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$2.70 Supermarket Wine Wins Gold Medal at International Wine Contest
The judges of the Gilbert et Gaillard international wine competition were duped into awarding this year's gold medal to a €2.50 ($2.70) supermarket wine.
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What a Wine Opener Tells Us About a Wine Drinker
Meet the Durand, the most influential wine opener of the moment.
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These ancient grapes may be the future of wine
Extreme heat and extreme drought in Baja California are pushing some winemakers to explore a very old—and very climate-adaptable—varietal. The results are delicious.
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Is Wine Fake?
Wine commands wealth, prestige, and attention from aficionados. How much of what they admire is in their heads?
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The secret to a successful wine pairing? Fats have an affinity for tannins
Wine aficionados know that a well-paired wine enhances the flavors of whatever foods one consumes, while a poorly paired wine does the opposite. And some foods can, in turn, influence the flavors in a wine. Is there any better accompaniment to one's favorite cheeses and/or cured meats than a good bottle of Bordeaux or a California Cabernet?
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More Wine and Cheese May Help Reduce Cognitive Decline
A new study reveals the impact of diet on cognitive health as we age. Researchers found cheese consumption had neuroprotective effects against cognitive decline. Daily moderate consumption of red wine was associated with improvements in cognitive function.
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Top Alternative Investment Options You Should Consider [2020]
Traditional investments act as the primary assets of many investors' wealth. Learn about alternative investments and how they can diversify your portfolio.
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Warm winter ruins German ice wine harvest
Germany's harvest of ice wine - a dessert wine produced from grapes that have frozen while still on the vine - has failed for the first time because the winter has been too warm. None of Germany's 13 wine-growing regions had the necessary temperatures of -7C to produce the wine in 2019. 2019 was the second-warmest year on record globally, according to the US National Oceans and Air Administration.
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Global heating may lead to wine shortage
Rise of 2C would cause 56% loss of vineyard land, while 4C would wipe out 85%
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How an English Energy Crisis Helped Create Champagne
Desperate English bottle-makers turning to a new fuel resulted in a sparkling innovation.
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This winemaker is using 'sunscreen' to protect your wine from global warming
Jeff Burch is not going to let climate change get in the way of a good glass of Chardy — and in the process, he has had to get creative.
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Can drinking red wine ever be good for us?
Even though alcohol kills millions of people every year, humans have been imbibing for millennia. In the last few decades, wine, in particular, has gained a reputation for being good for our health. Red wine even has been linked with longevity and lower risk of heart disease.
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Choosing the Right wine for you
Wine shopping brings out different emotions. The wide variety of choices can be over whelming, the prices can make you feel baffled
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A Medieval Grape Is Still Used to Make Wine
It’s been genetically unchanged for at least 900 years.
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The Famous 'Drunk Orson Welles' Outtakes Of Paul Masson Commercials
If Orson Welles seemed drunk in those Paul Masson TV commercials, it's possible that he was. His dramatic baritone and intense gaze was over-the-top for a middle-of-the-road wine, and thanks to outtakes smuggled away from the production we get to see what he was really like on the set. The director of Citizen Kane and Touch Of Evil seemed to be sampling quite a bit of the wine he was flogging.
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France’s fascinating ‘wine treatment’
In Strasbourg’s Hôpital civil, a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape would be prescribed for bloating, while a Côtes de Provence rosé was used to treat obesity.
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Does drinking 1 bottle of wine a week raise cancer risk as much as 10 cigarettes?
How many cigarettes are in a bottle of wine? Drinking one 750-milliliter bottle of wine a week is associated with the same lifetime cancer risk as smoking five cigarettes a week for men, and 10 cigarettes for women, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal BMC Public Health.
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The French must drink less wine, say health officials
Health agency advises no more than two glasses a day to cut down alcohol-related disease risk
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Why is your wine crying? Scientists say shock waves likely play a role
Alcohol content, the pour, and shape of the glass are also factors in wine tears.
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Myth Vs. Fact: Wine
Millennials are responsible for nearly half of the overall U.S. consumption of wine, but even as its popularity soars, many misconceptions about wine persist, from purchasing strategies, to pairings, to health benefits. The Onion debunks some of the common myths about wine.
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