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Louis Roederer to Test Storing Bubbly Under the Sea
2008-06-02 18:20
Louis Roederer is attempting something quite unique. The oldest independently owned Champagne house is attempting a trial whereby it will store a few dozen bottles of Champagne in a bay off the Normandy coast. After 12 months it will compare those bottles stored under the sea with those stored in...
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Victoria Beckham Turns 34, David Buys Her a California Vineyard
2008-06-01 19:00
The Post is reporting that for Victoria's 34th Birthday, David Beckham has bought her a Vineyard.
The couple became wine afficionados when David was playing for Real Madrid in Spain. David purchased the California vineyard for an undisclosed sum (rumored to be seven figures) in...
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World Wine Groups Brings Region of the Month
2008-05-22 21:53
Since the beginning, our mission has been to support wine groups in their quest to explore wine with good friends. While we could sell wine on our site, or even sponsor some sort of wine club delivery, we would rather educate our readers on the various types of wines and send you to...
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Ambassador for California wine dies at 94
2008-05-16 15:52
After a long, dramatic life, Robert Mondavi died today at his home in California. He was a pioneer for the California wine industry and helped spread the word that the region's wines could compete against the European greats.
Read the full AP article here.
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Chateau La Nerthe wins the May tasting event
2008-05-14 11:04
Our evening included a wonderful tasting of Chateauneuf Du Pape red wines.
World Wine Groups Tasting Notes: Chateau La Nerthe was blind tasted against a Perrin & Fils and a Clos De L'Oratoire. All tested very well with the Chateau La...
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NOW LIVE!!! - Interview with Gary Vaynerchuk
2008-05-11 20:11
Got Tannins is fired up to give our readers a little THUNDER! An interview with our friend Gary Vay-ner-chuk!
Click here for interview - http://www.gottannins.com/news/gary-vaynerchuk-the-robert-parker-of-the-internet-generation/
The interview has already been...
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It's Not Where We Are, It's Where We Are Going - The World of Wine in 50 Years
2008-05-11 19:54
Berry Bros & Rudd (http://www.bbr.com/) have published "The Future of Wine Report", which takes a look at what the wine world will look like in 50 years.
Volume Wine -
Some of the interesting concepts include:
- the rising popularity of wines from regions such as China, India and...
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Coming Soon: Analysis of Costco's misleading wine scoring
2008-05-04 08:36
Gottannins is working on an analysis of Costco and the wines that it sells and the way it advertises them. Several readers have pointed out to us that Costco in certain instances appears to be misleading the consumer.
Stay tuned as we are awaiting word from Costco before the story goes live.
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Interviews
Steven Kolpan, Author, Professor
2009-01-04 15:54
Steven Kolpan is the Professor of Wine Studies at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America not the Central Intelligence Agency) in New York. He...
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Grant Burge, Owner of Grant Burge Wines
2008-11-17 20:00
Grant Burge Barrel Tasting
Preface
On a night late in July, my wife and I tried a bottle of 2003 Grant Burge Holy Trinity from Barossa Valley...
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Ryan Sproule, Founder of Black Box Wines
2008-08-11 21:36
Got Tannins is happy to present our readers an interview with Ryan Sproule, the founder of Black Box Wines. Ryan founded the company in 2002;...
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Natalie MacLean, Author of Red, White and Drunk All Over
2008-07-22 13:48
We met Natalie while searching for food and wine matching for our own wine group. Her award-winning web site, articles, free...
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Tom Gable - Contributing Wine Editor for San Diego Magazine
2008-05-19 21:00
Tom Gable has been writing about and tasting wine for more than 30 years. As an expert in wine, Tom believes that "wine needs company -...
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