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Dramatic temperature swings, arid climate and rocky soils are prerequisites for growing quality grapes.

When Coca-Cola Amatil's chairman, David Gonski, quietly announced a few weeks ago an effective extension to the employment contract of its chief executive, Terry Davis, financial chatter about the reasons reached a pitch.

Released on the third Thursday of November, Francea TMs beaujolais nouveau is the first wine of the season in the northern hemisphere.

YAKIMA, Wash. If you got your fill for turkey on Thursday and don't have room for leftovers, the wineries of Wine Yakima Valley invite you to spend part of your holiday weekend with them.

"Some people ask about kosher; we explain it to them. Some people don't ask about kosher; we don't explain it to them.

The vines are bare, but there's still plenty going on at our local wineries. This weekend is Thanksgiving in Wine Country.

Corks of Chateau Canon red wine are stored in a cellar in Saint Emilion, southwestern France, in this November 6, 2007 file photo.[Agencies] In perhaps another sign of a recovering economy, millions of dollars worth of wines and spirits sold at three different auctions in New York over the weekend.

Global warming is giving French vintners a new potential headache: In a few years, champagne could be going head-to-head with British bubbly.

Expensive Champagne versus supermarket own brands - " there's a talking point. Which? magazine has taken this subject on in great detail for its December edition with interesting results.

Australia's McGuigan Wines has been named Winemaker of the Year at the prestigious International Wine and Spirit Competition.

An entrepreneur has bought the assets of Central Otago Vintners winery in Cromwell, placed in receivership last year.

The past 12 years here in the Rt. 50 Corridor/Dulles South exurbia area of Northern Virginia's Loudoun County have been an exercise in waiting - waiting for a real local music scene, waiting for decent restaurants, waiting for more upscale martini bars and brewpubs, waiting for the traffic, schools and economy to improve....Basically, waiting for ...

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It is rare to get a chance to see one of your favorite musicians play at a tiny little venue, in a tiny little town.

According to recent research ,British women choose and buy eight out of every 10 bottles of wine that are drunk at home.

Eating fruits and vegetables, and drinking tea and red wine may offer overweight men and normal weight women some protection from colon and rectal cancers, hint study findings from the Netherlands.

A bottle of red; a bottle of white. On Thanksgiving, what wine you choose to complement your gobbler all depends upon your appetite.

Beaujolais Nouveau is released on the third Thursday of November each year, making its arrival just in time for Thanksgiving.

It goes with almost any red; a full-bodied white will work, too. But add in dishes like tart cranberry sauce and sweet candied yams - well, you see the problem.

What you want: a holiday get-together with friends over a cheering glass of wine.