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| Total Unique Visitors: 13063 |
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| Michelin releases its 100th guide |
| 2009-03-03 04:09:00 |
Several chefs have opted out of Michelin's system in recent years, saying the personal and financial investment needed to maintain its standards only pays off for restaurants with a large and fast turnover.Nine new two-star restaurants and 63 new one-star restaurants were also announced in the latest version.The guide's first edition was released in 1900, but it didn't come out during the two World Wars or in 1921.The Michelin guide is published by the French tire company and is considered the bible of French gastronomy. From its start in France, it now publishes guides covering 22 countries.
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| French wine exports slip in recession |
| 2009-02-22 12:41:00 |
France exported$11.7 billion worth of wine last year, said Claude de Jouvencel, the head of the French Federation of Wine and Spirits Exporters.Though the world export market held out surprisingly well and was just under the record-breaking result of about 9.4 billion euros in 2007, de Jouvencel said the outlook for 2009 is murky."It will be a difficult year, without a doubt," de Jouvencel told journalists at a news conference.While exports of Champagne and wines from Burgundy slipped, and exports of table wines and Bordeaux were up — mainly on sales of the critically acclaimed 2005 vintage, which went on sale in early 2008, the group said.
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| Champagne sales lose some bubbles |
| 2009-02-09 03:07:00 |
There doesn't seem to be much to celebrate these days, what with social unrest, economic doldrums, terrorism and civil war. So, it should come as no surprise the beverage most associated with celebrating is suffering a sales slump.France's Champagne Vintners' Committee this week announced shipments of Champagne within the country and abroad fell 4.8% in 2008 compared to the previous year.One consolation may be that the 322,453,852 bottles sold is slightly more than in 2006.The industry group said in a statement that exports to European Union consumers outside France were down 6.5% per cent in bottle terms, and non-European exports were down 6.2& per cent in 2008. Shipments within France were down 3.6%.
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| Koreans have enjoyed French wine most last year |
| 2009-01-31 09:29:00 |
Imports of wine decreased in terms of quantity but increased by a large margin in terms of value due to the weaker Korean currency and preference of high priced wine by drinkers.Korea Customs Service said Saturday that Korea imported 28,795 tons of wine worth $166.5 million last year, down by 9.5 percent in quantity but up 10.7 percent in terms of value.Korea imported $65.7 million worth of wine from France, accounting for 39.5 percent of the total, followed by $29.7 million worth of Chilean product and $24.1 million worth of Italian product.
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| The oft-maligned wine of France, California |
| 2009-01-20 06:19:00 |
TERRE HAUTE — There’s comfort food, the comfortable recliner, and those comfortable old shoes.Then there is the oft-maligned but comfortable Merlot.Merlot’s reputation as the punching bag of all wine snobs reached its zenith in 2004 in the movie “Sideways.” The movie is a bittersweet comedy with a central theme of wine, Pinot Noir to be specific.The main character, played brilliantly by Paul Giamatti, is a wine geek trying to find great Pinot Noir while on a ‘bachelor’s” trip prior to his buddy’s wedding. His buddy is merely interested in exploring his freedom before tying the knot.
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| Value-priced wines from France do exist |
| 2009-01-13 13:41:00 |
In the depths of our Chicago winter, you may find yourself dreaming of a sun-washed cafe in the south of France, the warm Mediterranean breeze mingling scents of the sea with kitchen aromas of grilling sausag...
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| Curtain raises again on Jacques Verges |
| 2009-01-06 11:33:00 |
He requests French wine - which can cost up to US$162 a bottle at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh - but the legendary and controversial French attorney Jacques Verges has to settle for $...
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| French Wine Explorers Releases New Website |
| 2008-12-18 12:24:00 |
French Wine Explorers, America's leading luxury French wine tour company, is offering its most exciting tour season ever in 2009. The tours include the ultimate in luxury hotels and chateaux and Michelin-starred restaurants, and feature France's most exclusive and prestigious wine estates. The 2009 schedule includes five scheduled departures, plus private and customized wine vacati...
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| France Spurns Grape, Censors Wine Writing |
| 2008-12-10 06:15:00 |
France seems set on destroying a thousand-year wine culture that New World countries have spent decades trying to emulate. Whatever happened to “a meal without wine is like a day without sunshine,” as Brillat-Savarin declare...
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