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Wine

Tipple of Roman emperors, Serbian wines make a comeback

LEGEND has it that Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus never let his soldiers sit idle, so in peacetime he put them to work planting...

Wine-loving France follows British lead on storing best wines

IN WINE-LOVING France, owners of fine bottles have ironically adopted a practice started in neighbouring Britain that helps ensure the old French adage, "life...

Burgundy vintage unveiled in top market Britain

THE big names in Burgundy wines unveiled their first 2013 vintage last week in Britain, their main export market, with tasters gathered at the...

Brewer recreates old Belgian beer found in shipwreck

A FINNISH brewery has recreated a Belgian beer from bottles that sank 170 years ago on a merchant ship in the Baltic Sea, giving...

Little-known Slovak wines outsparkle global competitors

  DEEP shades of red and vermilion catch the light as connoisseurs raise their half-full glasses to examine the colour of the wine before sinking...

Asia’s largest wine fair kicks off in Hong Kong

ASIA’S largest wine fair kicked off in Hong Kong today, attracting nearly 1,000 wine producers from around the world as the southern Chinese city...

US winemakers hope for ‘grand cru’ after heat wave

IN WINEMAKING, a hot, dry summer is part of the stuff that dream vintages are made of.And with the Washington area baking in record-breaking...

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