Now this I find interesting:
“Hard research on a soft topic shows that terroir doesn’t matter (except for the price) and the opinions of wine ‘experts’ don’t help predict a wine’s long-term value.”
Read more : Wine economics and economical wine - Vox
“The controversial conclusion from this article is that technological choices affect quality far more than [...]

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In case you needed another excuse to drink wine:
“A compound in red wine may ward off a variety of medical conditions related to aging, providing heart benefits, stronger bones and preventing eye cataracts…”
Read more here: Red wine ‘new fountain of youth’
Well, I’ve had a glass of wine every day this week which by all account [...]

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Well this type of thing is very ‘in’ at the moment and also very neccessary.  The more celebrities that we have setting this type of example the better:
Prince Charles’ Car Runs on Wine - CNN
“Britain’s Prince Charles has converted his 38-year-old Aston Martin to run on biofuel made from surplus wine, his office revealed Tuesday… [...]

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They say that wine, like golfers, improves with age until it reaches its pinnacle. For Gary Player, with no fewer than 163 victories worldwide during his illustrious career, that pinnacle almost certainly comes in the form of his nine Major championship victories, fourth on the all-time list behind Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Walter Hagen.
Black [...]

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Here are two interesting news pieces from around the wine world (click on the links to read the full stories):
An Exorbitant Quaff
A Beijing-based billionaire has splashed out a record $500k on 27 bottles of red wine.
Apparently the bottles have been purchased with the intention of drinking them! Would you like that Burgundy with a dash [...]

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