Archive for November, 2005

Friday, November 18th, 2005

India gets a taste for wine

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Get ready for Bangalore Nouveau. Best known for its teas and spices, India now aims to place its wines on supermarket shelves in Europe and the United States.

Rising incomes and easier regulations mean a chicken tikka is now more likely to be washed down with a glass of local red, prompting a rush of local entrepreneurs and foreign firms to tap both the domestic market and global interest in New World wines.

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Thursday, November 17th, 2005

Wine Lovers VIP Tour of Long Island Wine Country on Valentines Day!

Date: Feb 11, 2006 (Sat)
Phone: 866 946-3268
Time: 8:30 am depart SOHO/8:45am Grand Central Sta
Email: cdavies at nidea.com [at=@]
Cost: $119 per person
Place: Long Island Wine Country, North Fork, 11935

Calling all “Wine Lovers!”
Join the editor’s of Long Island Wine Country. COM for our highly popular “Wine Lovers” tour. Celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend on your own “Sideways” adventure, […]

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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Low Cost Wines for the Budget-Minded

The Morning News’s Claire Miccio has written a great article called ”Tight Wines” in which she reviews ten cheap wines. She recommends seven red wines, four whites, and rosé, all under ten bucks a bottle. Of , a $6.99 red wine, she says, “If only one of the wines on here ever makes it home […]

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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

The $16,500 Wine Tasting, $16.5k a ticket!

How much would you pay to taste some rare wines? Decanter reports that 35 dedicated oenophiles paid $16,500 each to taste a variety of wines with an average bottle price of $2000 and some costing as much as $15,000 a bottle. The Top 100+ Wines of the Century was a three-day wine and food event […]

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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

The $9,760,140 Zachys Auction

Decanter tallies the results of the Zachys wine auction that took place last weekend. The auction was the third-highest in modern history, bringing in $9,760,140 which was the highest ever for one seller. Pretty amazing considering that this is only one third of the seller’s collection. Some highlights included five cases of Henri Jayer Vosne-Romanée […]

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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Redcar wines and a rare collector’s beauty, Marilyn Merlot Velvet Collect


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Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Corporate Holiday Gift Basket Ideas for this Holiday Season

This year when you think about what your company is going to do with its corporate gift budget, keep one basic business principal in mind: ROI – Return On Investment. A busy office is going to get lots of gifts over the course of the year, with the most coming in December. Sending a gift […]

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Monday, November 14th, 2005

Redcar The Fight 2004 Pre-release

This is a presale wine.
You can buy this wine at our wine store.
Regular Price: $64.99 | Sale Price: $51.99
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Monday, November 14th, 2005

The 2004 Redcar Red Wind Pre-release

This is a presale wine.
About this wine: The 2004 red wind is the next vintage of the Trolley Series. It is called red wind after the hot, dry off-shore winds that blast Los Angeles. It is thick purple to the rim of the glass. The aromas are wild blueberries and violets. It literally explodes in […]

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Monday, November 14th, 2005

The 2004 Red Car BoxCar Pinot Noir

This is a presale wine.
About this wine: The 2004 Boxcar Pinot Noir is expensive in taste but not in cost. Delicate and bursting with ripe cherries and plums, its juicy front palate has smooth elegant tannins on the finish. Produced from grapes harvested from eminent Russian River Valley vineyards, this is Red Car’s second select […]

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