Croft Quinta da Roda Vintage Port 1997 (about $20, per service) Don't hate me for mentioning port in my year-end look back at the favourite wines I've drunk. Port is wine -- fortified wine -- or wine fortified by the addition of grape brandy. Brandy is a spirit. It's distilled which is where some people like to draw the line between wine and all other alcoholic beverages. Wine is fermented, hence it is alive .  read more »

By Jim Boyce Robert Joseph is founder of the International Wine Challenge , author of The Complete Encyclopedia of Wine , editor-at-large for Wine Business International , and a visitor to China since the mid-1980s. I met him in Beijing last Saturday at China World Hotel and asked him about market trends , wine tourism , the pros and cons of blind tastings , and more. - Hong Kong dropped its wine tax in February and held a record-breaking wine auction in May; a Chinese company bought a Bordeaux winery last fall; China’s wine imports saw major growth in 2007; and so on. The past year has been a busy one for the local wine scene. What do you foresee over the next few years for the China market?  read more »

Copyright all rights and privileges reserved by John M. Olney, March 14, 2008 Wine Country Marketing & Promotions, 1325 Imola West, #409, Napa, CA 94559 Web site: http://thewinecntryclub.blogspot.com/ E-mail: thewinecntryclb2@aol.com On Friday March 7, 2008 I had the honor of attending the 2nd Annual California Vintners Hall of Fame (CVHOF)- http://www.ciaprochef.com/winestudies/vintners.html - reception, dinner and induction ceremony sponsored by and held at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) [ www.ciaprochef.com/ ] located in St. Helena, California. Dr. Lawrence Timothy Ryan , President of the CIA, had previously said, "We all owe a huge 'Thank you' to the wine writers, critics and historians who selected this year's inductees.  read more »

The top ten highest scoring wines in the competition Syrah du Monde was: - Australia Witchmount Estate Shiraz 2004 Witchmount Estate - Canada Pillitteri Estates Shiraz Icewine 2006 Pillitteri Estate Winery - South Africa Hartenberg the Stork Shiraz 2005 Hartenberg Estate - France Saint Joseph AOC - L'Arzelle 2006 Les vins de Vienne - France Minervois AOC - Cuve St Fructueux 2005 Sarl Pujol Izard - USA Earthquake Syrah 2005 Michael - David Winery - Australia St Andrews Shiraz Clare Valley 2002 Taylors/ Wakefield Wines - Chile Vina la Rosa Don Reca - Shiraz Cachapoal Valley 2006 Vina la Rosa sa - France Saint Joseph AOC "Esprit de Granit" 2006 Cave de Tain l'Hermitage - Argentina Callia Magna Syrah 2007 Salentein Family Of Wines More from BKWine:  read more »

DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-July 18, 2008 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e0a2b4/snapshots_canada_b) has announced the addition of the "Snapshots Canada Bottled Water 2008" report to their offering.

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DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-July 16, 2008 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/add62d/snapshots_canada_t) has announced the addition of the "Snapshots Canada Tea 2008" report to their offering.

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DUBLIN, Ireland-(Business Wire)-July 16, 2008 - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/271f88/snapshots_canada_c) has announced the addition of the "Snapshots Canada Carbonated Soft Drinks 2008" report to their offering.

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-- Editors Note: A photo is included with this press release.A 'cool' new beer innovation is being introduced across Canada today to help beer drinkers beat the heat this summer. The new features proprietary temperature-sensitive thermal chromatic ink

TORONTO, ONTARIO, June 25 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Editors Note: A photo is included with this press release. A 'cool' new beer innovation is being introduced across Canada today to help beer drinkers beat the heat this summer. The new Coors Light Cold

Often when you drink a wine before it is ready there are so many good things going on you can appreciate it for "what it will become". But sometimes the wine is so very young that discerning greatness is difficult - tonight's Mitolo was like that.  read more »