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Record exports, the first Italian wine in the U.S.

beat the Australians and French.
Back to the top: with a little more than one million hectoliters exported in the first six months of 2006, Italy becomes the largest supplier of wine in the United States, catching up on rival Australia. The data are of Italian wine and food institute, with exports to the U.S. increased by 9.1% in quantity and 7.5% in value compared to 2005, the year of Australia's great pass. This success is not entirely unexpected for the truth. For various reasons. The Americans are after all a nation of new wine drinkers, and at first their tastes have switched to wine easy and immediate, immediately to the wines produced with international grapes universally popular, such as merlot, cabernet, for red and Chardonnay for whites, coming mostly from countries of the new world. Wine intense, muscular, pretty alcoholic and almost always with a major emphasis of woody flavor date from refining of the wine in barrels or more summarily with wood chips. Continued on

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Romantix Garden Grove

The conflict in Lebanon is growing sales of wine. Boom

The recent conflict in Lebanon has affected the growth of interest in the wine region. So says a trader Beqaa Valley. The demand has grown by about 50-60%. This seems to be due in part to the sympathy of this country (because of difficulties it is experiencing) as well as to improve the quality of the product says James Nicholson.

Full article: BBC News

Sit On Stomach Fetish

of admissions per Goblets of Stars in Poggibonsi.

Success for all projects, from the tasting wine tasting with meats, cheeses and desserts. Appreciated wines of Puglia Salice Salentino Consortium Success beyond all expectations. A Poggibonsi, Goblets of Stars 2006 edition has seen a boom in attendance, doubled over last year. They were, in fact, more than 2 thousand wine lovers who have chosen the Medici Fortress of Poggio Imperiale for the night of San Lorenzo in a unique setting. "There was - said the representative of the Franco Aiazzi Fisar, the Italian Sommelier hotels catering involved in the organization of Goblets of Stars - a very rewarding both from the people who were able to taste excellent wines, both by producers who have appreciated in a particular preparation, presentation and, of course, the scene of an enchanting as the castle keep. " Among wine lovers, many of them were foreign tourists. "Compared to previous years - says satisfied with the Department of Tourism, Franca Martinucci - there was good participation of tourists. Fruit, this awareness made at the farms and other facilities in our area. " Also satisfied the "guests", the producers of the Consortium Salice Salentino (Puglia), these nine companies, whose president has even called in the night to congratulate and thank for how the evening had taken place. New this year, in fact, was the presence of a wine valdelsa to raise awareness of realities outside the territory. Positive was also the experience, a real novelty, of a dinner set menu but they could be combined with over 70 different wines. In the third edition of "Goblets of Stars" was attended by twenty of the most important wine-making reality of the territory valdelsa who participated with over 600 bottles of their production. Commissioned by the City of Wine and the Wine Tourism Movement, under the patronage of the Municipality of Poggibonsi and the delegation of Fisar Siena Val d'Elsa, the event saw twenty-five sommelier engaged in the promotion of more than 70 labels including white, red and rosé with the intent to convey to visitors the best that can be drawn from a sampling in "all directions". In addition to wine, then it was possible to taste the taste of cheese, organic meats, bread and crushed, and for the first time, the Sienese sweets which were matched by the vinsanto products companies in the area. Finally, success had also observations of the night sky through telescopes provided by the Amateur Astronomers Siena.

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Sicily, comes the review of local wines

Initiative in 8 municipalities to find out area and its wine production
will visit in Sicily, August 19 to 27, "VIP" (wine in the streets), the round of local wines of Italy. The national touring exhibition puts on the bench native Sicilian wine tasting to give tourists and enthusiasts a unique opportunity to visit the area along with the pleasure of meeting its wine production. Marsala, Memphis, Paceco, Erice, Monreale, Noto, Milazzo Milo and are involved in the eight towns in Sicily tasting tour desired by the Regional Agriculture. The selection of wines offered or Grillo, cataracts and Inzolia, Grecanico, Perricone, Nerello Mascalese, Moscato Nero d'Avola, milkshakes and Carricante is carried out through the election of the "Grapes of Reciprocity" by the municipalities participating in the initiative.

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