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Wine Scholar program provide extra incentive to attend Elk Run classes - Patriot-News Blogs

Checked in with them Friday afternoon after noticing on their Web site that not only are their offering classes, like many wineries, but they've spiced it up a bit with what they are calling their Elk Run Wine Scholar program. Upon completion of four ...

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Constellation says pinot real, not fake - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Employees of the broker were among 12 people convicted this week for selling the equivalent of 18 million bottles of wine labeled as pinot noir but which authorities said was made using cheaper merlot and syrah grapes. Gallo has acknowledged buying ...

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Tarted-up wine labels a disservice to female drinkers? - Regina Leader-Post

Pretty in pink is a common theme. As are images of stilettos, vamp red lips, long limbs and sexy cocktail parties. In a bid to corner the chick wine market, while at the same time helping women overcome their supposed fear of buying wine, wineries ...

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Gallo victim in French wine fraud - Modesto Bee

T OULOUSE, France s — Worse than a faux pas, that embarrassing slip of the tongue, this was a case of faux pinot involving French wine traders and local vintners that duped the California wine-making empire of E.&J. Gallo. The faked red wine ...

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French Winemakers Found Guilty of Falsely Labeling Wine - Luxist

... certain region of the country were much higher than expected, and after a yearlong investigation it came to light that the winemakers were cutting the pinot noir with less expensive merlot and shiraz. The wine giant E&J Gallo , who bought the ...

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WWF saturdays: wine at Whole Foods Interbay - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Typical rosé nose of sweet magnolia and apricot promises a fruit-laden sweetish wine ... Eugenie, 2007 A blend of 45% merlot plus grenache, cabernet sauvignon, and cerignon. Deep purple tone and shade lacks limpidity. Very plummy initial flavor ...

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A dark wine secret is spilled - Irish Times

The wine world swirls with tales of mislabelled wine, but this week one case came to light. So why did it take so long for authorities to notice that Shiraz and Merlot was being sold as Pinot Noir? asks JOHN WILSON THE WORLD of French wine was ...

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Fake Pinot Noir scam leads to 12 convictions - San Francisco Chronicle

(02-19) 04:00 PST Toulouse, France -- Worse than a faux pas, that embarrassing slip of the tongue, this was a case of faux Pinot involving French wine traders and local vintners that duped the Modesto winemaking empire of E. & J. Gallo. The faked red ...

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Pointing fingers in Pinotgate - San Francisco Chronicle

... wine snobs have a slightly higher snob factor) carp about the arrival of the $8 Pinot, it's partly because we hate our beloved grape being shared with the masses. Cheapen Cabernet if you like — some of the most renowned Cabernet-based wines ...

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Spanish Greatness, With a Long Wait - Wall Street Journal

There is no sign at the Vega Sicilia winery and no tasting room, and anyone uninvited who knocks at the door will be turned away. Waving a wad of money to buy a bottle of wine will do you no good; nothing at the winery is for sale. Vega Sicilia is ...

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Merlot (pronounced Mare-LOW) is the most widely planted red grape in France·s Bordeaux region. A thin-skinned variety, merlot ripens earlier in the season then cabernet sauvignon ...

Merlot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merlot is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to derive from the Old French word for young blackbird, merlot ...

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Characteristics of the Merlot vine, grape and wine. ... Merlot. Merlot is to the American wine consumer in the 1990s as "burgundy" was in the 70s: the new generic red

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