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Nutrients not the cause of minerality
March, 11, 2013
(TheDrinksBusiness) - Minerality in wine is most likely to stem from volatile thiols or esters and not directly from nutrients in the soil, according to this month’s edition of the drinks business. Stoney vineyard in France Research shows that it’s impossible to get so-called “minerality” ...
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Gangnam Style Wine Videos: What Winemakers Do During Off-Season
March, 11, 2013
(Forbes) - Winemaking isn’t all barrels and grapes, even winemakers know it’s smart to take a break from the stress of harvest, bad weather, critical reviews and other myriad wine industry issues. John Jordan, owner of Jordan Winery in Sonoma County, and his team spend their scant spare time sho...
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Bolivia's Morales recommends coca wine to next Pope
March, 11, 2013
(Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales suggested on Monday that the next Pope try wine made from coca leaf, something Bolivians have chewed for centuries and can also be used to make cocaine. Morales, himself a former coca leaf farmer who has fought to decriminalise its use by indigenous peop...
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New EU classifications to result in price hike for made-wine products: WSTA
March, 11, 2013
(WDBR) - The introduction of new EU customs classifications may result in increase in excise duty and value added tax (VAT) for some made-wine products, according to The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), a UK-based organization representing over 340 wine and spirits companies. The changes...
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Wine Industry: Vintner launches semisweet ‘agavé wine’
March, 11, 2013
(NBBJ) - Agavé Garden (agavegarden.com) is not grape wine, but it is fermented in local wine country and shipped in wine bottles. It’s not distilled like tequila, but it is made from organic syrup of Agavé tequilana weber, or blue agave. This “fine agavé wine” is the work of custom vintner ...
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New drug being developed using compound found in red wine 'could help humans live until they are 150'
March, 10, 2013
(DailyMail) - Drugs that could combat ageing and help people to live to 150-years-old may be available within five years, following landmark research. The new drugs are synthetic versions of resveratrol which is found in red wine and is believed to have an anti-ageing effect as it boosts activity o...
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Golden Woman Hangs Upside Down, Pours Napa Valley Wine
March, 10, 2013
(Bloomberg) - “We’re trending above Nascar and the Oscars on twitter,” crows auctioneer Fritz Hatton, as he opens the 17th Premiere Napa Valley trade barrel auction with sharp bangs of his gavel. Everyone cheers, primed to bid big on cabernet after a week of wooing by vintners at tastings a...
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Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol
March, 10, 2013
(ScienceNews) - Alcohol may give heavy drinkers more than just a buzz. It can also fuel their brains, a new study suggests. Long-term booze use boosts brain levels of acetate, an energy-rich by-product of alcohol metabolism, researchers report online March 8 in the Journal of Clinical Investigati...
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Nutrients not the cause of minerality

Gangnam Style Wine Videos: What Winemakers Do During Off-Season

Bolivia's Morales recommends coca wine to next Pope

New EU classifications to result in price hike for made-wine products: WSTA

Wine Industry: Vintner launches semisweet ‘agavé wine’

New drug being developed using compound found in red wine 'could help humans live until they are 150'

Golden Woman Hangs Upside Down, Pours Napa Valley Wine

Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol

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