America’s leading wine auction house sold $8.2 million of fine vintages in Hong Kong on Saturday in Asia’s largest such sale, underscoring the city’s potential as a regional wine hub.
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Today is the last day for Illinois wine enthusiasts to order online before new restrictions limit their options. On Sunday, a state law takes effect that prohibits out-of-state retailers — including Internet sites, brokers and auction houses — from shipping products directly to Illinois consumers.
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Today is the last day for Illinois wine enthusiasts to order online before new restrictions limit their options.
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In another development in the long-running battle over interstate wine commerce, California retailers will lose the right to ship wine directly to consumers in Illinois when a law there takes effect Sunday.
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CROZET, Va. - It was on the stone porch of David King’s sprawling estate in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that Virginia’s budding wine industry was saved.
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Benjamin Wallace unpacks the mystery of Thomas Jefferson?s wine cellar; Neal I. Rosenthal reflects on his career as a wine merchant; and Alice Feiring goes toe-to-toe with Robert M. Parker Jr.
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TOWN OF ROXBURY — The French-born wine maker was dressed in blaze orange and perched on Round Top Hill in northwestern Dane County looking for deer when he made the discovery. It was Thanksgiving morning and Philippe Coquard was taken back by the expansion project that was under way at his Wollersheim Winery on the west-facing hillside below. Coquard had helped plan the $1.5 million, …
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I spent an extended Memorial Day weekend in Texas. Part of the reason for going was to check out the Texas wine country. Yes, California, wine is made in Texas. After two days in Fredericksburg, Texas’ most prominent wine region, I came to the conclusion that while Texas has potential, it is not there yet; I wish it was. A few folks are making some pretty good stuff. Still, the highlight of the …
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Napa now boasts enough events and attractions to keep even the most wine-averse visitor engaged, from its parade of architectural follies to its quirky art collections. Here are some standout stops off the wine trail.
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Under a Fiver 2007 Asda Argentinian Malbec Asda sources its malbec from the Argentinian giant Trivento, a good move since Trivento, as part of Concha y Toro, is master of everyday reds like this vivid, juicy, berry fruity wine. £4.12, Asda
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