1.   A booming U.S. economy and wealthier Asian nations are leaving more consumers with cash to burn, and fine wine appears to be a priority.

2.   A booming U.S. economy and wealthier Asian nations are leaving more consumers with cash to spend and fine wine appears to be a priority.

3.   California wines have recently appeared at the restaurant of the Hotel Nacional in Havana.

4.   More first-class wines appear with each vintage, and critics and consumers around the world have taken notice.

5.   New wines appear regularly, and the blend of familiar and unfamiliar names is always intriguing.

6.   Now, some very good Canadian wines are appearing on Boston-area retail shelves and on local restaurant menus.

7.   The house wine appears to be the box of Franzio white zinfandel on the shelf behind the bar.

8.   Cow albumen had traditionally been used to remove particles that can make wine appear cloudy.

9.   The Nouveau wines appear annually with great fanfare on the third Thursday of November.

10.   Sales of Beaujolais nouveau wine in Japan have plunged for the fourth straight year, but other French wines appear to be enjoying wider distribution.