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Jan 19, 2009 4:57 PM CST

Rising Star: Washington Syrah

Syrah hailed the new American ZInfandel

(Newser) - Heavy-handed treatment of Zinfandel has left American palates lusting for big wines that don't blow you away, Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher write in the Wall Street Journal. Syrahs from Washington state—which has more than 550 wineries—have replaced Zins as "the most exciting red wines being made...

US Buys Wine (Lots),
But Misses Wine Culture

OPINION

Jan 9, 2009 5:42 PM CST

US Buys Wine (Lots), But Misses Wine Culture

Americans just don't see the fruit of the vine as integral to eating ... and to life itself

(Newser) - Lamenting that the US has become the world’s largest wine market despite Americans who are “stubbornly, doggedly, foot-draggingly unwilling to get with the program,” Laura Shapiro outlines a laundry list of vino's benefits in Gourmet: “slowing down for a meal, tasting what we eat and drink,...

World's Strangest Liquors

Glossies

Jan 7, 2009 12:42 PM CST

World's Strangest Liquors

From Pizza Beer to Lizard wine, gimmicks and folklore attract the curious

(Newser) - Necessity may have been the mother of invention for these traditional brewers, but a good marketing scheme has never hurt sales, either. (Remember the worm in the mescal trick?) Travel and Leisure gives us the world's most bizarre liquors:

Pizza Beer (Illinois): A chef couple wanted a beer to pair

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A Tipple a Day Keeps Dementia at Bay: Study

Dec 28, 2008 5:25 PM CST

A Tipple a Day Keeps Dementia at Bay: Study

Daily glass of wine improves female brain, delays decline

(Newser) - A little wine with dinner can make women smarter and even help them stave off dementia, the Daily Telegraph reports. Scottish scientists served up vino for thousands of subjects aged 70 to 84, and found women who drank up to a glass a day performed better on mental tests. Men...

Budget Bubbles for New Year's

Dec 27, 2008 1:54 AM CST

Budget Bubbles for New Year's

Quality rivals mean champagne prices shouldn't take the bubbles out of festive drinking

(Newser) - Champagne may feel like a vestige of a world without a credit crisis, but there's no need to go without bubbly on New Year's Eve. Slate offers some moderately priced options:

Cava is Spain's answer to champagne, made by the same method. A thrifty seeker of festive spirits can pick

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How-to Guides
for New Tipplers

BOOK REVIEW

Dec 17, 2008 12:50 PM CST

How-to Guides for New Tipplers

Five new guides to seasonal cheer

(Newser) - The holiday season tends to produce a glut of books on wine, and while all primers leave out the most important part—actual bottles—five new reads get a once-over by Eric Asimov in the New York Times.

Andrew Jefford’s Wine Course, by Andrew Jefford: a "poetically inspirational"

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Why You Should Drink
From the Bottom of the List

WINE REVIEW

Dec 10, 2008 4:17 PM CST

Why You Should Drink From the Bottom of the List

Expensive wines can break the bank and cheaper ones may give off the impression of mediocrity, but they can save money without losing their taste

(Newser) - While most people prefer choosing from the top of any wine list, it’s not where you get the best bang for your buck, writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. He suggests starting at the bottom. While expensive wines are a must-have for any respectable restaurant, “the...

New Wine Season Begins; Merchants See Slower Sales

Nov 20, 2008 7:56 PM CST

New Wine Season Begins; Merchants See Slower Sales

(Newser) - Today is the third Thursday of November, which makes it a holiday of sorts for wine merchants: Beaujolais Day. It's the first day of the year (as dictated by French law) that the first wine of the season—Beaujolais Nouveau, made from Gamay grapes—can be sold worldwide. Wine purists...

Vick's
Dogs Now
on Wine
Labels

Nov 13, 2008 6:53 PM CST

Vick's Dogs Now on Wine Labels

(Newser) - Georgia, Handsome Dan, Curly and other pit bulls rescued from Michael Vick’s dogfighting operation are getting a shot at fame as stars of a line of boutique red wines. The Vicktory Dogs Wine Collection features colorful portraits of 22 dogs confiscated from Vick’s kennels that now live at...

How to Wine as
You Dine on Turkey

WINE REVIEW

Nov 12, 2008 12:03 PM CST

How to Wine as You Dine on Turkey

A panel of the Times' best and brightest drinks a bunch so you don't have to

(Newser) - With all the potential stress implicit in the Thanksgiving family feast, wine is one arena that shouldn't leave the host sweating bullets, writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. The rules "couldn't be simpler": Like the food, Thanksgiving wine selection is all about "versatility and plentitude,"...

Forget Politics—Let's Eat!

OPINION

Nov 9, 2008 11:45 AM CST

Forget Politics—Let's Eat!

What Obama's preferences say about him

(Newser) - Only time will tell what kind of president Barack Obama turns out to be. But looking at what he likes to eat might give us some clues, food journalist Todd Kliman writes for NPR's Monkey See blog. So what do we know so far? Obama took heat for talking up...

Comic Becomes Bible of Asia's Wine Culture

Oct 23, 2008 1:32 PM CDT

Comic Becomes Bible of Asia's Wine Culture

Wannabe oenophiles takes cues from The Drops of the Gods

(Newser) - What do Freddie Mercury and a Jean-François Millet painting have in common? Both have been used to describe wine in The Drops of the Gods, a Japanese comic series that’s quickly becoming the go-to wine literature in Asia, reports the New York Times. Customers tend to ask for...

Ignore Hype of 'Wine Clones'

OPINION

Oct 22, 2008 5:39 PM CDT

Ignore Hype of 'Wine Clones'

Americans wine drinkers are bowled over by smuggled vines

(Newser) - If you believe the hype of many American wineries, you don’t have to travel to Burgundy to sample grand cru pinot noir—thanks to "suitcase clones": American wines that supposedly had their start as smuggled cuttings from the mother country. Though “such stories may excite gullible consumers,...

Preggo? It's OK
to Have a Little Vino

opinion

Oct 18, 2008 2:23 AM CDT

Preggo? It's OK to Have a Little Vino

Gourmet foods are safer than most assume

(Newser) - Pregnant gourmands can stop panicking about sipping on the occasional—heck, daily—glass of wine, writes Lesley Porcelli in Gourmet. “The health people have not been talking to the food people,” and many warned-against drinks and dishes are fine in moderation. Porcelli’s research freed her to enjoy...

Wine for Breakfast?
A Fan Makes His Case

GLOSSIES

Oct 16, 2008 4:17 PM CDT

Wine for Breakfast? A Fan Makes His Case

Perhaps a glass of Merlot should replace your cup of coffee in the morning

(Newser) - The eggs are scrambling, the bacon is sizzling, the toast is, well, toasting. So kick back and pour yourself a glass of red zinfandel, writes Ryan D'Agostino in Esquire. This isn't some sophomore-year-of-college attempt to undo the excesses of the night before, but rather an innovative approach to the day’...

'Oentrepreneurs' Hit Napa

GLOSSIES

Oct 9, 2008 1:34 PM CDT

'Oentrepreneurs' Hit Napa

Rich execs ditch fast-paced careers, look to winemaking

(Newser) - A new breed of winemakers is flowing into Napa Valley, writes Jeffrey O'Brien in a colorful look at the trend in Fortune. Investment bankers, tech entrepreneurs, and other wealthy refugees of the white-collar rat race are buying up vineyards at $400,000 per acre to pursue second careers that let...

In Mix-Up, Wine Flows
From Italian Taps

Oct 8, 2008 5:45 PM CDT

In Mix-Up, Wine Flows From Italian Taps

Wine meant to flow from town fountain in yearly festival

(Newser) - The highlight of an annual Italian wine festival is the flow of wine through a city fountain—but this year, a mix-up diverted the drink to faucets in nearby homes, the BBC reports. Tourists come for miles to see the festival, but this year, all they saw shooting from the...

Alsatian Wine
Takes Sweet Turn

WINE REVIEW

Oct 8, 2008 1:48 PM CDT

Alsatian Wine Takes Sweet Turn

The French wines have gotten sweeter, and its hard to tell what's in the bottle, writes Asimov

(Newser) - Fifteen years ago, a few Alsatian wines were sweet, and the rest were dry. But "dry Alsace wines have taken a turn to the sweet side, usually without warning to consumers," Eric Asimov writes in the New York Times. The change occurred at both ends of the market:...

Bail Out Your Wine Budget

WINE REVIEW

Sep 24, 2008 6:00 PM CDT

Bail Out Your Wine Budget

(Newser) - When it comes to wine, "the less spent, the better"—in both rich and lean times, writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. Figuring the government "has bigger things to bail out than our wine bills," Asimov set out to find the French values in...

Drinkers Sour on Sarah Syrah

Sep 24, 2008 4:20 PM CDT

Drinkers Sour on Sarah Syrah

Alaskan's entrance gives SF drinkers second thoughts on Palin Syrah

(Newser) - A San Francisco wine bar says customers have soured on its star vintage since John McCain picked his running mate, Amy Monroe writes on Serious Eats. Palin Syrah, an organically grown red from Chile “was our best-selling wine before” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived, laments Chris Tavelli, owner of...