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Having recently drunk the Kindle Koolaid [Kindle is Amazon’s electronic book], I found an interesting book that came out last spring in Kindle format:

The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace.

Tells the story of a major wine scam perpetrated in Europe involving wine supposedly bottled for Thomas Jefferson.

http://www.amazon.com/Billionaires-Vinegar-Mystery-Worlds-Expensive/dp/B0013TRRSA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text… Continue

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/3812927/Electricity-can-turn-plonk-into-vintage-wine-in-minutes-claim-scientists.html

"With the gentlest treatment, the harsh, astringent wine grew softer. Longer exposure saw some of the hallmarks of ageing emerge – a more mature "nose", better balance and greater complexity.

The improvements reached their peak after 3 minutes at 600 volts per centimetre: this left the wine well balanced and harmonious, with a nose of an aged wine and, i… Continue

From the BBC: Portuguese cork producers concerned about substitutes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7623912.stm

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/wine/article4727390.ece

from the Times Online: "The sales records of Japan's largest wine merchants have been smashed because, in a single frame of comic, the hero has uttered a dreamy sigh over a 2006 New Zealand Riesling or closed his eyes in appreciation of a Saint-Aubin Premier Cru."

From the Baltimore Sun: "A new variety of premium grapes debuted in Japan yesterday, with a single bunch fetching as much as $910. A Japanese hotel manager paid that amount, about $26 per grape, for a 1 1/2 -pound bunch of the Ruby Roman grapes to serve guests at an upscale hotel, officials said." The grapes grow up to an inch and a half in diameter....

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iP1QDM6rf4ky1w8RbsAAZUWtC7Jw