Travel, Wine & Food - Blizzard Internet Marketing Newsletter

15 Feb 2007 at 8:03pm

Playfuls.com Travel, Wine & Food
Blizzard Internet Marketing Newsletter, CO - 3 hours ago
…. Gourmet magazine and the International Culinary Tourism Association, some 17% of American leisure travel seeks culinary and wine -related activities. ….
Comprehensive Culinary Travel Survey Provides Insights on Food and …. Hospitality 1st (press release)
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Traditional French begin switch to bag-in-box wine - Wines-Info.Com

15 Feb 2007 at 9:21pm

Traditional French begin switch to bag-in-box wine
Wines-Info.Com, China - 2 hours ago
The bag-in-box is finally making inroads into France's traditionally conservative wine market, according to experts who gathered here in Montpellier for a ….

Do France's presidential candidates like wine? (AFP via Yahoo! News)

15 Feb 2007 at 1:30pm

As France gears up to choose a new president in April and May, one of the country's most reputable wine magazines looked at whether the leading candidates enjoyed a tipple.

Notes from Ftn. Hills' Underground Wine Bar (The Arizona Republic)

15 Feb 2007 at 11:39pm

The sign on the building reads, simply, "wine bar." An A-frame on the sidewalk in front promises an "adult playground," and tempts us with a short list of menu offerings like Bloody Mary shrimp cocktail in house-made pepper vodka.

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Wine scammer avoids prison; must pay - Aspen Times

14 Feb 2007 at 11:38am

Wine scammer avoids prison; must pay
Aspen Times, CO - 1 hour ago
Aspen attorney Bob Beatty, who sued Wallace in Pitkin County District Court on behalf of numerous wine customers, said his clients have yet to receive any ….
LA judge imposes probation, millions in restitution in wine fraud Examiner.com
LA judge imposes probation, millions in restitution in wine fraud KGET 17
Wine seller given house arrest, probation in fraud Los Angeles Times
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Grape Expectations For Healthier Wine: Hypoallergenic Alternative … - Scien…

14 Feb 2007 at 12:28am

BBC News Grape Expectations For Healthier Wine : Hypoallergenic Alternative ….
Science Daily (press release) - 12 hours ago
The same technique could be used in the wine -making process to produce healthier wines without the added sulphites that can cause asthma and other ….
Ozone may cut wine allergies FoodNavigator-USA
Grapes treated with ozone gas produce 'healthier wine ' Yorkshire Post Today
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By Wine Besotted: A Fantasy Fulfilled (New York Times)

13 Feb 2007 at 9:13pm

Park B. Smith, a textile entrepreneur, is also one of the world?s great wine collectors, someone who has realized the the dream of a personal wine cellar in glorious detail.

Grape Expectations For Healthier Wine: Hypoallergenic Alternative Treatment B…

14 Feb 2007 at 6:05am

A new technique that uses ozone to preserve grapes could help prevent allergies and boost healthy compounds at the same time. The same technique could be used in the wine-making process to produce healthier wines without the added sulphites that can cause asthma and other conditions in some people. Treating grapes with ozone helps to prevent decay during storage, and has the added benefit of …

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Grape Expectations For Healthier Wine: Hypoallergenic Alternative … - Scien…

14 Feb 2007 at 12:28am

BBC News Grape Expectations For Healthier Wine : Hypoallergenic Alternative ….
Science Daily (press release) - 11 hours ago
The same technique could be used in the wine -making process to produce healthier wines without the added sulphites that can cause asthma and other ….
Ozone may cut wine allergies FoodNavigator-USA
Grapes treated with ozone gas produce 'healthier wine ' Yorkshire Post Today
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Man sentenced in wine futures case - Rocky Mountain News

14 Feb 2007 at 2:17am

Man sentenced in wine futures case
Rocky Mountain News, CO - 9 hours ago
A Colorado man who bilked millions of dollars from clients for wine futures was sentenced Monday to five years of probation and two years of home ….
LA judge imposes probation, millions in restitution in wine fraud KGET 17
Wine scammer avoids prison; must pay $11.2M Aspen Times
Wine seller given house arrest, probation in fraud Los Angeles Times
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By Wine Besotted: A Fantasy Fulfilled (New York Times)

13 Feb 2007 at 9:13pm

Park B. Smith, a textile entrepreneur, is also one of the world?s great wine collectors, someone who has realized the the dream of a personal wine cellar in glorious detail.

Grape Expectations For Healthier Wine: Hypoallergenic Alternative Treatment B…

14 Feb 2007 at 6:05am

A new technique that uses ozone to preserve grapes could help prevent allergies and boost healthy compounds at the same time. The same technique could be used in the wine-making process to produce healthier wines without the added sulphites that can cause asthma and other conditions in some people. Treating grapes with ozone helps to prevent decay during storage, and has the added benefit of …

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NZ wine exports to Australia up almost 50% - Radio New Zealand

11 Feb 2007 at 1:26pm

National Business Review NZ wine exports to Australia up almost 50%
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - 4 hours ago
New Zealand Winegrowers says a huge growth in wine sales to Australia is one of the most satisfying aspects of record exports in the past year. ….
Record wine exports pass $600m Stuff.co.nz
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Foodies fly to Bangkok for $25K meal - 9NEWS.com

11 Feb 2007 at 1:34pm

China Daily Foodies fly to Bangkok for $25K meal
9NEWS.com, CO - 4 hours ago
The wine alone cost more than $200000, Griffiths said. "Just to have one of these would be a great treat. To have 10 of them in one evening is the sort of ….
Diners prepare appetites for $25000 Bangkok meal Record-Searchlight (subscription)
Millionaires fly to Thailand for US$25k dinner Dominican Today
Foodies dish out $25K for meal of a lifetime Edmonton Journal (subscription)
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Enjoy wine and rafting in New Mexico (The Olympian)

11 Feb 2007 at 7:20am

Enjoy fine wine and gourmet meals while rafting through the Chama River Canyon Wildernes s in New Mexico.

Great Wine Buys for Valentine's Day (US News & World Report)

10 Feb 2007 at 7:11pm

A survey of wine buyers at some of the nation's top retailers yielded the following selections:

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Epicureans fly to Bangkok for 10-course, $25000 meal - Houston Chronicle

11 Feb 2007 at 1:37am

Playfuls.com Epicureans fly to Bangkok for 10-course, $25000 meal
Houston Chronicle, TX - 30 minutes ago
The wine alone cost more than $200000, Griffiths said. "Just to have one of these would be a great treat. To have 10 of them in one evening is the sort of ….
Bangkok meal caters to rich for US$25000 per person Taipei Times
Millionaires hit Bangkok for culinary indulgence CNN International
Dinner for $25000? Epicureans Fly to Bangkok for 10-Course …. Mainichi Daily News
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Valentines … and wine - Standard Speaker

11 Feb 2007 at 12:07am

Valentines … and wine
Standard Speaker, PA - 2 hours ago
Choosing the right wine to accompany a Valentine?s Day box of chocolates or a romantic dinner for two doesn?t have to be rocket science, a speciality wine ….

Great Wine Buys for Valentine's Day (US News & World Report)

10 Feb 2007 at 7:11pm

A survey of wine buyers at some of the nation's top retailers yielded the following selections:

Valentines … and wine (Standard Speaker)

11 Feb 2007 at 12:04am

Choosing the right wine to accompany a Valentine?s Day box of chocolates or a romantic dinner for two doesn?t have to be rocket science, a speciality wine buyer for Pennsylvania?s Wine and Spirits Stores said.

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Wine sales rev up 22 percent with NASCAR fans - Phoenix Business Journal

9 Feb 2007 at 12:47pm

Wine sales rev up 22 percent with NASCAR fans
Phoenix Business Journal, AZ - 1 hour ago
Wine consumption among NASCAR fans nationwide is up 22 percent from last year, easily outpacing overall US growth, and probably dispelling the myth that ….
Wine has always had a spot on the White House dinner table San Francisco Chronicle
Wine sales rev up 22 percent with NASCAR fans Phoenix Business Journal
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Record wine exports pass $600m - Stuff.co.nz

9 Feb 2007 at 11:00am

National Business Review Record wine exports pass $600m
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - 3 hours ago
The nation's export earnings from wine soared to a record $611 million for the year to December 2006, up 30 per cent on 2005, NZ Winegrowers says. ….
NZ: New Zealand wine exports leap in 2006 just-drinks.com (subscription)
NZ wine more popular than ever overseas TV3 News
Wine exports up 30 percent National Business Review
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And the sports fans who drink the most wine are.. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

9 Feb 2007 at 10:23am

Fans of women's golf are the biggest wine drinkers among sports fans in the United States, according to figures released on Thursday.

Valentine Dilemma: What's the Right Wine to Go With Chocolate? (Bloomberg.com)

9 Feb 2007 at 7:19am

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — The heart-shaped, shiny red satin box with gooey-centered chocolates has been the classic gift on Valentine's Day for as long as I can remember. The urge to pair it with a bottle of wine is a recent phenomenon.

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Intriguing tour of world of wine - Inside Bay Area

8 Feb 2007 at 4:34am

Intriguing tour of world of wine
Inside Bay Area, CA - 29 minutes ago
WINE BOOK: The striking design of "A Taste for Wine " and its thumbnail wine profiles make it worthwhile reading. (ERIC BOYD — Los Angeles Times) ….
Intriguing tour of world of wine Inside Bay Area
Put a cork in it ? but it should be real Inside Bay Area
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Valentine Dilemma: What's the Right Wine to Go With Chocolate? - Bloomberg

8 Feb 2007 at 12:57am

Valentine Dilemma: What's the Right Wine to Go With Chocolate?
Bloomberg - 4 hours ago
On one side of the conundrum over what wine goes with chocolate are those who still believe that it's a notorious killer of fine wine , ….
Wine & chocolate: The new PB&J? Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
These wines pair perfectly with Valentine's Day Tulsa World
Food File St. Petersburg Times
OregonLive.com
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Port wine is good choice with chocolate (The Beacon News)

8 Feb 2007 at 5:01am

Now that the holidays and Super Bowl celebrations are over, we turn to a more private and romantic moment — Valentine's Day. This month I will pair chocolate with port wine. While other wines are also enjoyed with chocolate, ports have an intriguing past and are gaining popularity.

Wine: A Valentine's bouquet of rosés (Miami Herald)

8 Feb 2007 at 3:23am

Fred Tasker ftasker@MiamiHerald.com Liquor's too quick. Chocolate's bad for your teeth. Beer? Please. Only wine (in moderation) can properly accommodate the ethereal (and corporeal) imperatives of Valentine's Day. To elucidate, here, just in time for the holiday, is a historical and literary appreciation of the seductive powers of wine.

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Aussie wine exports to China reach record levels - Wines-Info.Com

7 Feb 2007 at 9:09pm

Wine Community Aussie wine exports to China reach record levels
Wines-Info.Com, China - 2 hours ago
The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation says export volumes in the 12-month period rose nine per cent to 768 million litres, with the overall export ….
Wine profits sag as buyers quaff bulk The Australian
Australia: Wine exports reach record levels Wine Community
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Vision of $107 Billion Global Wine Industry - Wine Enthusiast Magazine

7 Feb 2007 at 7:20pm

Wine Community Vision of $107 Billion Global Wine Industry
Wine Enthusiast Magazine, NY - 3 hours ago
The study by the London-based International Wine and Spirit Record is the fifth of its kind conducted on behalf of Vinexpo, a Bordeaux-based trade ….
The US to Become the World's Leading Wine Consumer by 2010 South African Wine News
Media advisory - The future of the wine & spirits market in Canada …. CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse)
Study: Wine sales to grow 5% by 2010 Wines-Info.Com
Market Wire (press release)
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The US to Become the World's Leading Wine Consumer by 2010 (South African Win…

7 Feb 2007 at 4:57pm

Within three years, Americans will consume nearly 766 million gallons, or 3.8 billion bottles of wine, making the US the largest wine consuming country in the world, ahead of Italy and France — this according to the in-depth International Wine and Spirit Record (IWSR) December 2006 study commissioned by VINEXPO.

Stormhoek employs social media in novel wine launch (South African Wine News)

7 Feb 2007 at 4:57pm

South African wine Stormhoek, famous for spreading through cyberspace like a Cape fire through fynbos in South Easter season by way of the blogging phenomenon last year, announced its Big Love Roadshow ?campaign? earlier this week.

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Ontario's launches wine and liquor bottle return system - National Union of P…

5 Feb 2007 at 8:12pm

Canoe.ca Ontario's launches wine and liquor bottle return system
National Union of Public and General Employees, Canada - 29 minutes ago
Even if many householders continue to dispose of wine and liquor bottles in blue boxes, the province expects enterprising scavengers to take up a lot of the ….
Wine , liquor bottle return program starts London Free Press
Ontario Goes Greener By Bagging It Back Canada NewsWire (press release)
Bag It Back begins Canoe.ca
Thunder Bay's Source - Waterloo Record
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Going Out On an Organic Wine Limb - AllAfrica.com

5 Feb 2007 at 5:24pm

Going Out On an Organic Wine Limb
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 3 hours ago
As Quoin Rock's wine maker he has taken an expensive risk, converting large parts of the farm, which nestles up against the craggy Simonsberg Mountain in ….

South Africa: Going Out On an Organic Wine Limb (AllAfrica.com)

5 Feb 2007 at 5:11pm

IN AN industry that has been bedevilled by "sameness", Carl van der Merwe is striking out. As Quoin Rock's wine maker he has taken an expensive risk, converting large parts of the farm, which nestles up against the craggy Simonsberg Mountain in Stellenbosch, to an organic way of life.

Concord lauded during wine week (Rochester Business Journal)

5 Feb 2007 at 3:11pm

By JANICE B. PIETERSE Rochester Business Journal February 5, 2007 Just in time for Viticulture 2007 and the unveiling of a promotion for Concord grapes, a study featured in the journal Cardiovascular Research states Concord grape juice has the same protective effect against heart disease as red wine.

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Wine, liquor bottle return program starts - London Free Press

5 Feb 2007 at 1:56am

Toronto Sun Wine , liquor bottle return program starts
London Free Press, Canada - 10 hours ago
Almost every liquor and wine bottle will fetch 10 or 20 cents at the Beer Store, but it's money added to the bill at the point of purchase. ….
Ontario Goes Greener By Bagging It Back Canada NewsWire (press release)
Starting today, bottle returns are in the bag Waterloo Record
Bag It Back begins Toronto Sun
Canada NewsWire (press release)
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Five Best: Hotels for wine lovers - Unison.ie (subscription)

5 Feb 2007 at 11:43am

Five Best: Hotels for wine lovers
Unison.ie (subscription), Ireland - 40 minutes ago
More remarkable are the vaulted wine cellars underneath the hotel where the original 16th-century city walls still stand. They hold 5000 or so labels of the ….

Tapping into the wine fan base (The Daily Free Press)

5 Feb 2007 at 10:47am

Many wine educators are seeking to demystify the beverage as a way to appeal to the growing crowd of college students trading in keggers and beer cans for wine tastings and bottles of merlot. Wine educator Christine Ansbacher, author of Secrets from the Wine Diva who holds tastings at corporate events, said she tries to communicate that wine is not only for the elite.

More red wine, please … it's good for you! (Daily Mail)

5 Feb 2007 at 8:03am

Drinking red wine could help slow down the ageing process, new research suggests. Scientists have found melatonin, a substance found in grape skins as well a whole range of other foods, can protect cells from age-related damage

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