| Napa, Sonoma shine among wine releases |
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| Hitting shelves today are 32 whites and reds from those and other Lotusland regions at Vintages outlets. After tasting through them, the Napa wine to die for is Duckhorn Vineyards 2003 Merlot ($74.95, 94 out of 100) with lush hedonistic black cherry, coconut, exotic spice and vanilla stylings. But at that price, think Christmas present for one real wine lover. ... |
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| Record harvest dismays growers |
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This year is shaping up as one that California wine fans will remember fondly -- but that some of the state's wine-grape growers would rather forget.
Late spring rains, one summer heat wave, and one warm, dry October are yielding an average-size but top-quality wine-grape harvest that some are predicting will be among the best vintages of the last quarter-century. ... |
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| French wine swallows its pride to win back British drinkers |
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London - The French wine industry has pulled out all the stops at Britain's biggest wine fair this weekend in an attempt to win back drinkers who have switched to bottles from the "New World".
French wine was once the tipple of choice for Britons who love one bottle. But the simpler, more accessible labelling found on new world wines has seen the uninitiated reach for the reds and whites from Australia, South Africa and California. ... |
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