Old News From December, 2000

DECEMBER, 2000

30th

 SO, WHAT EXACTLY DOES VINTAGE MEAN? - Burgundy wine merchants suspected of fake vintages 

ANOTHER GENERATION MAKES ITS MARK - Michael Mondavi California winemaker 

29th

 IT'S DRY, IT'S SWEET:  PARTY ADVICE FROM ACROSS THE POND - A Christmas tipple or two  More Info: Here

28th

 A 2000 REVIEW - This past year has been superlative for wine  More Info: Here

REPUTATION BUILDING - It's a cellars market as wineries adopt an open-door policy  More Info: Here

26th

 WINE PRODUCTION RECORD - Wine glut in US a crushing blow  More Info: Here

AUS EXPANSION - Beston Wine trust plan to treble assets  More Info: Here

24th

 FORMAL ENDORSEMENT OF EWINEEXCHANGE DENIED - e-plan draws blanc with wine makers  More Info: Here

YUM? - Icewine fest will warm hearts  More Info: Here

23rd

 ONE OWNER FOR SILVER OAK - Top Dollar For Napa Winery  More Info: Here

21st

 MORE WINE INDUSTRY GLOBALIZATION - Foster's buys Tuscan castle  More Info: Here

20th

 A ROSE IS A ROSE? - Inaccurate Labeling of 'Champagne' Is Making a Case of Sour Grapes  More Info: Here

19th

 AND THE WINNER IS ... - Seagram Sold for $8.15 Billion To European Spirits Companies  More Info: Here

18th

 WHAT'S A YABBIE? - Southcorp Wines fined for polluting river

17th

 HISTORY BEHIND THE HYPE - The New New Thing:  All that's Beaujolais isn't Nouveau  More Info: Here

15th

 HERETIC? - Winemaker overcomes hurdles in creating Napa Pinot Noir with grapes he picked in Burgundy  More Info: Here

WINE FUTURES, OR NOT - Euronext Fails a Bordeaux Taste Test

THE PLAGUE DOWN UNDER - Winemakers grow nervous as locusts grow amorous  More Info: Here

SEAGRAM'S SAGA - Allied Domecq Says No to Seagram  More Info: Here

13th

 UNWELCOME PRECEDENT STOPPED - Farm Drops Proposal For Offices,  Farmworker housing priority in Sonoma  More Info: Here

WHO GETS THE PRIZE? - Seagram winner may come later this week  More Info: Here

JUST SHIP IT? - Wine Industry Urges Interstate Flow  More Info: Here

12th

 MORE ON SEAGRAM WINE UNIT SALE - Allied committed to Seagram auction  More Info: Here

11th

 FORMAL BID FOR SEAGRAMS WINE UNIT - Diageo and Pernod sign deal over Seagram bid  More Info: Here

10th

 HEY, WHERE IS THAT PACKAGE GOING? - Shipping wine across state line may be a crime  More Info: Here

9th

 LEGAL BATTLE OVER ALABAMA'S WINE TAX - Flawed tax means fine dining for lawyers  More Info: Here

NOT AS PLEASURABLE AS DRINKING WINE, BUT ... - Books for the wine fans on your gift list 

7th

 POTENT POTABLES FOR $500, ALEX - Single malts: A primer on the distinguishing characteristics of Scotch whiskies  More Info: Here

PARKING FEES ARE RELATED TO HIGH WINE PRICES - Cellar of ill-gotten wines for auction  More Info: Here

ITALIAN VARIETAL CAN SHINE - Some Time in French Oak Refines Italian Barbera  More Info: Here

6TH

 IN MEMORIAM - Two losses for Bordeaux  More Info: Here

NO, IT'S NOT MADE BY WELCH'S - Why Nouveau tastes like that  More Info: Here

AND THIS JUST IN FROM EUROPE - Port's vineyard revolution  More Info: Here

FIND "WINE AND SHADE" - Two more "technology" floats were off the blocks yesterday  

HOLIDAY GIFT GIVING - Vintage Reading for the Wine Lover on Your List 

5TH

 IS THAT MAMMOTH I TASTE? - Thank the last ice age for this year's record wine grape harvest  More Info: Here
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