2006 China International Wine Summit (South African Wine News)
You are invited to join an international wine forum in Beijing from June 15th - June 17th 2006.

Texas wine industry getting federal help (The Charlotte Observer)
When horticulturist Thomas Volney Munson arrived in North Texas more than 100 years ago, he inspected the grapes growing along the Red River and declared the discovery of his "grape paradise." The pastures and wheat fields on the Texas-Oklahoma line may not call to mind vineyards or wooden casks of aging wine, but the handful of local grape growers and winemakers in the Texoma region insist

New course trains wine experts (CBC Manitoba)
If the waiters in your favourite restaurants seem much more knowledgeable about the wine you're drinking, they might be graduates of a new program in the city. Servers in several Winnipeg restaurants have enrolled in an intense, six-month course to become a sommelier, or certified wine expert.