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Australia’s exports of wine soared in 2003 to record levels despite one of the worst droughts ever.
Overseas sales jumped 24% in the year to June 2003, government figures showed, taking total exports to 2.1bn Australian dollars (US$1.65bn).
The rise in exports to 518 million litres occurred despite lower production than in the previous year.
In contrast, French [...]

Here’s an article I had to grab off a website, some kind of Javascript error…
New generation of wine buyers savvy about food pairings, years and types
BY CHARLES WILLIAMS
Of The Post and Courier Staff
Piper Fleming doesn’t know all there is to know about wine, but she’s learning fast. “Beer has so many carbo-hydrates. Wines [...]

An event worth attending: Barrel tasting in the Russian River Valley. Here’s a great chance to taste wine practically practically free, meet the winemakers, and experience that special feeling of tasting the wine before it is bottled. All who want to join me are welcome, cause I’m going!
Here is the link

Do you own a bottle of Penfolds Grange? You might consider selling one. An online auction has waived their fee for you to list a bottle of Grange, but still expects a commission on the sale. One interesting fact from this article at SMH Australia: Sales of Grange represent 25% of the annual $30 million [...]

BMW, VW, the autobahn, and now a glass wine stopper instead of cork. What will the German’s think of next. The glass stopper is the brain child of Alcoa, a German company, and will go head to head with screwcaps for market dominance in the closure business. The company thinks it has a leg up [...]

It’s great to look back in retrospect on a year in Napa that never received great press, yet still delivers some great wine. James Laube takes a look back in time at 1993, by tasting some of Napa’s most sought after cults and high end wines in this article in Wine Spectator. I had the [...]

Livermore’s at it again, and this time they’re pulling out the big guns. A marketing campaign will try to raise it’s image as being a mediocre wine destination. Business leaders are uniting in a major, first-of-its-kind campaign to market Livermore’s wine country. The new marketing catch phrase: “Experience Livermore Valley Wine Country.”
The idea is [...]

Here’s a cool look at some of the wineries flying under the radar in Oregon. Amongst the winners of a blind tasting held by Oregon wines.com, Silvan Ridge/Hinman as did Eola Hills Winery for their chardonnay and Maquam Hill Vineyards for their Pinot Noir. Frankly, I’m a huge fan of Pinot’s and I’m always on [...]

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“A federal appeals court Thursday upheld a state law that blocks out-of-state wineries from shipping wine directly to New York consumers in a decision that could spark a battle at the Supreme Court.”
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