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How to describe Dolcetto without sounding too banal? Let’s try. First of all, one notes the colour, a full and deep ruby red that tends to be more intense than that of Barbera... 
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Although there is little doubt that the oldest wine-related archaeological finds are from Mesopotamia, it is equally right to consider Greece to be the cradle of wine culture as far as Central Europe is concerned. The wine industry stagnated for a long time, now it is catching up with a high level of activity and innovation. That is not only a result of... 
After a slack period with Italian Wines things have changed since the exceptional vintage 2004 in Tuscany. Wines of that region are again sought after and more popular at the moment than the very high-priced Bordeaux Clarets! 
In the third part of the series „Alto Adige goes green“ author Roland Brunner looks at some of the best-known wine producers in Alto Adige, and at their organic wine projects. 
They said there was no danger anymore, and went off duty themselves later, going back down to the village for a well-earned break. The next morning, the 34-year-old wine producer got up early to go up to his wine estate. But that was no longer there. All he could see in front of him was a wildly burning heap of rubble. The fire had come during the night.
The Xynomavro is a red grape variety and, something that is the rule rather than the exception in Greece, an indigenous variety. The name translates as “black and sour”, which does not sound too appealing, particularly in an age of fruit-driven, approachable, soft wines. And apart from that? 
At the time, the founding fathers of the region had only one objective in mind: to create a proper, regulated production and marketing environment. Nobody at the time had dared to think that only a decade later they would be turning the world of Spanish wines upside down... 
The Roussillon region is one of the most attractive and varied regions in France, as well as being the southernmost departement. The Roussillon region has a number of advantages in terms of winegrowing and these are being used increasingly by modern winemakers today... 
Here, in the southeastern corner of Austria, they produce more than just outstanding wine. This paradise on earth has many other delights in store for the dedicated hedonist: chocolate of a slightly different style, nutty pumpkin seed oil, vinegar, ham and many other specialities. 
Within their regions, these groups and associations of young winemakers are often bringing a fresh breath of air into the local wine scene. Both with regard to the marketing of their wines, and also in terms of adjusting their quality to the demands of a new and more sophisticated... 
Throughout the year in New York City wine events and trade tastings promoting wines from the well-known and unknown wine regions of the world are held on a daily basis. At the height of the spring and fall season, there can be three or more in a day. It’s easy for people here in the wine trade to become jaded, complacent, or at least tired. So, who cares about this? 
Retsina is a style of wine that is thousands of years old, and even in modern Greece still represents the classical ubiquitous style of wine. No taverna in Greece could afford not to stock retsina, and it can be found on the wine lists of even the most upper-class restaurants... 
Eric Bordelet, Ex-sommelier of the three-star Arpège restaurant in Paris, was the first to point out to me that apple wine is not just a liquid designed to scratch your throat and flush your kidneys. The sydres or poirés, gently sparkling beverages made on the border between Normandy and Brittany... 
Grapes have been grown and wine has been made on Canada’s Niagara Peninsula since the 19th century. However, the modern success of the Canadian wine industry can be traced to the 1970s when a few forward thinking wine producers made the commitment to Vitis vinifera... 
Barbera has always had a tough time in Piemont, being overshadowed by Nebbiolo. Increasingly now, it is gaining ground, not least thanks to the slowly awakening growing regions DOC Barbera Monferrato... 
The wine scene in Austria is flush with any number of new ideas and projects, yet even here the Leithaberg project caused quite a stir. Certainly, it had become more frequent in recent years to hear wine producers talking about “terroir” and “individual character”...
Acqui Terme is a delightful historical town. All around the town, a wine is grown and produced that promises quality and sensual delights. Its name is Brachetto (d’Acqui). An Italian treasure...
Some may think of Canada as the land of permafrost and northern lights bordering the Arctic with decent beer, maple syrup, and bacon in a can, with an endless supply of good comedians and hockey players who eventually emigrate south. 
The Antique Wine Company, which has ist headquarters in London, is in the happy position of being able to offer a total of 134 vintages of what is perhaps the most famous sweet wine in the world - Chateau d’Yquem – on auction. 
The biggest international wine festival in Italy takes place in Merano, a weekend in the Vinschgau region with the best Riesling wines in the world.
As in many of the best known and most interesting wine-growing regions in Europe, viticulture has a long tradition in the Mittelburgenland region in Austria. It all began more than 2000 years ago with the Celts, and experienced a first golden age in Roman times..., 
California evokes opposite worlds of both sin and sanctity, but with more emotional fervor and more luxuriant resources than other places. I spent the month of April there.
London and wine? Is it possible that one of the greatest and most interesting capitals of wine can be found in a country that hardly has a 1000 hectares of vineyards to show for itself? Yes!
The small estates are suffering most from the crisis in Bordeaux. Even an outstanding vintage is currently of not much use to the producers in the marginal appellations.