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Last year saw a hike in wine exports like the US has never seen before. Thanks to a budding market in Asian countries as well as a still growing recognition for American made wine have combined with a higher domestic consumption to put a bit of a strain on California’s wine makers and a bit [...]
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The time of a great wine critic has ended on the first of this month with the passing on of Robert Finigan, who has been a prominent figure among wine critics since the 1970s when he broke into the wine world with honest reviews of both fine European and emerging Californian wines. His opinions were [...]
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When knowledgeable wine drinkers talk about “a good year” they may still be talking about this year despite California’s meager grape harvest. This is because even though yields are at the lowest in years, the weather has been delightfully mild. While a gauntlet of bad luck gave the grapes a hard start, what did survive [...]
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Many are surprised to find that Canada has a thriving wine producing region. But indeed it does have a handful of suburb vineyards that are trying very hard to make a name for Canadian wine. Some of the regions known within Canada for their wine are Okanagan Valley, the Niagara Peninsula and Nova Scotia just [...]
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This growing season has been hard for grape growers, who are hoping for as much heat as possible before summer fades into the past. The late spring and poor weather in many growing regions means that many Northern western locations are still trying to ripen grapes on the vine, but dropping temperatures are forcing them [...]
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Studies have shown over and over again that low to moderate wine consumption leads to lower weight gain as one ages, but exactly why remains a bit of a mystery. It is believed to be a combination of factors that the right balance has to be achieved to benefit fully from them. These factors include [...]
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What does a glass of red wine have in common with a ripe tomato? Just the color red? What about to a bottle of sunscreen? Well funnily enough all three have something very amazing in common that only the sunscreen is known for, protect skin from the sun. Of course the sunscreen is the only [...]
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Wine can be a real undertaking to make. Between growing the grapes, fermenting, bottling and selling it can seem to take a village just to produce a bottle. This makes it easy for wine to become part of a big industrial effort but on a small French island the process is still done by only [...]
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Is it impossible to get the gym every day? Well a new study suggests, that at least every now and then, a glass of red wine can stave off the muscle loss associated with skipping on a work out or two. The study was conducted on rats so it is not completely applicable to humans, [...]
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Sometimes a bottle of wine can have a funny smell to it when opened. This musty smell is a compound called TCA or 2,4,6-trichloroanisole and is a reaction caused by mold, chlorine and the phenols in wine. This is a problem with the cork, which is why it is often called being “corked.” Sadly this [...]
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