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Moet Hennessy aims for super-premium red wine from China

Reuters - Feb 23, 2012
(Changes dateline, adds byline, details, quotes from China) By Terril Yue Jones SHANGRI-LA, China Feb 23 (Reuters) - French wine and spirits maker Moet Hennessy aims to produce a super-premium red wine at the foot of the Himalayan mountains in southern ...

French wine, spirits exports enjoy 'spectacular' year

China Post - Feb 15, 2012
Exports to Asia rose sharply, with China jumping two spots to become the third-largest importer of French wine and spirits after the United States and Britain. Latour said the United States also registered a “spectacular” boost in imports, ...

Bordeaux wine tasting contest makes new fans among young - The Star-Ledger

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Feb 15, 2012
A storied French wine brotherhood initiated an amateur wine tasting competition, the Left Bank Bordeaux Cup, in 2002 to connect the young educated French elite to their own wines. It expanded to include Cambridge and Oxford in 2004, and again in 2011, ...

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Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure

by: Donald Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup
The remarkable untold story of France’s courageous, clever vinters who protected and rescued the country’s most treasured commodity from German plunder during World War II.

"To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine."
–Claude Terrail, owner, Restaurant La Tour d’Argent

In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown–until now.
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Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine

by: George M Taber
Told for the first time by the only reporter present, this is the true story of the legendary Paris Tasting of 1976 -- a blind tasting where French judges shocked the industry by choosing unknown California wines over France's best -- and its revolutionary impact on the world of wine.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History houses, amid its illustrious artifacts, two bottles of wine: a 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon and a 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay. These are the wines that won at the now-famous Paris Tasting in 1976, where a panel of top French wine experts compared some of France's most famous wines with a new generation of California wines.
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The Finest Wines of Champagne: A Guide to the Best Cuvées, Houses, and Growers

by: Michael Edwards
Champagne is synonymous with celebration and success--but have its festive associations detracted from its status as a fine wine in its own right? Drawing on his intimate knowledge of a classic but rapidly changing region, Michael Edwards takes a radically different approach in this unrivaled, terroir-based guide to the world's best sparkling wines. Ninety in-depth profiles of the best small growers as well as the greatest houses are organized geographically--from the finest producers of the great city of Reims, wine towns of Epernay and Aÿ, and the leading villages of the Marne, and to the rising stars of the Aube (Côte des Bar) and beyond.
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Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance

Among Thomas Jefferson's flaws, according to Patrick Henry, was the manner in which "he has abjured his native victuals in favor of French cuisine." While Jefferson's years in Paris enhanced his fondness for French food, the offerings at Monticello incorporated Continental cuisine with more common Virginian fare, yielding a celebrated blend of cultures and traditions.

Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance combines recipes, background essays, and lush illustrations to provide an inviting view of the renowned hospitality offered at Thomas Jefferson's table.
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French Wine for Dummies

A step-by-step guide to understanding French wine.

 

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Wine Advice : How to Read a French Wine Label

French wine labels will always list the growing region of the grapes and the negociant, which could be a single winemaker or a larger company. Understand the important parts of a French wine label with advice from a certified first-level sommelier in this free video on wine. Expert: Ernie Paquette Contact: www.restaurantzola.com Bio: Ernie Paquette is the owner of Zola Restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, nationally-known chef Debra Paquette. Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

 

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#2.1 French wine regions (part1) | Wine Rendez-Vous

French sommelier Olivier Magny from WineRendezVous.com takes you on a tour through France's wine regions using a map to illustrate. (part 1)

 

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French Wine in 1 Minute

James May sums up French wine in 1 minute

 

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French Wine: France The French Way

France is of course well known for its fine wine... The country began producing wine in the 6th century BC and many of France's regions have a wine-making history dating back as far as Roman times. This audio slideshow talks to various wine experts in the South of France about what makes the wine of Provence so special. www.france.co.nz France The French Way