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Wine auction bill uncorked while wine shipment bill bottled ...

Massachusetts charities that auction off wine during events will be allowed to continue that practice under legislation that advanced in the House Thursday. Since 1997, charities have been able to use temporary licenses to auction off [...]

Posted On : Dec, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Avoid $2,000 Bottles of Aging Vintages, Go With Younger Wine...

Pianist Arthur Rubinstein was fond of telling the story of the wine connoisseur who once invited the composer Johannes Brahms to dinner: “This is the Brahms of my cellar,” said the collector to his guests, filling the master&r [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Carbon cutting paper wine bottle unveiled

Supermarkets are in talks with a small British business over using what it claims is the world's first paper wine bottle. Revealed today (November 14) by the company behind the first paper milk bottle, GreenBottle, has developed a pro [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine packaged in paper bottles

Swigging plonk out of a paper bag is a habit usually confined to tramps, but a British company hopes to buck that trend - by selling the world's first paper bottle of wine. GreenBottle developed the environmentally-friendly packaging [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine snob ghost 'haunting Birmingham pub smashes house wine ...

A "wine snob" ghost is lurking in the cellar of a pub making its feelings known about the house wine, it has been claimed. The ghost, named Corky by regulars at the Court Oak pub in Harborne, Birmingham, apparently has very stro [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Bottle bank: world's most expensive white wine sold for £75,...

A 200-year-old bottle of Château d'Yquem has broken the record for the most expensive bottle of white wine ever sold, after a collector bought it for £75,000 at the Ritz in London. The buyer was private collector Christian [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

French wine consumption drops by three billion bottles

Researchers fear the culture of wine drinking is being lost in France, with younger generations less likely to savour a bottle over food and more prone to drink simply for pleasure. They are also less aware of its cultural significance to [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Chewing gum found in 'wine' bottle bought in Liverpool

The gum was found by a person who bought the bottle from a shop in north Liverpool. Trading Standards officers raided the shop and seized 50 75cl bottles which were on sale for £5 each. Initial tests show the so-called wine had oxid [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Cheap wine 'good as pricier bottles' - blind taste test

The blind test at the Edinburgh Science Festival saw 578 members of the public correctly identify the "cheap" or "expensive" wines only 50% of the time. They tasted a range of red and white wines including merlot and [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Bottle of 1773 French wine fetches record

An amateur wine group paid a record 57,000 euros ($A75,925) for a 237-year-old bottle of wine from France's eastern Jura region at a local wine festival auction. "Finally, yellow wine has hit the big leagues," said wine fes [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

CENTRAL MARKET OFFERS DINNER FOR TWO AND A BOTTLE OF WINE FO...

This Valentine’s Day weekend, Central Market encourages make love, not dinner! For those looking for fabulous food and vino while avoiding the crowds, we are offering Dinner for Two + A Bottle of Wine. Our chefs are giving the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine sales at grocers bottled up

We'll be talking about classroom cuts and threatened hospital closures as Gov. Andrew Cuomo builds the case for his budget over the coming months, but not whether you should be able to buy wine in grocery stores. Or will we? [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Bottle of wine with your snags?

Butcher John Carnibella is not just handy slicing up a side of beef, he's also pretty good at nurturing a grapevine and turning its fruit into a half-decent bottle of plonk. He's raved about his wine - cabernet sauvignon and char [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Markets in Everything: Oil-Filled Wine Bottles

"Wine bottles have been flying off the shelves at gas stations in North Dakota recently. Bakken Formation Wine, however, isn't meant for drinking. The bottles, being sold at Cenex gas stations in Tioga and Stanley, are filled wi [...]