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Let’s get the wine on the road!
Posted by Yoann - 12/19/09 at 10:12:57 amOver the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go …
You’re headed home for the holidays, and you’d like to take along a bottle or two of fine wine. Does this plan make sense? Will that delicate Burgundy you’ve been keeping in the cellar survive the trip? Will you run into trouble at the airport?
Like a lot of other things in daily life, the answers to some of these questions have changed profoundly during the past decade, with new and frequently changing air-security regulations following 9/11.
As a fairly frequent business traveler, I’ve often packed wine to share with friends in distant cities. However, the wine that I used to casually carry on board in my hand baggage now must survive the risks of checked-in luggage. How about that corkscrew? Don’t even ask.
Read more: http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor2/tswa20091218.php
Some news and pictures from Long Island – Channing Daughters
Posted by Ellen - 12/11/09 at 02:12:34 pmChristopher Tracy from the Channing Daughter Winery on Long Island’s South Fork just sent us some pictures and a bit of news from the vineyard we’d like to share with you.
The news seems to be good from the winery, as Christopher told us: “Harvest is finally over and we are excited by what we have…though it was a lot of work this year…”
We hope you enjoy the pictures of the vineyard and labels, plus Christopher’s story behind the origin of their logo. Next time we’ll ask Christopher to tell us the story about the upside-down tree (we love the graphic, and told him so the last time we visited…)
US demand for cheap wine buoys global market
Posted by Yoann - 12/01/09 at 05:12:43 pmWorld wine consumption should rise by 4% to 6.5 billion gallons in 2009, according to the International Organization of Vine and Wine. The U.S., second only to France in terms of wine consumption, has “continued to import but with a strong attention to prices,” reported The Associated Press.
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