German riesling a wizard of Oz and world's best
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A German riesling has been named world's best in one of Australia's leading wine contests, dealing a blow to Australian New World wine hopes, already shaken by the worst drought for a century
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The holidays mark the end of one year and the beginning of another -- a worthy occasion for celebration. So it's hardly surprising that wine, beer and spirits flow freely.
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Should the King of Beers merge with the world's top brewer?
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Two of the world's largest brewers have gone on fresh spending sprees. Inbev, the world's largest beer-maker has bought Germany's Spaten Brewery; while rival, and global number three, Heineken has purchased ...
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Pity poor riesling. This white wine grape always seems to be getting a bad rap. Riesling is adored by wine professionals but dismissed by the general public, which thinks of it as a dumbed down version of wine.
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The next great Wotan has arrived. Bryn Terfel sang the role of Wagner's head god for the first time Saturday night in the premiere of The Royal Opera's new production of "Das Rheingold," a macabre staging likely to provoke controversy. With his burnished bass-baritone, impeccable diction and intense acting, he gave a memorable performance that is likely to deepen over the next decade as he performs Wotan on the world's great stages.
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Oktoberfest, the annual Bavarian beer-drinking festival in Munich, is halfway through its 16-day run, which is expected to draw about 6 million people this year.
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy  - Austria's Renate  Goetschl stormed to her second World Cup super-G win of the  week with victory in the Dolomites on Friday.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy  - Austria&#39;s Michael Walchhofer won the men&#39;s World Cup super-G ahead of countrymen Hermann Maier and Benjamin Raich for his first victory in the discipline.
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MUNICH, Germany  - International squads of beer drinkers, leather-clad Bavarians and devotees of excess young and old converged in Munich on Saturday for the start of the planet's biggest beer ...
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Drunken revellers at the world's biggest beer festival this year can purchase a stiff linguistic pick-me-up for when their brains get addled - a beer- and mustard-proof guide to Bavarian slang.
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Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell recalled a long-standing beery joke with Joschka Fischer Thursday, after receiving a few bottles of Germany&#39;s finest brew as a farewell present.
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In the 1930s, they inspired Austrians with enchanting performances of vocal folk music.
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TOLCSVA, Hungary  - Louis XIV called it the "Wine  of Kings, King of Wines." Peter the Great was a fan. Rousseau  and Goethe both sang its praises.
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Long derided as &quot;sweet and cheap&quot;, German wine is enjoying a renaissance on the world market with a new generation of Rieslings squeezing out well-established French and Californian whites.
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In an effort to revive flattening sales and attract new drinkers, Anheuser-Busch is unveiling a new concoction - a fruity-smelling beer, spiked with caffeine, guarana and ginseng.
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About 1,400 people enjoyed authentic German food Saturday at the annual St. John Lutheran Church Oktoberfest celebration, where superbrats and German potato salad were crowd favorites.