Wine priced to sweeten further drops in the Dow (BizJournals)San Francisco?s Crushpad custom wine-making facility said Tuesday it?s introducing a $39 Napa cabernet sauvignon priced to act as a hedge against further drops in the Dow.
U brew and bottle it, you save about half the cost (Vancouver Sun) One thing that doesn't slow down during a recession is alcohol consumption, but if money is a little tighter than usual there are ways to have your lager and merlot without the premium price tag.
Wine: Forget the rules! Asia guru says only freshness is key (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)By Miral Fahmy
Whetstone billboard permits denied (The Sierra Vista Herald)BISBEE ? Billboards will not be marring the scenic views along Highway 90 in Whetstone ? at least for now.
Holiday Gifts That Cost Next to Nothing (TheStreet.com)If you're willing to be creative, you can save a lot of money on presents this holiday season.
Black radish extract may replace sulphur dioxide for wine: study (Food Navigator)Writing in the journal Journal of Food Composition and Analysis , Maria-Ioanna Salaha and her co-workers from the Wine Institute at the National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF) and the Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens report that the natural alternative may help reduce the quantity of sulphur dioxide used in wine making.
Madeline Triffon: A quick Pinot primer (Detroit News)Pinot Noir is the Holy Grail for many a winemaker who has buried his or her nose in a glass of French red Burgundy, never to recover. The aromatics of good Pinot are seductive and haunting: red berry fruit (strawberries, cherries, plums), spice (clove, cardamom) and undergrowth (truffles, mushrooms). There can be a fleshy element also, gently referred to as "barnyard."
Don and Ruby Corley the captains of Colony Cellars (Greater Houston Weekly)On the eastern fringes of the Katy Prairie is COLONY CELLARS. This unique winery was opened on Nov. 10, 2006 by a husband & wife duo married for 51 years. DON CORLEY and his wife RUBY, handle all of the winery operations from the vineyards, to winemaking, to the operations of the wine tasting room. This dynamic couple have been married for 53 years, but act like a couple who are much younger.
Topolos vineyard sold for $3M (San Francisco Business Times)Topolos Russian River Vineyards, including a winery, vineyards, tasting room and 160-seat restaurant, has been sold for $3 million, according to the firm that handled the sale.
Forget wine rules: Asia guru says only freshness is key (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The duty of wine is to please the palate, so drink what you want, with the food that you fancy, as long as it refreshes the mouth, advises one of Asia's leading experts on fine wines.
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