TODAY IS NATIONAL MOSCATO DAY

Cat — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:31:46 +0000

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Tags: Gallo Moscato National Moscato Day Twitter

Moscato, a sweet wine with flavors of juicy peach and apricot, sometimes with hints of lemon and orange citrus that compliment a crisp, refreshing finish, continues to grow faster than any other wine varietal with sales increasing by 74% in 2011 alone. Gallo Family Vineyards invites Americans to join them today for the first annual [...]

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WINE AS A DIET DRINK

Cat — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:58:57 +0000

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Tags: calories diet

Okay, wine isn’t really a diet drink. Water is a much better bet. But if you are looking for a little fun on your diet, wine contains no fat (saturated or trans) and no cholesterol. Some wine choices are better than others–the difference is the alcohol level and the sweetness. Naturally, the higher the alcohol [...]

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RED OR WHITE?

Cat — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:18:18 +0000

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Sporcle, the quiz website of “mentally stimulating diversions,” has a lot of quizzes on the subject of wine. I really liked this one (probably because I got it all correct on the first try). The task? Pick the red wines from a list of varietals. To try your luck, follow this link.

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HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!

Cat — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:17:01 +0000

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Tags: Mexican food

It’s Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May, and there are lots of celebrations going on with an emphasis on Mexican food. It’s a relatively minor holiday in Mexico since it is not their Independence Day; it commemorates the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). [...]

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FINGER LAKES ICE WINE WANTS CHINA TO PLAY FAIR

Cat — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:25:04 +0000

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Tags: Finger Lakes ice wine Schumer

Ice Wine is a very sweet wine made by picking grapes when they are frozen, which concentrates the sugars. Finger Lakes wineries produce a lot of ice wine, and they would like to be able to sell their wines in China, where Ice Wine is so popular that a bottle can sell for as much [...]

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NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS CAN GET WINE DELIVERED

Cat — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:35:10 +0000

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Tags: direct shipping New Jersey

Governor Chris Christie signed a bill on Tuesday that makes New Jersey the 39th state to allow direct winery-to-customer shipping. Most of the state’s wine growers currently rely on booths at festivals and tasting rooms at their vineyards for sales. New Jersey had been one of the three-tier states, so that previously customers could only [...]

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RED WINE AND LIVING LONGER

Cat — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:38:57 +0000

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Tags: research resveratrol studies

There have been a lot of studies about the benefits of resveratrol, a chemical found in the skins of grapes that is transferred to red wine during the fermentation process. One of the most exciting to many of us was that red wine might help us live longer. Well, not according the review of a [...]

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WINE BY THE GLASS–BY MAIL

Cat — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:02:26 +0000

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Tags: direct shipping TastingRoom.com wine by the glass

If you are the kind of person who likes to try a variety of wine and prefers to order wine by the glass at a restaurant, now you can do the same thing at home without ever opening a full bottle. Tastingroom.com has started a new service that will send you wine by the glass [...]

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HOW TO CUT A GLASS BOTTLE

Cat — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:33:44 +0000

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Tags: craft cut glass video

This is pretty long, but very informative.

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STUDY FINDS WINE CONTAINS A FAT FIGHTER

Cat — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:41:12 +0000

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Tags: diet fat piceatannol

A new study finds that a chemical in red wine may prevent some of the fatty foods we eat from being converted into fatty tissue. The research, published in the March issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, found that piceatannol, a polyphenol found in grape skins and red wine, effectively blocks the formation of [...]

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