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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - You probably know, or think you know, that fine wine gets better with age. But how do you know that? It is probably not by tasting a large number of fine wines of various vintages. Instead, you're ...

Vineyard tours give visitors the real dirt on winemakingThey say great wine is made in the vineyard. Now some vintners are inviting guests to check that out through walking tours aimed at giving the real dirt on winemaking. "One of the challenges ...

You know times have changed when French wine promoters, bruised by competition from "New World" wines, say they have to think more "like Coca-Cola". The sector has started fighting back with the New World upstarts' own weapon -- dropping complex regional labelling ...

UKIAH, California (Reuters) - It's easy being green in Mendocino, California, where many of the county's 84 vintners are certified organic, biodynamic or carbon neutral. Tim Thornhill, a transplanted Texan who formed the Mendocino Wine Company six years ago in the county ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Every so often, I host a wine contest at my home, and I'd encourage you to do the same: it's easy, it's pretty cheap for the host, and it's loads of fun. The rules are pretty simple. ...

From the National Geographic book The 10 Best of Everything 1. Auberge du Soleil Rutherford, California  Napa Valley's magical wine country is the backdrop for this elegant hotel. The accommodations feature Mediterranean decor; guests have their choice of rooms in the main ...

Appearance of grape-eating moth in California's premier vineyards brings 'secret' to lightOne of the dirty secrets of California's wine country is now on everyone's lips. Somehow a voracious grape-eating moth has found its way nonstop from Europe to the heart of the ...

Chardonnay, zinfadel and cabernet sauvignon push California's 2009 grape crush above 4M tonsChardonnay led the way last year as California vintners crushed more than 4 million tons of grapes, up from 3.7 tons in 2008. Although the white wine grape was the ...

Vintners worry destructive moth threatens low-impact growing methods in Napa ValleyWhen a voracious pest triggered a quarantine this week across much of Napa Valley — the nation's premier grape-growing region — it threatened more than the grapes themselves. The spraying of pesticides ...

A California lawyer has filed a class action lawsuit against French wine producers and a US importer over the sale of millions of bottles of wine falsely passed off as Pinot Noir. "A class action complaint has been filed seeking to represent ...

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Topic: California

Vine talk: Not all wines get better with age

Vineyard tours take visitors from grape to glass

French wines' new export strategy: think "Coca-Cola"

Green is the new organic in wines

Vine Talk: How to host a wine contest in your own home

The World's 10 Best Hideaways and Inns

Moth forces wine country's secret into the open

Chardonnay helps Calif grape crush top 4M tons

Grape moth threatens Napa Valley growing method

US wine drinkers file lawsuit over fake Pinot Noir

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