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Ch Musar - A Great Dish to complement your wine The cult Lebanese wine, Chateau Musar, is an exotic Bordeaux-type wine with cedar and cinnamon spice aromas. As with a good claret, you need the right food to fully enjoy this fabulous wine. Here is our tip for a classic accompaniment....... New Wines in from Provence - Organic, naturally Our love affair with the region of Correns continues and, for the Spring of 2007, we've brought in new wines that add a bit more variety and price points for that region. A YEAR IN PROVENCE (click here for more details) We travelled to Provence in late October 2005, to continue our quest to find great wines - made naturally. We assessed the top 500 vineyards and shortlisted 5 for visits. Our top two vineyards are both in the Correns region. Both have great reds from the year 2003. Domaine des Aspras won Silver and Chateau Miraval won Gold at the prestigious Paris Wine Show. RISING STARS: New Zealand & Chile (Click for more detail) For some time now, Divine Fine Wines has picked out New Zealand and Chile as the main countries to watch in the New World, along with Argentina. We are pleased to see that wine awards and trade figures appear to be confirming this. SCREW CAP CLOSURES (Click here to read more) Screw cap closures are increasingly replacing traditional corks, particularly in Australia and New Zealand. Do n't be fooled into thinking that a screw cap closure indicates a cheaper wine - you would be completely wrong. Other synthetic closures, such as plastic, are usually inferior and often indicate a lower quality wine. But screw caps are now being used by many of the best wineries in Australia and New Zealand - including the Worldwide-acclaimed Voyager and Palliser Estates, whose wines are among our best. Were you born in a good vintage? (Click for more detail) Here’s a quick run down for those born in the Sixties. If you are older / younger, and would like to know, please get in touch and we will get back to you. Incidentally, 1955 and 1959 were both magnificent years. Simple Wine Storage Tips (click for more detail) Wine storage is a science in itself, and yet many keen drinkers make fundamental mistakes. The following tips are just a basic guide, but may help you avoid a major disappointment when you open that special bottle that you've long been looking forward to....... Why Red Wines benefit your Heart (Click for more detail) Increasingly, medical opinion favours modest consumption of red wine, as an aid to maintaining a healthy heart. By "modest" we mean a glass or two a day, but please discuss with your doctor if in doubt. |