Vandals, counterfeits, NZ, rack fail, new blog – sipped & spit
SPIT: wine shelf
Looks like they’ll need a mega cleanup in aisle 7! [Fail blog/youtube]
DESTROYED: international treasure
In Austria, vandals have uprooted and chopped to bits a 500-year-old vine. Hit the comments on what their punishment should be. [AP]
UPGRADED: the wine blogosphere
Mike Steinberger, wine columnist at Slate.com, has started a new blog. He says it is mostly for tasting notes, but he has already served up some juicy commentary about wine fraud. Add it to your feed reader! [WineDiarist.com]
SPIT: spelling
A BBC story highlights potential counterfeits of $8 supermarket wine in the UK. The tip off? Misspellings on the label.
SPIT: wine in New York supermarkets
Misspellings or not, wine is not likely to be sold in New York grocery stores this year since it was not included in Governor Cuomo’s budget. However, a group is still pushing the legislature to adopt a measure. [NACS]
SIPPED & SPIT: New Zealand’s bountiful vintage
Grape harvest in New Zealand may surpass 300 metric tons this year. Related: as volumes have been rising, bottled prices for exports have been falling. [Bloomberg]
On February 15th, 2011 at 3:04 pm ,Frank Veltliner wrote:
“SPIT: wine in New York supermarkets
Misspellings or not, wine is likely to be sold in New York grocery stores this year since it was not included in Governor Cuomo’s budget. ”
Shouldn’t that read …”wine is NOT likely to be sold in New York grocery stores this year….”
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On February 15th, 2011 at 3:09 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Whoops, yes. Thanks. Corrected.
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On February 15th, 2011 at 5:10 pm ,Sebastien Rake wrote:
Thanks for the heads up about Mike S. He’s a great write hopefully his blog will provide us with insights more than once a month!