Latorre opens wine room next to Aquavina (The Charlotte Observer)
Businessman and attorney Stefan Latorre is opening his latest uptown venture today: The Aquavina Wine Room & Lounge. It occupies 2,800 square feet in the Ratcliffe Building on South College Street, next to the Aquavina restaurant Latorre operates with his executive chef and business partner Jason Pound.

GERMANY WANTS WINE ''PURITY'' LAW (CalTrade Report)
BRUSSELS, Belgium - 12/21/05 - The European Union approved a trans-Atlantic agreement on US-made wine imports into the European market recently, but Germany has reportedly called for the imposition of a "purity law" to protect EU-produced wines from US vintners' practices such as adding water to dilute alcohol content and aging wine with woodchips to improve flavor.

Consumer advice key to wine success (The Maitland Mercury)
The wine industry should spend money on educating the public about quality wine, rather than research, according to a Bishops Bridge vingeron.