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April, 25, 2015 France: Winegrower's Family File Manslaughter Case

(Wine-Searcher) - Chemical companies taken to court in France over failure to notify potential users of the dangers of pesticide. The family of a Bordeaux winegrower that died of a pesticide-related illness will file a case for manslaughter before the Public Health Division of the Paris courts. ...

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April, 24, 2015 Four More Napa Valley Wineries With Rich Histories

(Preservationnation) - In the Spring 2015 issue of  Preservation  magazine , we feature the stories of  three well-aged and much-loved Napa Valley wineries  that have weathered historical calamities to continue producing award-winning libations into the present day. There ...

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April, 24, 2015 AMERICA’S HEAVIEST DRINKING COUNTIES MAPPED

(TDB) - More US adults than ever are considered heavy or binge drinkers with women driving a rise in consumption, a county-level study on alcohol habits in the US has revealed. According to research by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, rising...

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April, 24, 2015 International Sauvignon Blanc Day: 5 things to know about the white-wine grape

(Cleveland) - International Sauvignon Blanc Day is Friday, April 24. Here are five things to know about the grape: 1. What do I need to know about Sauvignon Blanc? General pronunciation is so-vin-YAWN-blahnk. French in origin, the grape is widely planted. It's a mainstay in New Zealand; you...

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April, 24, 2015 In Malbec Wine Country, the Cheap Land Has Foreigners’ Attention

(Bloomberg) - As an autumn chill settles over the southern hemisphere, the harvested Argentine vineyards mottling yellow and russet, Jose Manuel Ortega’s winery rises amid snow-capped Andean foothills. Inside, Ortega is holding forth on why the poetry of a Malbec yields to the prose of hea...

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April, 24, 2015 What Makes Napa Valley Valuable?

(Wines&Vines) - The Napa Valley Grapegrowers held its 2015 Ahead of the Curve seminar designed to inform growers about upcoming issues of importance on April 21. About 100 growers filled the hall at Carneros Inn to hear experts discuss the value of Napa Valley and what makes it special. Most...

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April, 23, 2015 6 Ways Technology Has Changed the Way We Drink Wine

(Lifehacker) - The technological revolution is not new. It wasn’t born with the Internet, fibre optics, or with the proliferation of smartphones. It started much earlier. Technology was responsible for the Agricultural Revolution, a movement that started in the 1600s a...

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April, 23, 2015 2014 marks record low for Swiss wine consumption: report

(Xinhua) - The wine consumption in Switzerland was 264 million litres last year, a 2.8-percent decrease compared to 2013 and a record low in history, according to the latest report by the Federal Office for Agriculture (OFAG) of the country. According to the report, while the consumption of both d...

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