June, 2012
All Chateau Lafite Wine Bottles to Carry Prooftag.
Chateau Lafite Rothschild have stated to the Decanter magazine that all bottles of its wine from the 2009 vintage onwards will use Prooftag anti-fraud seals. Prooftag is a capsule seal with a 13-numbered code which can be authenticated on its website. Also, in an effort to decrease the amount of wine fraud, Chateau Lafite is also engaging directly with Chinese consumers, and has opened up an account on Weibo, known as the Chinese twitter. The…
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“It’s 5PM….do you know where you wine glass is?”
Passitivo Primitivo, Puglia, Italy.
Grapes 100% Primitivo (aka Zinfandel) Facts First-things-first, I think the best idea that brands such as Layer Cake, ever did when marketing their own Primitivo was to put “AKA Zinfandel” on the front label. No-one knows what Primitivo is (at least the vast majority of consumers don’t), and as much resistance as I’m sure Italian winemakers have to it, it would behoove them to follow this example! This is the part where I usually…
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Wine Consumption in Indian Expected to Double by 2020.
The Indian wine market seems to be growing, at least according to the recently published India Wine Market Report. The research states that the wine market in India is currently small and consumption is tiny compared to that of beer and spirits, but interest is growing a constant rate. Wine consumption in India is expected to grow year on year and could reach 2.4 million nine-liter cases by 2020. Currently, wine is only enjoyed by…
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30 Ways to Repurpose a Wine Barrel – Part 2
Wine barrel cufflinks available from Cufflink Depot for the bargain price of $130! Looks cool, but also extremely uncomfortable! Now that’s clever! Creepy wine barrel rocking horse.
Read MoreWine Myths…Busted: Always Serve Red Wine at Room Temperature.
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The Difference Between Vodka and Wine.
Just in case you needed to know….
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30 Ways to Repurpose a Wine Barrel – Part 1
Who knew there were so many ways to repurpose a wine barrel!?!? Wine barrel outdoor chair. Wine barrel candle holder. A wine barrel wine bottle holder…..because everything comes full circle! A simple repurpose: Cut a hole in one end of a barrel and you have an instant dog house!
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Wine Cork Art by Albanian Artist Saimir Strati.
Artist Saimir Strati may have a slight drinking problem! Nevertheless, he put his affliction to good use! It took almost 230,000 corks to create “Romeo with a crown of grapes playing the guitar while dancing with the sea and the sun,” a homage to life living in the Mediterranean. Over the years, Saimir’s art has earned him the title “The Master of Mosaics” and also four Guinness Records. He allegedly worked 14 hours a day,…
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Making Clothing from Wine.
Bioalloy, a research group from the laboratories at the University of Western Australia, have developed a formula to grow seamless garments through wine’s fermentation process. Called Micro’be’, the “fermented fashion project” investigates the “practical and cultural biosynthesis of clothing” that the scientists expect will change traditional interactions between clothing and the body. Their eventual goal is to create a full seamless clothing garment formed by bacterial fermentation without a stitch. The project uses a colony…
Read MoreWine Myths…Busted: Never Put Ice-Cubes in Your Wine.
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