Tagged: wine

Up to Date
8:54 am
Mon December 24, 2012

Great Regional Wines For The Holiday Season & Beyond

Credit Bill Anderson / KCUR
A lineup of the wines Doug Frost sampled with the Up to Date team

If you're looking for a good wine this holiday season, you needn't look far.  You'll find a bunch of great wineries bottling their goods in the Kansas City Region.

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The Salt
9:53 am
Mon April 23, 2012

Don't Call It A Malbec: Europe Sours On British Winery's Plan

Credit Eric Risberg / AP
The European Union is forcing a British winery to give away wine made with Argentinian Malbec grapes. Here, a cluster of Malbec grapes hang from a vine.

Originally published on Mon April 23, 2012 10:17 am

A British winemaker has finally been given official approval to release a limited-edition wine made in collaboration with Malbec grape growers in Argentina, on one condition: It can't sell the wine, or label it a Malbec. Actually, it can't even call it wine at all.

The Chapel Down winery's only option for getting rid of its wine is to give it away as a sample, calling it a "fruit-derived alcoholic beverage from produce sourced outside the EU."

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