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Lady Gaga Dress, Chinese Penis Potion Mark Wine World in 201...

No aspect of popular culture achieves real acceptance until it’s been incorporated into one of Lady Gaga’s outfits, so I was gratified to see her decked out as a wine bottle with cork hat and wineglass gloves on Saturday Night [...]

Posted On : Dec, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Worldwide events planned for International Grenache Day

A series of events worldwide are being planned to celebrate International Grenache Day tomorrow. The idea of International Grenache Day grew out of the success of last year’s International Grenache Symposium in the Rhone Valle [...]

Posted On : Sep, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

The Cellar: New Zealand’s World-Class Wines

This week we travel to the isolated country of New Zealand and visit some of the world’s southernmost vineyards. While production levels are fairly small, the reputation is anything but. In fact, winemakers in New Zealand are though [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 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

Kiwi pinot rated the world's best

Sacrebleu. A $200 bottle of New Zealand pinot noir has beaten a $7000 bottle of French burgundy in a blind tasting in the US. Martinborough Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir 1998 triumphed over one of the world's most prestigious wines, 19 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Wine for Mr. Gay World

Last year’s Fifa soccer World Cup was a bit of a fizzer in Cape Town as the Western Cape attracted less than half the number of visitors as Gauteng. Even worse was the poor performance of SA wine exports to the UK, largest export m [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Kiwi wine first in the world to spell out its carbon trail o...

A New Zealand wine company has become the first in the world to declare its carbon footprint for each glass. Bottles of Mobius Marlborough sauvignon blanc - which go on sale today - will show the carbon emissions for a 125ml glass on the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

New Zealand wine first in world to come with carbon footprin...

Scrutinising bouquet, viscosity and finish on the palate is no longer enough for the accomplished wine connoisseur. Now they can consider a vintage's environmental credentials – for one brand at least. A New Zealand wine has be [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Epcot’s 15th annual International Food and Wine Festival kic...

Walt Disney World guests can sip great wines, savor new tastes and enjoy live entertainment all day long as the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival celebrates 15 years of Delicious Discoveries begins on Oct. 1, continuing daily [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Wines of the World - Light and silky summer reds

A true red wine drinker is going to drink red all summer long, even in Texas. For many people a compromise on the texture and body of red wine is appropriate when the temperature reaches 100 degrees. Even in hot weather, the heavy, conce [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

World's Greatest Wine List in the Caribbean

For 28 years, one of the leading wine magazines in the world, Wine Spectator, has been celebrating restaurants that have the best wine lists. The restaurants that receive awards are selected for the breadth, depth and appeal of their win [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Is this British sparking wine the best in the world?

When I heard Nyetimber Classic Cuvee 2003 had come out top in a blind tasting at the world sparkling wine championships in Verona, beating super-brands such as Louis Roederer 2000 (who make the famous Cristal), my reaction was: so what? [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Local wines now seen as world class

While growers across the country uproot vines in the face of a wine glut, local producers cannot plant them fast enough. And wine critic James Halliday gave the local industry a further boost, selecting eight reds and six whites from the Ca [...]

Posted On : Aug, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Old World wines a new joy

Next week I will introduce the people responsible for the sale of wine in one of the supermarket chains to the joys of imported wines, many from what is known as the Old World. Translated, this means wines from countries which have [...]