Wine Atlas

FINANCIAL strife at Western Australian winemaker Evans & Tate proves again that it is a drinker's market at the moment.

Evans & Tate executive chairman Franklin Tate.

E&T halted the savaging of it shares yesterday with an announcement it would sustain its first ever loss and slash the value of its stock by nearly 10 per cent.

There had been fears that the winemaker was on the brink of collapse, prompting a massive 50 per cent slide in its share price over the past week.

By HEATH ASTON

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The village of Ditchling in the South Downs in East Sussex may sound like an unlikely location for the production of wines to rival the best that France can offer in vintage champagnes.

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Training your sniffer is the most difficult and demanding task for any wine enthusiast. But it also is the most rewarding. Flavor begins and ends here.

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This land is your land, this land is my land, all 9.97 million square kilometres of scenic beauty and natural resources.

We count our blessings amid colourful fishing villages, snow-capped mountains, endless wheat fields, green valleys and ice-covered islands.

People speaking every language from all countries in the world are proud to call themselves Canadians.

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Doug Wagner is baffled. When he opened ClearWeather Winery in Missoula two years ago, he expected his wine-tasting room to attract mostly local residents.

Instead, tourists are the ones who find his place, off North Reserve.

Mike Greener Missoulian - Judy Chapman, owner of the Lolo Peak Winery in Missoula, tastes a glass of Strawberry Wine from a 500-gallon tank. The winery makes more than seven different wines, all from fruit bought from local vendors...

Maybe that makes sense after all. On vacation, we play. We stop to wander through antique shops or take a hike and stop at an out-of-the-way grill on the way home. In short, it is time to enjoy simple pleasures, sometimes even the ones in our own backyards.

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