Archive | January, 2011
Super wine

Super wine

by on 25. Jan, 2011 in But Seriously...

The average drinker may find a glass of vino relaxing and finds that it slows things down to a mellow pace, but this isn’t the case for your average bit of superconducting material. Scientists experimenting with immersing superconductors in liquids to see how this affects their superconductivity started their trials with water and ethanol and [...]

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German winemaker uncovers World War Two wine stash

by on 16. Jan, 2011 in WOTW News

A German vintner has uncovered a hidden cache 500 bottles of  wine untouched since 1945. Andreas Neymeyer discovered the bottles shortly before Christmas while clearing out a burned-out building on his 38 hectare vineyard in southern Germany. Neymeyer told Reuters: It was my uncle’s idea, I was preparing the building to be torn down and he [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Lost Wine of Armenia

by on 11. Jan, 2011 in WOTW News

Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the earliest evidence of wine making yet to be recorded. In a cave. In Armenia. The National Geographic Society say that the find of fermentation jars and a wine press represents the earliest example of complete wine production, at roughly 6000 years old. The winery was uncovered [...]

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Nigel Pargetter is dead

English Wine Industry mourns Nigel Pargetter

by on 05. Jan, 2011 in WOTW News

Nigel Pargetter died on Sunday night after falling from the roof of Lower Loxley Hall in the village of Ambridge, Borsetshire. Nigel was the ‘go-to’ man in the village on all matters relating to fine wine. A keen enthusiast of Bordeaux and Burgundy, Nigel also produced wine from his own vines at Lower Loxley. Wineoftheweek [...]

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