A new wave of Sicilian winemakers are making an offer you can’t refuse. This isn’t the old-fashioned mob piling the pressure on local farmers — these are new economic cooperatives making prize-winning wines from Italian vineyards cultivated on land once held by the Mafia. Wines from the Centopassi cooperative — on display at the Vinitaly [...] [...]
From all across the United States they come to stomp grapes, tour cellars and swirl and sip wines. It’s all part of the wine-tourism trade, a small but steadily growing segment of the hospitality business that has gained increased traction over the past decade in Colorado. Although relatively new to the wine scene, Colorado wineries [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: November 12,2009
Tags: 7-Eleven stores, wine
7-Eleven is a regular – even daily – destination for many Americans who need bread, milk, gasoline or even lottery tickets. But, now shoppers can add wine to their list, too. 7-Eleven has created its own line of wines called Yosemite Road wine. The bottles of chardonnay or cabernet sauvignon are expected to cost less than $5. [...] [...]
by Chris Barnett Published: April 24,2009
Tags: wine
<p>Think the ultimate wine-tasting room is a musty, dank, candlelit cave piled high with oak barrels, where aged nectars of fine grapes are sipped from pure crystal?</p><p>Might be if you’re lucky enough to have access to the great wineries of France or California’s Napa Valley.</p><p>But in New York City, the place to taste one or [...] [...]
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