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Tuesday 27 February 2007

vineyards of Champagne

By Wine Atlas, Tuesday 27 February 2007 :: Wine - France

WITH VINES cropping up here and there all over the world, Chardonnay is a rather promiscuous grape variety and one that is equally happy in the sun-drenched valleys of Chile as it is in the frosty vineyards of Champagne. It is so much an integral part of New World wine history that it is easy to forget that home for this variety is on a bed of limestone and fossilised shellfish in the northern French region of Burgundy.

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Tuesday 20 February 2007

Ranch in Napa Valley

By Wine Atlas, Tuesday 20 February 2007 :: Wine - United-States

Trinchero Family Estates has sold its 75-acre Zinfandel Ranch vineyard and wine production facility in Napa Valley to an investment group known as Rutherford Studios.




Rutherford Studios includes managing director Joel Gott of Gott Wine Company and Three Thieves wines, and two other well-known Napa Valley residents, John Webb and Tim McDonald.
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Wine Maker's Dinner with Eric Wente

		
		
By Wine Atlas,
		Tuesday 20 February 2007 
		
		:: Wine - United-States
		

		
		

			
Grand Hyatt Seoul will be presenting an exclusive Wine Maker's Dinner on March 6, 2007 with Eric Wente of Wente Vineyards for just one night only.




Grand Hyatt's chefs will be preparing an exclusive, six course gourmet dinner for this special evening, showcasing six different Wente wines, which have been carefully selected and transported directly from Wente Vineyards to complement the evening's dinner menu presentations.
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