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Dry wines still popular in Germany

GERMANY (Mainz) - Germans increasingly prefer dry wines. Since 2000, the number of dry quality and Prädikat wines increased from 34 to 41 percent. Semi-dry wines were also slightly more popular with an increase from 21 to 23 percent. These numbers stem from a wine quality testing study, initiated by the German Wine Institute, that tested wines from 13 German growing regions.

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AC/DC launches wine: "Hand me my viagra, baby"

AUSTRALIA (Melbourne) - They sold more than 200 million records worldwide and now the cult band AC/DC is launching a wine, too! The legendary Australian rock band has named its wine product line after one of their...

Barbecue like South Africa's winemakers Part II: Braai-wines and Braai-tips

(Continued....) - Capetown's wines are very suitable for the South African barbecueing. They bring South Africa's sun into the glas and like no other wine make you feel like you're actually living in the Cape....

Barbecue like South Africa's winemakers Part I: Braai – light up your guests!

SOUTH AFRICA - It's time: Barbecue season has begun! Those chefs who want to lure handymen away from their own grill will have to fire it up this summer. The following is a hot tip from the South Africa wine...

Bordeaux chateaux are objects of desire amid Chinese wine boom

FRANCE (Bordeaux) - Already five prestigious wine estates in Bordeaux recorded Chinese companies as the sole owner. Château Laulan Ducos was purchased last, taken over by TESIRO, a Chinese Jewelry Group (we reported), and...

Chinese wine taste is becoming increasingly diverse

CHINA (Hong Kong) - Are Bordeaux wines out? - No, of course not, but Chinese wine lovers right up to ordinary consumers are increasingly interested in wines from Burgundy. Furthermore, they are also increasingly...

Cognac beats sales record in 2010

FRANCE (Cognac) - With 1860 billion euro in sales, Cognac was able to achieve a record high in the past year. An increase in exports of a total 17.9 percent on the international market means 153.1 million bottles were...

Chinese rom-com brings Château Haut-Bacalan to the screen

FRANCE (Pessac-Léognan) — A Chinese film crew has taken over an 18th -century Château and its vineyards in Pessac to shoot a sequel of one of China’s most-loved TV series. Yet 10 years after the successful...

Customer loyalty á la francais: tourists play champagne vintager

FRANCE (Le Mesnil-sur-Oger) – Scouted by vintagers, wine tourists can now experience picking the grapes in the vineyard and then pressing them in the wine cellar themselves. During a long day of grape picking,...

“Hattenheim Hassel” - A vineyard as a birthday gift?!

GERMANY (Hattenheim) - Jürgen Obermeyer is pleasantly surprised: His wife and kids made a scavenger hunt through the Rhinegau and now he's in the middle of a vineyard in the “Hattenheim Hassel”. It's...

Irish financial investors spot wine as yield object

IRELAND (Belfast) – There is no doubt that wine funds have yielded excellent returns in the past. In the course of the economic crisis in 2009, many winemakers and sellers stored their precious wine collections and...

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