March, 02, 2010 Geneva gold vault now a safe home for vintage wine

(Reuters) - Security cameras, codes, a double key system, and a two-tonne vault may seem a bit much for a few bottles of wine, but the owners of the fine vintages kept by Au Bonheur du Vin in the heart of Geneva sleep easy.Situated right beneath a private bank in Geneva and dedicated to people who l...

March, 02, 2010 Concha y Toro Tumbles as Quake Damages Vineyards

(Bloomberg) -- Vina Concha y Toro SA, Chile’s largest winemaker, headed for the biggest decline in eight months after the company said the weekend’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake forced it to suspend production for at least a week. Concha y Toro plunged 7.2 percent to a two-month low of 1,100 peso...

March, 02, 2010 Fluorescence Monitoring and Effect of Photodynamic Therapy for Port Wine Stains

ScienceDaily — It is known that fluctuations in the treatment outcome of photodynamic therapy (PDT) between patients are related to the concentration of photosensitizer in target tissue. The purpose of a study, by Wang et al, published in the February 2010 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicin...

March, 02, 2010 China demand driving world wine market growth: study

(AFP) – China is expected to be the world's seventh largest wine consumer by 2013, a study showed Tuesday, as the nation's thirst for vintages continues to grow amid an economic boom. The country will consume around 1.26 billion bottles of wine in 2013, an increase of about 32 percent from 2009...

March, 01, 2010 Powerful Earthquake Rocks Chilean Wine Industry

Chile's wine industry was not spared from the effects of the devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the southern part of the country early Saturday morning. Wineries in both the Curicó and Maule valleys, which are not far from the epicenter, were especially hard hit, and wineries further ...

March, 01, 2010 Machine to make serving wine easier

ASIAEURO Wines and Spirits Sdn Bhd, a purveyor of fine wines and spirits, unveiled a new concept in wine-serving and preservation called Vino Tech recently. Touted as the first of its kind in Malaysia, the innovative machines were introduced to the local market which comprised Asiaeuro Wines and Sp...

March, 01, 2010 Red wine component pill successful during heart attacks

Washington – Researchers seeking a more reliable alternative than aspirin for heart attacks may have found it in a red wine molecule called resveratrol. University of Connecticut (U-C) researchers induced heart attacks in animals and found that resveratrol significantly reduces damage to heart ...

March, 01, 2010 Wine industry annoyed at growth of supermarket labels

Australia - The wine industry says the major retailers are undermining efforts to recover from the grape glut. The boss of Woolworths has warned the industry to prepare for a jump in supermarket label wine sales, as the retail chain continues to grow its own brands. Stephen Strachan, from the Wine...