November, 21, 2010 Burgundy prices jump by a fifth at wine auction

Prices for Burgundy wine jumped by more than a fifth at the 150th annual Beaune Hospices charity auction on Sunday, with growers hailing a high quality vintage and a recovery in foreign demand.The sale of wines from the Hospices domaine, conducted by auction house Christie's, traditionally gives an ...

November, 21, 2010 Glass of red wine a day 'treats diabetes by helping body regulate blood sugar levels'

A small glass of red wine every day could keep adult diabetes under control, scientists claimed last night. A new study found that the drink contains high concentrations of chemicals that help the body regulate levels of sugar in the blood. Just a small glass of red contained as many of these ...

November, 21, 2010 AUS: Wine drinkers to shun foreign affairs

WINE lovers are urged to get over the "cultural cringe" and drink only Australian-made drops during January to support the struggling industry and to encourage winemakers to rethink what they produce. Award-winning winemaker Stephen Pannell launched a website last week asking Australians to avoid im...

November, 21, 2010 The French paradox gave wine industry a boost

GRANDVIEW -- Twenty years later, wine is still good for you. That's what a leading health researcher told Washington's grape growers at an industry meeting Friday. Using a mixture of caution, humor and societal criticism, Dr. R. Curtis Ellison told growers, field workers, processing employees and o...

November, 20, 2010 Low-allergenic wines may be possible

(UPI) -- Discoveries by Danish researchers could help wine-makers develop low-allergenic vintages -- wines with less potential to trigger allergy symptoms. Scientist Giuseppe Palmisano of University of Southern Denmark in Odense and colleagues identified 28 glycoproteins -- proteins coated with suga...

November, 20, 2010 Hong Kong launches web page to highlight booming wine market

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office has launched a wine web page intended to lure more Bay Area, California and U.S. wineries to export their wares to the famed Chinese seaport metropolis.The site, created by the trade office's San Francisco outpost, is part of the group’s broader website. Si...

November, 20, 2010 Sherry makes a come back

Sherry, the unfashionable fortified wine, is enjoying a major revival, according to sales figures. Often dismissed as a tipple enjoyed by grandmothers at Christmas, sherry is flying off the shelves and appearing on the menus of an increasing number of restaurants, as well as being championed by cele...

November, 20, 2010 Wine-trashing microbe identified

Scientists have unmasked a culprit responsible for contaminating untold bottles of wine with the musty, corky odor generally known as taint.More than 20 years after the isolation of MDMP, a compound that can turn even the finest wine into plonk, the identity of a microbe that churns out the stuff is...