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CRŪ Winery Opens New Tasting Room in Santa Lucia Highlands

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
California counties, Gustation, Oenology, Rooms, Tasting room, Wine tasting, Geography of California, San Luis Obispo County, California, California wine, Bianchi Winery, River Road Wine Trail

The new CR Winery tasting room is perched in the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County and offers guests stunning vineyard and valley views.

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  • The new CR Winery tasting room is perched in the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County and offers guests stunning vineyard and valley views.
  • The CR Winery Santa Lucia Highlands tasting room sits within the Paraiso and Sarmento Vineyards both of which are a part of CR Winery's single vineyard program and have been farmed by the Smith Family for almost 50 years.
  • The tasting room will offer two tasting options, including a seated tasting that features their highly acclaimed single vineyard wines from the Santa Lucia Highlands, Edna Valley, Paso Robles, and Santa Maria Valley.
  • In addition to the new tasting room, the CR Winery Central Valley tasting room remains open daily for tastings and wine experiences on their picturesque patio.

Bordeaux 2020 Vintage - Top 50 Wines

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Friday, April 30, 2021
Food and drink, Gustation, Product testing, Wine tasting, Bordeaux wine, Vintage, Wine, Fermented drinks

b"NEW YORK, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Tastingbook.com has rated Bordeaux's best red wines from 2020 vintage without actually tasting them.\nThe revolutionary Tastingbook Artificial Intelligence formulated the scores by mining metadata from over 1.4 million Tastingbook.com data sources.

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  • b"NEW YORK, April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Tastingbook.com has rated Bordeaux's best red wines from 2020 vintage without actually tasting them.\nThe revolutionary Tastingbook Artificial Intelligence formulated the scores by mining metadata from over 1.4 million Tastingbook.com data sources.
  • It combined the 60,000 Bordeaux wine ratings from the Bordeaux vintages 1980-2019 created by the world's 50 most esteemed wine critics, and scoring from thousands of other Tastingbook's wine professionals.
  • The algorithms also took into account finer details such as the climate conditions, the consistency of the producers, and their ability to produce wines in vintages similar to 2020.
  • We boldly predict that the margin between the critic scores and Tastingbook AI scores will be less than 1.5%.\nBORDEAUX 2020 VINTAGE - TOP 50 RED WINES by TASTINGBOOK.COM AI:\n"

Verona, where wine lover gather: on 5StarWines and Wine Without Walls selection

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Food and drink, Gustation, Product testing, Wine tasting, Wine, Italian wine, Articles, Drinking culture

Registrations are open and discounted rates are available until April 26th.\nThe judges are one of the elements that distinguishes 5StarWines and Wine Without Walls from other wine selections.

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  • Registrations are open and discounted rates are available until April 26th.\nThe judges are one of the elements that distinguishes 5StarWines and Wine Without Walls from other wine selections.
  • For more information on 5StarWines & Wine Without Walls, visit https://www.5starwines.it/\nAbout: 5StarWines the Book is the annual wine selection organized by Veronafiere, held in the lead-up to the biggest Italian wine fair in the world.
  • 5StarWines the Book is a blind tasting aimed at shedding light on wineries investing in the improvement of their products.
  • During the event, a highly qualified panel of wine professionals will taste and score using a 100-point scale participating wines.

Fermenting a successful formula in the new 2021 Edition of 5StarWines - the Book

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Wine tasting, Gustation, Product testing, Food and drink, Vinitaly, Drinking culture, Culture, Blind wine tasting, Wine critics

Given the success of that first virtual "Agile" edition, a new edition of the event is being organized.

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  • Given the success of that first virtual "Agile" edition, a new edition of the event is being organized.
  • The new dates for 5StarWines the Book, Veronafiere's blind wine tasting, are June 16th - 18th 2021, leading up to Vinitaly.
  • Digital transformation is the foundation of this year's edition of 5StarWines the Book.
  • In this edition, over 2000 bottles took part in the competition and 847 were selected for inclusion in 5StarWines the Book.

Coalition of Bay Area Restaurants and Wineries Dismisses Lawsuit Filed Against Governor Newsom For "Arbitrary and Irrational" Outdoor Dining and Wine Tasting Ban

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Thursday, January 28, 2021
California counties, Napa County, California, Gustation, California wine, California, Product testing, Wine tasting, Napa Valley AVA, Wine, Sonoma County wine

The lawsuit alleged that the state's ban on outdoor dining and wine tasting was arbitrary, irrational, and unfair and brought "devastating" effects on local businesses and the thousands of workers who lost their jobs.

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  • The lawsuit alleged that the state's ban on outdoor dining and wine tasting was arbitrary, irrational, and unfair and brought "devastating" effects on local businesses and the thousands of workers who lost their jobs.
  • At the time the Coalition filed its suit, all outdoor dining and wine tasting was banned in the Bay Area, including Napa and Sonoma counties, where most Coalition members are located.
  • Just six days after the Coalition filed its suit, Governor Newsom lifted the state's stay-at-home order, thus ending for now the ban on outdoor dining and wine tasting.
  • Coalition members scrambled to open their outdoor dining and wine tasting areas on Monday, January 25 after the news was announced.

Mafco® Announces New Category-Specific Magna-Brand Products

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Food and drink, Nervous system, Branches of biology, Gustation, Food science, Gustatory system, Sensory systems, Wine tasting, Sweetness, Flavor, Liquorice, Mouthfeel

CAMDEN, N.J., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Mafco, the global leader in licorice products, is pleased to announce our new category-specific, multi-tasking Magna-Brand products that address today's most challenging product and flavor-formulation problems.

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  • CAMDEN, N.J., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Mafco, the global leader in licorice products, is pleased to announce our new category-specific, multi-tasking Magna-Brand products that address today's most challenging product and flavor-formulation problems.
  • Whether masking protein off-notes, caffeine, or other bitter-inducing compounds, amplifying salty and umami taste, reducing sugars, and amplifying natural tasting sweetness to improve flavor or adding mouthfeel to low-fat products, these latest Magna-Branded products are sure to deliver," says Richard Davidson, SVP of Sales, R&D, and Marketing.
  • For over 150 years Mafco has been the world's leading manufacturer of natural licorice products.
  • Mafco's natural licorice products are used today in a wide range of applications including confectionary, food, beverage, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, personal care, and countless other products.

Coalition Of Bay Area Restaurants And Wineries Files Lawsuit Against Governor Newsom For Harmful "Arbitrary And Irrational" Outdoor Dining Ban

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
California wine, Food and drink, Gustation, Oenology, Rooms, Tasting room, Wine tasting, Winery, Sonoma County wine, Geography of California, California, Napa Valley AVA

The impact of the ban has brought "ravaging" effects not just on local businesses but thousands of workers who have lost their jobs, the Coalition contends.

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  • The impact of the ban has brought "ravaging" effects not just on local businesses but thousands of workers who have lost their jobs, the Coalition contends.
  • The Coalition comprises more than50 restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, and suppliers across Napa and Sonoma Counties and other parts of the Bay Area.
  • The Governor must trust the science behind outdoor dining and give our local restaurants and wineries a chance to survive this."
  • The lawsuit asks the court to declare the outdoor dining and wine tasting ban in violation of the California Constitution and stop the ban's enforcement.

Foreign Policy Research Institute Announces New Members of its Board of Trustees

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Gustation, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Olfaction, University City, Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Foreign Policy Research Institute is very pleased to announce the election in 2020 of six new members to its Board of Trustees.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Foreign Policy Research Institute is very pleased to announce the election in 2020 of six new members to its Board of Trustees.
  • Each new Trustee brings decades of expertise and leadership in the foreign policy, business, and philanthropic communities.
  • Currently, Berkman is Vice Chair of the Monell Chemical Senses Center and is also on the board of the Children's Literacy Initiative in Philadelphia.
  • Its mission is to bring the insights of scholarship to bear on the foreign policy and national security challenges facing the United States.

Sarah Jessica Parker's Sauvignon Blanc Makes Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2020

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Gustation, Product testing, Wine tasting, Wine Spectator, Food and drink, Invivo Wines, Magazines, Articles

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --In just its first vintage, Wine Spectator has listed Sarah Jessica Parker's 2019 Invivo X SJP Sauvignon Blanc in their prestigious Top 100 wines for the year.

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  • NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --In just its first vintage, Wine Spectator has listed Sarah Jessica Parker's 2019 Invivo X SJP Sauvignon Blanc in their prestigious Top 100 wines for the year.
  • Through blind tastings performed by Wine Spectator's editors, these 100 bottles were chosen from an incredible 15,000 wines.
  • "Throughout 2020, the state of wine has remained strong, dynamic and resilient.
  • We are excited to showcase this year's Top 100 wines, and for our readers to enjoy them."

Vinitaly International Academy to establish physical Tasting Centres

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Friday, December 11, 2020
Food and drink, Gustation, Vinitaly, Product testing, Wine tasting, Culture, Articles

VERONA, Italy, Dec. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --News is coming for the Vinitaly International Academy (VIA), the gold standard of Italian wine education for foreign professionals.

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  • VERONA, Italy, Dec. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --News is coming for the Vinitaly International Academy (VIA), the gold standard of Italian wine education for foreign professionals.
  • The second makeover of VIA will allow these sessions to place safely and socially distanced thanks to the addition of Tasting Centres.
  • In these so called "Tasting Centres", future Ambassadors will have the chance to meet and taste wines in total safety.
  • These Tasting Centres and the Ambassadors who will host them are an asset to the new formatted programme".