May, 28, 2011 A bottle of Chateau Latour? Certainly, that's £135,000

A single bottle of wine has sold for £135,000 in a London auction. The six-litre bottle of 1961 Chateau Latour was sold to a Chinese bidder at Christie's auction house. The sum was more than three times the expected price. Wine experts said the bottle was of "perfect provenance". It would ...

May, 28, 2011 US: Napa Valley blends wine and Internet for charity

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet technology will blend with coveted vintages next week to open a premier Napa Valley wine country charity auction to the world. Oenophiles from anywhere on the globe will be able to bid in real-time against rivals at the Auction Napa Valley site for lots featured online ...

May, 28, 2011 6 Safe Companies Providing Minimal Risk to Investors

We will take a look at six of the safest companies in the world. These stocks are not going anywhere in the near future as there is minimal risk of any of these following companies announcing bankruptcy in the near future. They all share the quality that they are stable and usually immune to large d...

May, 28, 2011 Wine, Teeth and Truffles

Truffles anyone? How about wine and what it does to your teeth and throat? Here is the lowdown on both starting with teeth. Both white and red wines fight germs that can cause sore throats and dental plaque. It is not so much the alcohol and acidity, but the combination of carbon containing comp...

May, 28, 2011 US: Vodka now favorite out of over $35M of liquor and wine stored any given day in state warehouse

GLUCKSTADT, Miss. — On any given day, more than $35 million worth of liquor and wine sits in an inconspicuous warehouse less than a quarter mile from Interstate 55 — and what do Mississippians prefer? "The most popular spirit currently in the state is Taaka vodka," Alcohol Beverage Control di...

May, 27, 2011 US: Immigration program opt-out OKd by Assembly

Sacramento - The California Assembly approved a bill Thursday to allow counties to opt out of a federal program to combat illegal immigration that opponents say rips families apart, leads to racial profiling and erodes trust between law enforcement and immigrants. Under the Secure Communities pro...

May, 27, 2011 Twins for Boisset, Gallo

At 7 p.m. last night EST in San Francisco, twin girls were born to Gina Gallo, the granddaughter of Julio Gallo—who with his brother was co-founder of E & J Gallo, the world’s biggest wine company—and her husband, Jean-Charles Boisset. Boisset is the scion of the Boisset family, owners of Bur...

May, 27, 2011 France: Bordeaux puts wine at heart of revival strategy

(AFP) - The French "wine capital" of Bordeaux hopes a dramatic new cultural centre dedicated to its best known export can set the seal on this once decaying port's ambitious renewal programme. The voluptuously rounded structure, dominated by glass and wood, will evoke gigantic drops of wine as th...