South Africa adds water to wine
Aug 25th, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansThe Wine and Spirit Board of South Africa proposes to allow vintners to add water to grape musts. Because of global warming the grapes contain [...]
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Fourteen communal appellation in AOC Alsace
Aug 25th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
The French Institut National de l’origine et de la qualité (INAO) may decide in November to recognize fourteen new municipal appellations in Alsace, reports the French newspaper Le Pays. The AOC Alsace will receive a similar pyramidal AOC hierarchy as AOC Languedoc. The new communal appellations is positioned above the overall AOC Alsace and below the AOC Alsace Grands Cru. The new appellation only applies to certain types of grapes that are planted in the best vineyards of the communes: Riesling for Scherwiller and Wolxheim, [...]
Study: even moderate drinking increases breast-cancer risk
Aug 25th, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansAccording to a study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, even moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of breast cancer. [...]
Languedoc AOC becomes pyramid
Aug 25th, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansLanguedoc, one of the largest wine regions in France, will receive a ’simpler’ AOC classification from mid 2011. The comprehensive Languedoc AOC remains the base [...]
2006 Mas Estela Empordà Quindals
Jun 29th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans2006 Mas Estela Empordà Quindals – Spain, Catalunya, Empordà (5/7/2010)
Jammy red berries, kirsch, exotic spices and a definite mineral-like element; refreshing acidity, the alcohol still [...]
2008 Quinta da Muradella Monterrei Alanda
Jun 25th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans2008 Quinta da Muradella Monterrei Alanda tinto – Spain, Galicia, Monterrei (5/10/2010)
Very clean, fresh smelling nose of red and black fruit (cherries, blue berries) and [...]
Bordeaux-prices go through the roof
Jun 22nd, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
It seems that we can write this article every year during the “en primeur” campaign in Bordeaux. But 2009 “en primeur” prices for Bordeaux [...]
Eight years jail for babysitter who let baby drink wine
Jun 22nd, 2010 | By Jozef SchildermansA female babysitter of 41 years from Georgia, USA gets eight years in prison and four years probation because she gave wine to a [...]
Plastic disc preserves freshness of open wine
Jun 15th, 2010 | By Jozef Schildermans
The Australian inventor Barry Rees has invented a thin plastic disc that preserves the freshness of an opened bottle of wine for several days. You [...]