Thoughts from the AccessZone

“How the Internet Changed my Business” is a great introduction for some thoughts on the excitement of the Access Zone at the London Wine Fair last week. Not only is this something that we at Vrazon talk about a lot, but it was also the first session and one that we got some great feedback [...]

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Wine Word of the Week: Yeast

This week?s Wine Word of the Week is yeast. Official definition from Jancis Robinson?s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Yeast, microscopic, single-celled fungi, having round to oval cells which reproduce by forming buds, are vital to the alcoholic fermentation process, which, starved of oxygen, transforms grape juice into wine. Sugars are used as an energy [...]

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Bluff the reader ? tasting note edition

It’s time for bluff the reader! To those at Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, bear in mind that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. One of these tasting notes and author combinations below is true, the others are false. Hit the comments with the right answer! A) “Acrid aroma of seared steak, hot metal and [...]

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A Wine for Tonight: 2007 Corpus del Muni Lucía Selección

Would you like a quick suggestion for a good wine to drink tonight (or this weekend) that won?t break your budget and is widely available? Many of our readers have said this is something they would like, so here is this week?s selection, the 2007 Corpus del Muni Lucía Selección from the Castilla La Mancha [...]

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A Spitacular Competition!

For three days, our judges swirled, sniffed and spit their way through more than 3,500 wines from around the globe. Today they wrapped up by choosing the best of the best in each category. Results will be available next month, so stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy this compilation of expert spitters:

Source: http://blogs.fairplex.com/blog/wine/?p=74

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Winner Announced in Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival Giveaway

Thanks so much for the enthusiastic response to this giveaway of two tickets to the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival.

We received 20 entries via comments, and another 13 via email.

I assigned the entries received via comment the numbers 1-20 in the order they were received. Then I assigned the following numbers to email entries:

21. DD
22. MBr
23. MBot
24. MM
25. KQ
26. JS
27. MBod
28. ER
29. ML
30. NC
31. RS
32. RP
33. BW
34. LP

...then I generated a random number on random.org:

And the winner is...

Elizabeth R!

"My husband and I would love to have the opportunity to attend! We love food and wine!"

Congratulations Elizabeth! Please email me at wellesleywinepress@gmail.com to claim the prize.

For more information on the event, visit the Newport Mansions Food & Wine Festival website.



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