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Furbo-powered scandals

December 16, 2009

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will need up to several weeks rest following his attack while giving a speech on the evening of December 13 in front of Milan’s Duomo, the city’s massive Gothic cathedral. A 42-year-old man with a history of mental illness hurled a softball-sized souvenir statue of the cathedral at Berlusconi’s face, [...]

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Aux armes, citoyens: French wine lobby fights back

December 1, 2009

As reported on Decanter.com on November 19, the main wine appellations in France are working to counteract the “vilifying” of wine in France. Burgundy Wine Board (BIVB) President Pierre-Henry Gagey announced the pro-wine lobbying effort at the annual Hospices de Beaune charity wine auction. In addition to Burgundy, the Bordeaux and Champagne appellations will contribute [...]

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A rite of autumn in France: Foire aux Vins wine sales

September 16, 2009

The leaves are changing colors, August tans are starting to fade, the September back-to-school Rentrée mania is over, so there’s only one fall tradition remaining in France: the Foire aux Vins wine promotions that are held each autumn in French supermarkets. This tradition, which started over 20 years ago in just a few supermarkets in [...]

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Drinking inside the box: Bag-n-box wine

September 3, 2009

While on vacation in Corsica this summer, I decided to visit the Domaine Maestracci in the northern part of the island in search of a box wine that I had read about on the blog of one of the leading US importers of wine from lesser-known French wine regions, Kermit Lynch. Lynch had questioned his [...]

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La Gramière’s wine blogging ‘Wine Girl’

July 11, 2009

I have been reading the La Gramière wine blog since at least mid-2005. The blog details the adventures of an American couple, Amy Lillard and her husband Matt Kling, who purchased 4.5 ha of Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre in Saint Quentin La Poterie, near the beautiful town of Uzès in Southern France’s Côtes-du-Rhône appellation. The [...]

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