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Learn to pair wine with dessertMonday, August 23, 2010 @ 4:57PMThe art of learning to pair wine with dessert is something that you will find helpful throughout your life. There are even culinary courses, pastry classes and various books and websites devoted to the topic, which simply highlight the importance of knowing your wine when you dine.

Vine Lines -- Aykroyd to sign his wine in BrandonSaturday, August 14, 2010 @ 1:13AMLook out, ghosts! A red, white and Blues Brother is coming to town! Red and white because he's originally from Canada, and because he's invested in making red and white wine.

Weather not so bad for vineyards so farFriday, August 13, 2010 @ 11:18PMThis long, hot, dry season has been tough on most crops, but the juices are flowing at Virginia vineyards. At the vineyard of James River Cellars Winery in Hanover County near Montpelier, the grape harvest started yesterday morning, about 10 days earlier than normal. Unlike so many crops that have ...

Niagara wineries introduce 'value' labelsFriday, August 13, 2010 @ 4:39PMST.[...]

Wine grape industry scraping the barrellFriday, August 13, 2010 @ 2:50PMFor growers of wine grapes in north west Victoria things can only get better, according to the head of the Murray Valley Wine Grape Growers, Mark McKenzie. A report released by the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) shows the estimated value of the total grape crush for the Murray Darling and Swan Hill regions dropped by 31 per cent between 2009 and 2010.

A couple more Niagara wineries introduce "value" labelsFriday, August 13, 2010 @ 12:40PMBy Rick VanSickle Is it just me or is it getting awfully crowded on the LCBO shelves with Niagara VQA wines in the $12-$14 range? With wine veteran Allan Jackson just releasing his new red and white blends, called Union, and already a selection of wines including Henry of Pelham's Sibling [...]

Raise a glass to toast the coastFriday, August 13, 2010 @ 9:00AMTHE Matakana region, just north of Auckland, is weekend heaven for hedonists.

A good yearTuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 11:10PMPennsylvania winemakers have something to celebrate. While other farmers irrigate fields, pray for rain and curse Mother Nature this summer, grape growers are toasting the extreme heat.

The beer that followed me to ColoradoTuesday, August 10, 2010 @ 10:26PMBoulevard Lunar Ale, $8.99 per six-pack I moved to Vail from the Midwest in the summer of 2008. Knowing that it might be tough to find a place to live right away, I made plans to stay with some friends for a week or two and rewarded their hospitality with everyone's favorite social lubricant: beer. I stopped in various places along the Interstate 80 corridor and amassed a collection of bottles ...