John Cossart: Ambassador for (Loire wines) Madeira wineThe Independent -

John Cossart: Ambassador for Madeira wine The Independent - unrivalled grasp of the Madeira wine trade, its tortuous relationships and loire wines the complexities of the Madeira-making process, he made an invaluable contribution to the revival of one of the world's most distinctive and loire wines indestructibly long-lived wines. Source: www.independent.co.uk AMANA COLONIES Chicago Tribune - They drove into Amana village and loire wines swarmed over shops whose wares ranged from gift-shop cliches (scented candles, anyone?) to actual locally produced goods: sausages, wines, furniture, brooms, baskets. Source: www.chicagotribune.com France's booming Champagne region says yes to expansion Forbes - Like other French wines, champagne-labelled bottles are produced only from grapes nurtured in a specially-designated region -- in this case 319 villages spread out across 33,500 hectares of land in northeast France. Source: www.forbes.com