FINE Design Group, a West Coast-based design and technology company, and Foster’s Wine Estates Americas, a leading Napa-based premium wine company, announced the launch of eWineMatch.com, completing the first real-time food and wine pairing service available via both the web and mobile phone channels.
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Air France has received two awards from the Business Traveller specialist magazine (UK and German editions) in recognition of its outstanding quality white wines served in its l’Espace Affaires cabins along with its top-rated menus on flights to the Americas. These special honours were presented after conducting a survey among readers of this publication dedicated to frequent business travellers.
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The publishers of Fine Wine magazine have put their Spring 2007 issue online at www.finewinemagazine.com
Fine Wine (publishers of Fine Wine magazine) have launched a new web site where people and companies can post their videos on relevant subjects. The site is open for professional and personal use. In their press communiqué Fine Wine stated: “we think it natural that people interested in wine would wish to post their videos in one place where those most interested would be likely to watch them. The site is open for companies to post their advertisements if they wish or tours of their vineyard, interviews or any other relevant matter. The site can be seen at DrinksVideo.com
The future of Australia’s wine sector will be outlined in a major media
briefing this Wednesday (May 2) in Sydney.
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French Wine Brand Supports the Cinematic Arts and International Film Community
New York, N.Y.
Mouton Cadet, the world’s leading Bordeaux AOC wine, has been named the official wine sponsor of the Tribeca Film Festival. Taking place April 25 through May 6 in Lower Manhattan, the Tribeca Film Festival has quickly become the fastest growing film festival in North America, featuring over 250 films from more than 40 countries and attracting nearly half a million attendees in 2006.
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ACNielsen and Nielsen Sports, both business units of The Nielsen Company, today released a study showing that wine consumption among NASCAR fans is up 22% from last year, far outpacing the U.S. growth in wine. In 2006, retail wine sales in the U.S. (total grocery, drug, and selected liquor markets only) reached a new record of
$8.4 billion, up 7% from 2005.
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The 14th OENOVIDEO International Grape and Wine Film Festival will be held on 3,4 and 5 May 2007 in the city of Sierre (Switzerland)
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RED OR WHITE? UNCORKED WITH BILLY MERRITT DELVES INTO THE WORLD OF WINE FROM A HUMOROUS “EVERYMAN’S” PERSPECTIVE
MOJO on INHD Adds a Partner Series to Its Popular Three Sheets
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With their recent release of their inaugural video Podcast, Don Sebastiani & Sons became the first American winery to employ the use of mobile video technology in wine marketing.
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Wine Trails: a Supplement published in July, 2006 with the International Herald Tribune now available as a pdf download. Continue reading ‘FineWinePress / BettaneDesseauve Wine Supplement - Wine Trails’
FineWinePress.com and Bettanedesseauve.com have collaborated to produce a supplement for the International Herald Tribune which will be published on Saturday 30 June, 2006. The supplement entitled Wine Trails will be available from all good newsagents across Europe. The contents include: châteaux and domains, guest rooms, hotels, restaurants and essential addresses — the best in wine tourism in Bordeaux, Champagne, Burgundy and Rhône Valley, Tuscany, Napa Valley and Sonoma. The supplement was produced in conjunction with Editorial & Régie, Paris.
The Supplement is the first in the English language under this cooperation and another is due to follow this year with more planned for 2007. Supplements have already appeared for Le Monde newspaper with a new one due out at the end of June 2006.
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Robert M. Parker, Jr., wine critic and publisher of The Wine Advocate, has signed on as a weekly columnist for BusinessWeek, Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler announced. Written for BusinessWeek’s discerning readers, “Wines of the Week” will run in the Executive Life section of the magazine and will deliver Mr. Parker’s recommendations and descriptive tasting notes along with ratings and pricing information. The column will debut in the June 26 issue, which will be on newsstands June 16.
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Wine and Dine Television LLC announced the debut of “On the Vine” a lifestyle program exploring the world of wine and food. Hosted by Jennifer Montana, wife of Football legend Joe Montana, the weekly series airs Sundays at 5:30 p.m. on PAX Television (Comcast Channel 16), beginning March 12.
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Wine Industry Report is a new regular podcast about the business of wine. You can listen to the podcast on iTunes, iPodderX, Podomatic and other podcatchers.
David Schildknecht, Robert Parker’s newly appointed expert on Germany, awards highest notes to VDP members’ First und Great Growths.
In the latest issue of his magazine The Wine Advocate, the renowned American wine critic devoted 26 pages to German Riesling wines.
