Wine & Words

Chilled red. It sounds like an oxymoron. Or something that would get your membership revoked at the club.

The St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota is hosting the second annual International Cold Climate Wine Competition on Tuesday.

Foster's Group Ltd , Australia's largest brewer, said on Tuesday the split of its beer and wine divisions was on track for next year, but was silent on growing takeover talk for its profitable $10 billion beer unit.

When it comes to growing wine in Virginia, "you hope for the best and prepare for the worst," says vineyard manager Fernando Franco .

The milder-than-normal summer could put the Lodi grape harvest on hold. Wine grape growers should be gearing up for a very busy harvest, but according to Mark Chandler with the Lodi Wine Grape Commission, because of the weather, the harvest might be delayed for up to three weeks.

At Seattle Wine Co. in Bellevue, personal relationships are important, and names are remembered, even if it's a long stretch between visits.

If you're contemplating which specific Alsatian Riesling or Pinot Gris -- or screw it, Gewurztraminer -- to bring to LudoBites , or if like us, you simply think it's entirely too hot to even consider the word "buttery" and white wine in the same sentence , perhaps it's time for a few Alsatian wine insider tips.

When the whole menu is free, if you're under 15.

To worry about what rum goes into a dark 'n' stormy is to miss the point; the real game changer in this cocktail is the ginger beer.

Christy and Michael Greer of The Badger Cafe hold the coveted Badger Cup behind judges, from left, Jane Carr, Melissa McClure, Peg Laurita, Lani Temple, Jim Stiles and Sarah Greer.

Andrew Scrivani describes the steps he takes to prepare for a photo shoot.

Emanuel Skorpos with a selection of Flinders Run wines alongside a counterfeit Chinese copy, on the right.

We can't say we'll miss August. Celebrating the 90th anniversary of U.S. women winning the right to vote is awesome and all - and please, if one more headline talks about how they "were given" the vote, I'm going to have to write some letters - but it's been a miserable month.

Maybe Oregon's pinot noir pioneers had it right after all, that the rolling hillsides near Silverton -- not Dundee -- were best suited to cradle the state's wine industry.

A recipe perfect for the height of corn season.

For such an elusive concept, how faithfully a wine represents its variety can certainly affect wine-making decisions.

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Each room of this house has its own a oewow,a says listing agent Eileen Wylie. The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home has a vineyard-inspired wine-tasting room that hasA exposed brick walls and a a oewine barrela -inspired ceiling.

Peter Pugliese roams the sun-drenched rows of his family's Cutchogue vineyard with the subdued excitement of a man who knows good fortune can be fleeting.

Falling profitability is the most significant challenge currently facing grape-growers and wineries, says New Zealand Winegrowers chairman Stuart Smith.