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Close SECOND ACTS FEBRUARY 9, 2010, 10:17 A.M. ET A Hole-in-One Idea By ELIZABETH GARONE In 1992, Mario Polegato was busy overseeing Villa Sandi, his family's third-generation winemaking business in Italy's Treviso region.

Tina Marie Kies has ascended to the ranks of prestigious professionals with Stanford Who's Who due to her magnificent effort in the Food Service Industry.

One of Australia's prominent winemakers blames the major wine corporations for damaging Australia's wine reputation.

RECORD HIGH: Dairy cattle numbers hit a record high in the year to June 2009, with there now being one milking cow for every New Zealander.

A wine merchant is toasting success after scooping a prestigious award. Barrica Wines, which is based in the food hall at Huntleya s farm shop, Samlesbury, has been named UK Independent Wine Retailer of the Year.

In the wine business, buyers are inundated with claims of wines that over deliver , offering exceptional quality in comparison to other wines at the same price.

Visit the Hip Chicks Do Wine Tasting Room from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday during the First Friday Art Walk in Newberg.

To quote the inimitable Doyle and Debbie, there's wine and twang everywhere you look over the next couple of weeks.

Scottish wine will soon grace the menu at an upmarket hotel. Hotelier Pete Gottgens is setting up Scotland`s first vineyard on the banks of Loch Tay.

Because of the downturn in the world economy, sales of French Champagne have significantly decreased over the past few years.

The Chilean capital of Santiago has plenty of historic sights for the visitor. Photograph by: Radzfoto, via Flickr What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.

I met Lou Kapcsandy and his son Louis some years ago in Seattle, where Lou had recently retired from a very successful career in construction.

Flamenco guitars and mariachi music aren't the first things that occur to people when they think of Montreal in February.

From the sleek chateaus, to the stunning terroir, the life of a winemaker is as unique as his liquid gold.

E. & J. Gallo, the largest family owned winery in the United States, said on Friday it is waiting for a French court and U.S. regulators to decide if its Red Bicyclette Pinot Noir is the real deal.

All it takes is a text message to check the authenticity of a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino, as winemakers respond to a 2003 impurity scandal Brunello di Montalcino, the famed, rich red wine from Tuscany that was embroiled in an adulteration scandal for its 2003 vintage, has turned to technology to ensure a bottle's authenticity.

British wine critic Oz Clarke says NZ pinot noir makers need to avoid flooding the UK market with cut-price product.

A HISTORIC city wine merchant has been rescued by former Rangers chairman Sir David Murray.

This offer includes a main meal with a glass of wine or beer. This is your chance to try as many Merivale restaurants as you can squeeze into eight weeks.

The rocker, who makes his own wine in Cornville, Arizona will reveal all in documentary "Blood Into Wine." Thursday, February 4, 2010 Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan is set to take fans behind the scenes of his life as a wine maker.