Topic: Beverages
A new classification of Bordeaux wines outperformed the region as a whole in 2009 sales, a wine producers' association said on Wednesday. The so-called "appellations" of Blaye, Cadillac, Castillon and Francs decided in 2004 to join together under the Cotes de Bordeaux label to improve performance in the international market by playing on the famous Bordeaux name more clearly. In ...
Like the United States, China is having its own tea party movement, but this one has a very different agenda. Police have long tried to shush and isolate potential activists, usually starting with a low-key warning, perhaps over a meal or a cup of tea. Now, the country ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - French writer Victor Hugo once said, "Cognac is the liquor of the gods." French winemaker Remy Martin is selling 786 bottles of a very special cognac Louis XIII Rare Cask for the heavenly price of $15,000 each. Thirty bottles will be sold in fine wine shops in the United States beginning in April. Remy Martin ...
