Bordeaux Wines - FRENCH WINES GET CHANCE TO RECLAIM CROWN LOST TO CALIFORNIA 30 YEARS

FRENCH WINES GET CHANCE TO RECLAIM CROWN LOST TO CALIFORNIA 30 YEARS
Tocqueville Connection - S AN FRANCISCO, May 24, 2006 (AFP) - French wines dethroned by California vintages in a landmark blind taste test in Paris 30 years ago will get a chance to reclaim their crown on Wednesday. A rematch of "Judgment of Paris," billed as the
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California wines beat the French -- again Taste-off proves California
San Francisco Gate - The French do. Repeatedly. Yet Gaul is biting its tongue today after California smoked France Wednesday in a cross-continental tasting of wines that have matured in cellars for three decades. The California Cabernet Sauvignon-based wines placed first
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Investing in wine
This is Money - Experts within the wine industry reckon the best investors can see returns of up to 30% a year from some bottles. Of course, like shares, wines can fall in value too, but at least you can drink the negative equity . More moderate estimates put
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EPIC REMATCH BETWEEN BORDEAUX AND CALIFORNIA WINES COMMENCES
Tocqueville Connection - N APA, California, May 24, 2006 (AFP) - Wine world royalty swirled, sniffed, sipped and spat on Wednesday as Bordeaux wines vied to reclaim a crown lost to California cabernets 30 years ago. A rematch of the "Judgment of Paris," billed as the
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Dream year for European wines
Onlypunjab.com - An ideal summer followed by abundant rain during the crucial month of September is expected to produce a smaller but better vintage for European wines this year compared to 2004. The drop in yield, estimated at around 10 percent, should mitigate
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Vintage rematch on 30th anniversary of famous wine tasting
Lincoln Journal Star - NAPA, Calif. The U.S. wine industry has changed a lot since a handful of little-known California reds and whites turned French winemakers blue. Thirty years after a tasting event in Paris broke perceptions of New World wines as plonk, the once
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Judgment Day: Part Deux What the 2006 showdown between California and
San Francisco Gate - Too much information. That's what had to be processed after last week's re-enactment of "The Judgment of Paris," the 1976 tasting at which a Napa Valley Chardonnay and a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon shockingly outpointed their French counterparts
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Turmoil In Bordeaux
New York Sun - Bordeaux has seen its share of triumph and turmoil over the centuries, but last Wednesday it managed the feat of delivering both on a single day. The turmoil erupted in Bordeaux. It was caused by the sudden refusal of the wine merchant Christian
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CALIFORNIA TRIUMPHS ANEW IN EPIC WINE REMATCH WITH BORDEAUX
Tocqueville Connection - N APA, California, May 24, 2006 (AFP) - California wines trounced Bordeaux anew in an epic rematch of a historic blind taste test credited with reshaping the enology world. Wines from California's Napa Valley wine region were judged best by
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