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(From Off Licence News)
l Blossom Hill is adding a drier style rosA to its portfolio to take advantage of growing interest in the category. The Blossom Hill Shiraz rosA will be launched later this month in the off-trade by distributor Percy Fox, alongside the brand's already established White Zinfandel and White Grenache.
l Moreno Wines has been appointed UK agent for Prosecco producer Mionetto. Produced in Valdobbiadene, the portfolio includes the traditional range of Frizzante and Spumante as well the new premium wine range, Sergio. Alex Canetti, Moreno Wines' sales and marketing director, said: "They have a great range which will enable us to offer something to every sector of the market." l Chateau LagrAzette owner Alain Dominique Perrin has chosen his daughter, Julie, to design the bottle label for the 2004 vintage. Tradition is that each year a new artist is chosen to create the label and Julie is an established artist in England and France. The wine was recently released in the UK and is now on sale in Nicolas and Laithwaites with an rrp of ...
- England's Tilbury Port Sees Profits Rise Due to Poor Grain Stocks, Harvests.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 8, 2003 700+ words
...The worldwide slump in grain stocks and some of the worst harvests on record in eastern Europe are helping profits soar at Tilbury port. Tilbury said today tonnages are up 11 percent through the Thames estuary port while deep-sea container throughputs were...
- A kick from Champagne.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) December 27, 2004 700+ words
...wine, brut, is among the driest. Even drier than brut is extra-brut. Totally dry wines that aren't sweetened with any dosage...Ho's food suggestions for various sparkling wine styles. Extra-brut: Salmon, sturgeon, lobster, caviar, "anything with a...
- 1996's deluxe champagnes; Hot summer, cool harvest were key factors.(FOOD)(WINE)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 3, 2004 700+ words
...everything focused, and the wine should age effortlessly. (Imported by Frederick Wildman) Roger Pouillon Extra Brut 1996 ($55). Extra brut champagnes contain no dosage, the somewhat-sugary dollop used to top off the bottle after disgorgement...
- CHAMPAGNE WISHES
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) MARY ANNE MCENERY, Staff Writer May 4, 1994 700+ words
...shower hostess, or the best man -- none of whom may know an extra brut from a demi-sec. The differences can be costly: Champagnes...small amount of sugar added to vary the degree of dryness (extra brut is the driest, followed by brut, extra-dry, dry, and...
- CAVA AND PROSECCO SURE TO PUT A SPARKLE IN YOUR EYE.(Home Front)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) October 5, 2002 700+ words
...develops caramel and nutty flavors. Both Cava and Prosecco span the gamut of the weird, sparkling-wine sweetness scale; extra-brut and brut being dry, while extra-dry, sec, demi-sec and doux get progressively sweeter. What separates good sparklies...
- Fitting the bubbly in your budget
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Douglas Bailey, Globe Staff January 21, 1996 700+ words
...popular style, it is likely the driest you will find on the market. (Although there are ultra brut, brut sauvage, and extra brut; these are somewhat rare and bone dry.) Extra dry. Don't get confused here. Extra dry means slightly sweet. Sec...
- Coffee and sympathy. (Vincent Van Gogh paintings)
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 14, 1990 700+ words
...constructed a van Gogh village. Douwe Egberts coffee and Heineken are served all day. Visitors may also buy a a bottle of Vincent Extra Brut Cava wine (30 guilders, or $15), a limited-edition tapestry of "Sunflowers" (995 guilders) and a Dutch porcelain...
- HOLIDAY CHEERS! CNY'S GUIDE TO A BUBBLY NEW YEAR.(Local)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) December 28, 2002 700+ words
...99 Here's a list of levels of dryness. Level of dryness is at left; amount of residual sugar per liter is at right. Extra Brut, Ultra Brut, Brut Zero, etc. (dryest): .6 percent Brut: 1.5 percent Extra Dry, Extra Sec: 1.2 to 2.0 percent...
