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A narrow flight of stairs leads up to a well-appointed room in a colonial building in the banking district where moneyed Singaporeans gather regularly to discuss investment opportunities. But they don't talk about shares, derivatives, commodities or property. Instead, they sip fine ...

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 ...

A metamorphosis is underway across France's legendary Bordeaux vineyards. The land that turns out grand cru wine is hardly the usual setting for giant construction cranes. Yet top world architects, from Christian de Portzampac to Jean Nouvel, are redesigning some of the ...

The days of bad Bordeaux are numbered after a decision from the region's wine supremos to drastically cut production of lower-end bottles of the wine. Unveiling a strategy here this week, Bordeaux's wine trade council (CIVB) decided to increase overall production by ...

Bordeaux wine supremos have ordered a cut in the amount of cheap plonk put on the market and the amount of land used for growing but are aiming to increase production. Bordeaux's wine trade council, the CIVB, decided this week to increase ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Sancerre is arguably the most well known white wine of France's Loire Valley, the benchmark sauvignon blanc appellation by which other examples of the variety in France - and throughout the world - are judged. New Zealand ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - The analogy of David and Goliath seemed fitting for this vinous account as many are familiar with the legend and the substance of message in the outcome. Metaphorically speaking, The Valley of Elah is Singapore. The Israelites David ...

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 ...

You know times have changed when French wines, bruised by competition from the "New World", fight back with the upstarts' own weapon -- dropping complex regional labeling for the plain old grape name. Even the staunchest of Gallic wine lovers now order ...

Leave cities behind for scenery, cuisine and history of French villages, vineyardsFor anyone watching the Tour de France bike race on television, the images of mountain pastures, village spires and monuments are often as good as the race itself. So with all ...

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Topic: France

Liquid Singaporeans investing in fine wines

Vine talk: Not all wines get better with age

Celebrity architects take on blue-chip French wines

Last days set for bad Bordeaux

Bordeaux aims to cut out plonk

Vine Talk: Enjoying the world's best sauvignon blancs

Vine Talk: Can David slay Goliath in the world's vineyards?

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

Times of change for French wines' export strategy

Car trip is a Tour de France Armstrong cannot win

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