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Most vintners let the wine age a bit so bacteria can turn malic acid into the "softer, " "rounder" lactic acid.

French vintners insist that this gives more depth to a wine because the oak flavours are infused into the wine.

If this bill became law, it would make it much harder for brewers, vintners, distillers and importers to get their products to market.

Vintners in Italy, Spain -- and especially the United States -- end up caught in between the two groups of drinkers.

And even in England, longer and hotter summers have given vintners the confidence to produce a growing range of whites and spumantes.

International vintners have been driven to try growing grapes in more exotic locales, including China, India and Mongolia.

Of course, foreign vintners probably rushed into things a bit precipitously.

Further north in Hawkes Bay, vintners are very happy with the region's red wines, predominately Bordeaux varieties and Syrah.

Among the first big users are vintners, because their crop is particularly valuable and even small variations in climate can ruin it.

The reason the scientists discovered centuries later is that the region's early vintners put the wine into a kind of hibernation.

One of the reasons why vintners use colored glass bottles?

For aspiring vintners , a love of the vine and taking some classes in the trade are a must.

In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.

When wine is being made, some vintners mix the red and white wines, creating a pale rose-colored wine, also called a blush wine.

Another good bet among American reds is Syrah, which some American vintners are calling Shiraz now.

In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines are priced to sell, and they do.

Vintners can label their wines as "made from organically grown grapes, " if the wine is made entirely from certified organic wine grapes.

VQA, is short for Vintners Quality Alliance, has the most stringent standards for wine by defining and formulating the ice wine.

I fear some vintners fail to remember that you should only ever make business decisions when you are stone-cold sober.

Theirs was really a victory for all modern day California vintners , who would no longer live in the shadow of European wine.

Meritage: California vintners invented this term for their Bordeaux-style red and white blended wines.

The man from Farr Vintners advised that, from that vintage, only Lafite was certain to last 21 years.