so I am here in New York, on the jury panel to taste wines of the Cotes du Roussillon with regard to the Saint-Bacchus awards 2010, a competition originating in Roussillon that has been going on twenty-five years. The preliminary tasting took place April 10 2010 in Perpignan. was on the panel to choose red Cotes Du Roussillon. MORE >>

The head of the Canadian Vintners Association points the finger at China in recent icewine fraud. tasting sized pours wine scienceSPIT: repurposed content. Snooth scrapes Cellartracker content, the Vintank blog suggests. The Snooth co-founder admits the content has “ slipped through &# their Ph.D. SPIT: sex. NYT ]. Reuters ]. MORE >>

Have you tried a themed tasting? Just recently, I decided to ask the stores to create "themed" tastings, which is more similar to the MW program in which students are given 12 wines grouped into "themes" and asked what the wines are. So tonight we had one of our first themed tastings of three Pinot Noirs. MORE >>

With the recent ruling in favor of free trade in Massachusetts, wine enthusiasts will be watching to see if the Specialty Wine Retailers Association appeals to the Supreme Court. SPIT: wine tastings. Gideon Rachman bemoans a “new Puritanism&# at Davos that has banned the epic wine tastings of previous years. Eeegad. MORE >>

Only they won’t call the 8% alcohol drink “wine,&# mostly because the association of Chianti producers has complained. No grapes were used in its production, it’s simply a product that is flavored to taste like wine.&# Tags: tasting sized pours wine collecting SIPPED: Desperation! Der Spiegel ]. SIPPED: fraud. MORE >>