The Spirit World

Snooth, the world’s largest wine site, has launched its Food & Wine pairings application for My Yahoo!, the most popular personalized start page with more than 40 million worldwide monthly visitors.
My Yahoo! users are now able to peruse thousands of recipes from leading publications such as Food & Wine, Cooking Light, Real Simple and Health, among […]

Wines of Germany and the European Union present the fifth annual Riesling Week, May 18-24th. During the week, restaurants and wine retailers from coast to coast will celebrate Riesling from Germany, Austria and Alsace as the perfect complement to any warm-weather meal.  Restaurants in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Las Vegas and Miami will offer […]

The world’s first two-way trading screen that will revolutionise fine wine trading around the globe has been launched by Bordeaux Index, one of Europe’s largest fine wine merchants.
LiveTrade is the only internet trading platform that guarantees both buying and selling prices for 60 of the world’s top wines and allows bids from private individuals as […]

Using its traditional Declaration date, St George’s Day (23 April), The Fladgate Partnership announces its decision to declare the 2007 Vintage for all three Port houses - Taylor’s, Fonseca and Croft.
Adrian Bridge, Managing Director of The Fladgate Partnership said, “A Declaration is one of the most eagerly anticipated events in our business and one which […]

Wine Travel Guides just has launched two comprehensive on-line travel guides to the major wine regions of Tuscany, Italy and a further two guides to the Rioja wine region in Spain. These are the first guides the website has published to wine regions outside of France, and brings the total number of guides available to […]

Adrian Bridge, creator of Croft Pink Port, went to the Antarctic to prove that his Port can be enjoyed well chilled in temperatures of -40C as well as straight from a fridge, topped up with ice or served long with soda.
Seen here relaxing in his ice chair at Patriot Hills, Bridge took time off to […]

I don’t subscribe but the latest issue of the Journal of Wine Economics (Vol. 3, No. 2) just released (http://www.wine-economics.org/journal%22%3Ewww.wine-economics.org/journal%3C/a) has a worrying report, worrying for both the integrity of wine judges and for the drinker who relies on such expertise -The lead article is by Robert T. Hodgson, who analyzes the reliability of wine […]

Feast on this! Finally a Chianti I like that fits my artist picks (wines under $10) - Saggio Chianti. Times have changed. The former DOC classification was all about quantity but now it’s all about quality with the Chianti Classico DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) - the Italian wine classification for wines with […]

With the holiday season in full swing, entertaining is getting quickly under way.  When it comes to wine bottle purchases though, you don’t need to break the bank.  Can you still find a good bottle of wine for under $20?  Absolutely, says Stephen Phillips, host of Fine Living Network’s Great Cocktails.  Here are his suggestions:
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After a full meal of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and everything else that makes up our holiday table traditions, we don’t really need to eat another bite. But, sooner or later, most of us crave something sweet to end our meal. This year, instead of being seduced by the siren call of those perennial favorites […]