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Wine and health: Red wine and the bones
According to new research from the University of Oregon two glasses of wine a day seem to have a positive effect on the bone-wasting disease Osteoporosis. The results, based on a study of 40 women in their 50ies, showed that bone mass in women drinking wine was reduced as little as in women on medication. In a similar study conducted...
Italy’s most northernly region changes to heat mode
Valle Isarco, the small wine area in the northern corner of Alto Adige, has taken the consequence of global warming. Italian wine magazine Corriere Vinicolo has interviewed local producers who agree on a new, heat friendly wine strategy. For example, the frost resistant Muller Thurgau grape is being replaced by the better quality Sylvaner...
The Economic Times reports two new Italian JV in India: Riona Wines (Marche) and Fratelli Wines are are both Indo-Italian joint ventures working to make international standard wines from Indian grapes. Large players such as Moët & Chandon and Remy Martin have been active inIndiafor a while. The latter though a JV with award...
