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February 2008
- Pairing Leaves Writer Red-Faced
  
  New York Times | Feb 29, 08 5:25 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Oysters and red wine? "Why not?" asks Eric Asimov in the New York Times . Wine pairing as a science can drain a meal of its pleasure, while instincts and taste-testing add adventure. After Parisian waiters twice recommended red with a foodie blogger's oysters, Asimov traded the usual suspects (muscadet, Chablis, Champagne) for a lineup of non-fruity reds. More »
- UK Docs Call for Smaller Wine Bottle
  
  Guardian (UK) | Feb 29, 08 3:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Britons are downing too much wine, the British Medical Journal concludes, and it has a solution: smaller bottles. “Once two of us have had a glass each, it’s all too tempting to finish the bottle then and there,” wrote one doctor of the standard 750-mililiter size. One UK supermarket has already announced the introduction of 500ml (16.9 oz.) bottles. More »
- A Vintage Year for Wine Exports
  
  Los Angeles Times | Feb 29, 08 12:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The dollar’s decline is a boon for California winemakers, who’ve turned the greenback’s challenges into opportunities, expanding exports of everything from top vintages to bulk table wines, reports the Los Angeles Times . California wine exports, 95% of the wine the US sends overseas, jumped 9% to nearly $1 billion in 2007. "American wines are a bargain,” said one analyst. More »
- Wash. Weighs Bill Ordering 'Drunk Driver' Plates
  
  Seattle Times | Feb 12, 08 5:32 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Washington state is considering a measure that would require convicted drunken drivers to use fluorescent-yellow license plates for 1 year after they regain the right to drive, the Seattle Times reports. The state senator behind the bill argues that the shame factor is a "very large deterrent," and says the plates would warn other motorists they are near a potential danger. More »
- Winemakers Battle Climate Threat
  
  NPR | Feb 12, 08 10:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - For vineyards, global warming isn’t a distant, theoretical problem—it’s hurting their products now. That’s why winemakers and scientists are gathering in Barcelona this week to hash out ideas for combating changing temperatures and harsher sunlight, NPR reports. Recent studies have shown that grapes are ripening faster and losing their complexity as vineyard temperatures have risen. More »
- Wineries Tell Drunken Tasters to Put a Cork in It
  
  Los Angeles Times | Feb 2, 08 2:09 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - American wineries are getting fed up with loud, obnoxious, inebriated tasting groups brought in by buses and stretch limos, the Los Angeles Times reports. Worried about bachelorette parties upsetting the vibe of thoughtful sipping, wineries from California to New York have taken to posting "no limos" signs and even handing out color-coded warning cards to offending parties. More »
January 2008
- Sour Grapes Over Napa Bubbly
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Jan 19, 08 5:34 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A feud between members of the family that produces one of the top sparkling wines in the US is making California's Napa Valley the setting for a real-life soap opera, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Hedge-fund manager John Davies is battling for his stake in Schramsberg Vineyards, charging that his mother is mentally unstable, favoring his younger brother, and scamming investors. More »
- Tasty Wine All In the Pricetag
  
  Science | Jan 16, 08 12:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The price of a bottle wine directly affects our enjoyment of it, a new study concludes. Volunteers were offered three different wines, with four different price labels, mixing up the order to see what effect price had on people’s tastes. Watching volunteers' brains via MRI scan, the researchers saw they got more pleasure from the bottle with a $90 tag, Science reports. More »
December 2007
- Investors Uncork Wild Wine Prices
  
  Washington Post | Dec 30, 07 6:50 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Investors are uncorking a new area of speculation these days: fine wine. Thanks to the Internet, which has turned an elite hobby into a worldwide auction, prices are overflowing. Buyers can even throw money at vino investment funds and an electronic trading exchange based in London, which is up 39% this year, and behind oil by only seven points, the Washington Post reports. More »
- More Bubbly? French Farmers Are in Uproar
  
  New York Times | Dec 26, 07 6:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Champagne drinkers may soon taste the fruits of of a French government initiative to welcome new farmers into the exclusive club of those allowed to call their sparkling white wines Champagne, with a capital C. As demand skyrockets, a list has been drawn up of 40 communities that might be annexed in the largest extension of Champagne country in 8 decades. But the scheme has left unanointed farmers in an uproar. More »
November 2007
- Glass of Red a Day May Cut Heart Disease By 33%
  
  Reuters | Nov 28, 07 11:07 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Here's to new evidence that red wine is good for the heart. Women who drank two glasses of red wine a day had higher levels of "good" HDL cholesterol and lower levels of substances that cause blood vessel inflammation, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . A daily glass or two of red wine could reduce the risk of dying from heart disease by a third, said the lead researcher. More »
October 2007
- French Sour on Wine Warnings
  
  Washington Post | Oct 29, 07 3:23 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - France's new wine label warning pregnant women of alcohol's dangers has vintners coming uncorked, the Washington Post reports. The spreading European penchant for aggressive advisories has led to pictorial warnings that are seen as sacrilege from Champagne to Burgundy. Part of the problem is that, until recently, French doctors didn’t advise against the occasional glass. More »
- Suds Make You Smarter
  
  The Register | Oct 3, 07 5:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An apple a day, a daily vitamin, a pint of beer? New Zealand scientists who fed rats zero, modest and heavy amounts of ethanol learned that moderate daily alcohol intake will improve memory, reports the Register . The breakthrough, touted last week by Scientific American, is "similar to a glass of wine protecting against heart disease." More »
August 2007
- In Vino ... a Fountain of Youth?
  
  MIT Technology Review | Aug 30, 07 5:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Harvard scientist armed with great salesmanship and optimism has isolated a red wine ingredient he says will make humans live longer and healthier. Resveratrol may be the chemical at rainbow’s end in the quest to activate the SIRT1 gene, Technology Review reports; David Sinclair has shushed some doubters by extending mouse lives by up to 24%. More »
- Grapevine Genome Yields Secrets
  
  McClatchy Newspapers | Aug 27, 07 4:24 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Grapevines have extra genes that are responsible for making wine taste and smell so good, a new study finds. A team of researchers from France and Italy (where else?) mapped a pinot noir-related grapevine's genome and found it has twice as many genes linked to resin and oil—which give wine its "nose"—as regular plants do, McClatchy reports. More »
- Alcohol May Lower Risk of Kidney Cancer
  
  Reuters | Aug 25, 07 5:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Adding to the cacophony of conflicting recommendation about alcohol consumption, a new study finds that drinking two or more glasses of red wine might reduce your risk of kidney cancer. In a study comparing the drinking habits of kidney cancer patients to others, red-wine drinkers had 40% lower risk than non-drinkers, with white wine and strong beer producing similar results. More »
- 10 Gourmet Restaurant Swindles
  
  Independent (UK) | Aug 22, 07 9:51 AM CDT