Supermarket chain Asda had great cause for embarrassment recently after a number of their customers managed to buy bottles of wine for just 5p after what they call was a ‘pricing error’. A few lucky shoppers managed to actually purchase bottles of rioja for just 5p online, but most trying to take advantage of the [...]
Filed under: General on April 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
New research conducted by scientists at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US city of Baltimore claim they have found another health benefit offered by red wine – protection against brain damage after a stroke.
Researchers say that a compound found in the skins and seeds of the grapes used to [...]
Filed under: General on April 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
One of the world’s top vineyards, Pontet Canet in Bordeaux, has decided to embrace both old and new methods to making wine as part of a ‘green’ experiment. The owner, Alfred Tesseron, believes that natural soil, nutrients and minerals makes a superior wine, so has subsequently made the following changes to his vineyard:
• Replacing noisy, polluting [...]
Filed under: General on April 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »
According to new research conducted for the launch of the iPhone WINEfindr app, British wine lovers have no idea at all what they’re talking about, or what they’re drinking.
During the survey, two-thirds of the so-called ‘wine connoisseurs’ asked admitted to not understanding or ignoring the advice of sommeliers in restaurants, choosing to bluff their [...]
Filed under: General on April 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
In a move that would never happen here in the UK, the French Government has apparently approved plans to add wine tasting to university curriculums. According to a government report published in Decanter magazine, proposals have been submitted which detail how wine tasting sessions could be run in university canteens.
Those in favour of the idea [...]
Filed under: General on April 6th, 2010 | No Comments »