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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 […]

One of Australia’s most renowned wine brands, Penfolds, is hosting a vertical tasting of Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz on 22nd June 2009 from Vinexpo in Bordeaux, France.  Lead by Chief Winemaker, Peter Gago, the same wines will be sampled simultaneously across the globe, via an interactive webcast.
Six different vintages of Penfolds Bin 389, often […]

The eagerly anticipated 2004 vintage of Penfolds Grange is set to launch across the world from 1st May 2009, as part of the annual release of the Penfolds Luxury & Icon wine range.  Penfolds Grange 2004 is tipped to be the finest release of this iconic wine since the much acclaimed vintages of the 1990s, […]

Wine Australia has launched a new interactive DVD & on-line platform Australia: World Class to inspire consumer and professional alike with videos, virtual tastings and over 100 illustrated fact sheets on wine regions, wine-making and the business of wine. The material is available in English, French, German, Dutch, Korean, Japanese and Mandarin. 
Commenting from London, Acting Director […]

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 […]

Constellation Brands, (major brands in the company’s portfolio include Corona, Black Velvet, SVEDKA Vodka, Robert Mondavi, Clos du Bois, Ravenswood, Blackstone, Hardys, Banrock Station, Nobilo, Kim Crawford, Inniskillin, Jackson-Triggs and Arbor Mist.) has “underscored its ongoing commitment to sustainable business practises and corporate social responsibility” with the installation of the world’s largest winery solar energy […]

Imbibe is a UK bi-monthly targeting the on-trade wine and drinks market. It is not really the type of magazine we cover over on Paper Palate but I thought there are a couple of interesting wine articles that deserved a wider audience.Over on The Spirit World I’ve covered the magazines Vodka Tasting but it was […]

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 […]

I recently attended the first annual North American Wine Bloggers’ Conference, held at the Flamingo Hotel in Sonoma, CA. Primarily developed by the OpenWine Consortium and Zephyr Wine Adventures, the conference featured a wide variety of activities, many of which differered from your usual conference fare. As a first forray into this arena, the conference […]

Log on to the first ever live interactive wine tasting WebTV show with ‘oenophiles’ Neil Phillips and Chris Scott
 
Chat date: Thursday 2nd October (today!)
Chat time: 7pm (UK Time)
Ice lollies, potato chips and even the humble sandwich are all popular foods that were discovered or invented by mistake and one of the most popular wines in […]