gistfile1.rb

require 'csv'
require 'iconv'

iconv = Iconv.new("UTF-16//TRANSLIT//IGNORE", "UTF-8")
CSV.open("/path/to/data.csv", "wb") do |csv|
  csv << ["WineID", "Wine", "Year", "Producer"]
  rows.each do |row|
    data = [ row[0] ]
    data << (row[1] ? iconv.iconv(row[1]) : "")
    data << (row[2] ? iconv.iconv(row[2]) : "")
    data << (row[3] ? iconv.iconv(row[3]) : "")

    csv << data
  end
end