably more than any other time of year, for treating yourself, your friends and family to the sorts of wine that tend to be overlooked for 11 months of the year: the strong, the sweet and the sticky. With extra people around to share them, and a blessed break from the usual frenetic working routine, there is no longer the excuse that a bottle won't be finished. And if ever there is a time of year to disregard the extra calories in a bottle of something sweet, this is it." Source: sfgate.com |
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It's Crazy: Quality Spanish Wines for Under $5! | January 11, 9:17 pm | 0 comments "Put your wine snobbery aside. Toro Loco(R) wines are to be enjoyed by your palate and your wallet! Espana Foods, Inc. is delighted to announce the launch of Toro Loco (Crazy Bull) wines, a line of robust and unpretentious wines from Cordoba, Spain. The Toro Loco wines will be released nationally with a starting suggested retail price of $4.99." Source: prnewswire.com |
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Wine-ology: Wines are blended for color and flavor | January 12, 11:50 am | 0 comments "You may wonder why some wines are blended. The purpose of blending wine is to create a more interesting wine. A winemaker may feel that the addition of wine made from another grape will either fill in any weaknesses of the primary grape or create a more complex wine and, consequently, a more pleasing wine to drink." Source: venturacountystar.co |
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How to pursue a wine education? | January 13, 10:43 pm | 1 comments
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Organic wine match of the day: Pircas Negras Malbec | January 14, 12:57 am | 0 comments
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Cheer up: at least we're buying more wine than anyone else | January 14, 6:36 am | 0 comments "Amid falling high street sales and crumbling retailers, one sector believes it is bucking the trend. The wine industry is predicting that sales in Britain will continue to grow over the next five years, despite the recession." Source: co.uk
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What’s in store for New York wines? | January 15, 5:46 pm | 0 comments "Recently Gov. David Paterson unveiled his budget proposal, which address a $15 billion (yes, that’s a “b”) deficit by recommending wide-ranging budget cuts and revenue generators. Some of these proposals may drastically affect the wine business in New York. Some of the changes advocated by the governor are the elimination of funding for the New York Wine and Grape Foundation, permitting the sale of wine in grocery stores and increasing the excise tax on wine." Source: mpnnow.com |
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Discovering the Wines of Southern Arizona | January 16, 3:22 pm | 0 comments "Wines in Arizona? I lived in San Francisco and enjoyed weekend trips into the Napa and Sonoma Valleys. I lived in Germany and tasted wines along the Rhine River. I even found some great wines in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. But never did I think I would find good wines in Arizona. A visit to the wine country of southern Arizona proved me wrong." Source: examiner.com |
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Of wine and spirits: An interview with Bob Palmer | January 18, 11:51 am | 0 comments "In 1993, with a decade of Long Island wine experience under his belt, Bob Palmer sat down with former Newsday staff writer John McDonald to discuss his experiences, his past and his plans for expanding the Long Island wine region. Here are excerpts from that interview." Source: newsday.com |
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Oak barrels 'seasoned' with fire add character as wine ages | January 19, 5:21 pm | 0 comments "LAST AUGUST, sweet, toasty aromas reminiscent of burning leaves wafted through the air at the Northwest Wine Academy in South Seattle. While members of the Fidelitas Red Mountain wine club looked on, master cooper Andy Byars manipulated oak staves, water-soaked rags and the heat from a small fire to craft two 59-gallon, American-oak Bordeaux barrels." Source: nwsource.com |
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Three Smart White House Wine Picks | January 20, 6:20 pm | 0 comments "Yes we can ... have a White House that makes intelligent wine picks for official functions. ndeed, with today's luncheon following the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States, the new administration is off to a good start for the three wines being served: Korbel Natural California Champagne, Duckhorn sauvignon blanc 2007 from Napa and Goldeneye pinot noir 2005 from California's Anderson Valley." Source: forbes.com |
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Wine suggestions for the new president | January 21, 9:19 am | 0 comments "Barack Obama faces some sobering issues once inaugurated. But it's interesting to think how the president-elect and his wife, Michelle, might lead the nation when it comes to serving and enjoying wine. "Mr. Obama will be a champion of wine and bring new insight to the White House," predicted Mark L. Esterman, wine buyer for Meijer, a supermarket/department store chain. He thinks Obama will present a "wine-centric image" that will go over well with foreign guests coming from areas where wine is a major part of their culture and industry." Source: nwsource.com |
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Wine, fresh and light | January 23, 9:00 am | 0 comments "ikers love Platypus flexible plastic "canteens" because they are an unbreakable, leakproof, virtually weightless way of carrying water and collapse flat when empty. The new Platypus PlatyPreserve provides wine enthusiasts with those benefits, plus an effective way to preserve wine once a bottle is opened." Source: philly.com |
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Wine time north of border | January 25, 7:39 pm | 0 comments "Niagara-on-the-Lake is gearing up for one of its busiest winter weekends. As many as 7,000 people are expected to visit the picturesque Southern Ontario town as it hosts the 14th annual Niagara Ice Wine Festival. The festival will run Jan. 24 and 25 along Queen Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake." Source: bizjournals.com |
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OSU helps develop quake-proof wine rack | January 26, 9:40 am | 0 comments "Wine bottles on store shelves can end up as mostly shattered glass in an earthquake, costing money and creating a dangerous mess to clean up. But a new wine rack design by Oregon State University researchers can withstand strong quakes so bottles can be stored securely even in seismically sensitive locations." Source: oregonlive.com |
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Grape escapes: A database of bargain wines | January 27, 7:47 pm | 0 comments "A piece on the wine section of the San Francisco Chronicle Website under "Bargain Brigade" mentioned Robbie Cook, founder of the Wine Best Buys Website. If I understand it right, the California-based group of enthusiasts read the wine publications for the highly rated wines, most costing less than $20, and then publish a weekly email newsletter listing them. You can also look through its database." Source: kansascity.com |
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Four More Reasons To Drink Red Wine | January 28, 9:33 am | 0 comments
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Swishing and swirling opens up wine | January 29, 9:20 pm | 0 comments "You've seen 'em in the bars, swirlin', sniffin' and swishin', haughtily practicing this sacred wine snob ritual and coaxing a wine to its pinnacle of deliciousness. Is it over-emphasized and overdone? Probably. But does the act improve the flavor of the wine? Absolutely." Source: creativeloafing.com |
