Who buys the wine? Research reveals how consumers make choices for groups

(Phys) - When tasked with making choices for a big group, like selecting wine for the table, independent people typically make choices that more strongly reflect their own preferences, according to a new University of Alberta study examining how consumers make unilateral decisions for themselves an...

Despite Fires, California Wine Is Doing Just Fine — For Now

(KPBS) - If you're worried that wildfires might have created shortages of Northern California's 2019 cabernet sauvignon, or even just imparted it with an undesirable smoky flavor, you can relax. The wine is just fine. For now. Despite a late October blaze that raged through one of the world's be...

OIL AND GAS MAGNATE FINALISES LARGEST BORDEAUX VINEYARD SALE OF 2019

(TDB) - Billionaire industrialists the Perrodo family, have paid an estimated €60 million (US$67 million) for Château La Tour de Mons. The ancient property in Margaux dates back to the 13th century, but was not classified in the 1855 Bordeaux ranking. It was sold in 1995 to French agr...

Bordeaux wine fired into space to test ageing

(Decanter) - Twelve bottles of Bordeaux wine have been rocketed to the International Space Station so that researchers can see how the extreme conditions affect ageing.  A Northrop Grumman rocket blasted off from a NASA launchpad in Virginia on 2 November, sending the Bordeaux wines in...

How Labor Challenges Affected the 2019 Grape Harvest

(Sevenfiftydaily) - With dramatic shift in the way the wine industry views labor. September 24 was the day. It was time for Anne Hubatch to receive her fruit. The old-vine block of Pinot Noir destined for Hubatch’s  Helioterra Wines  rosé was ready to be harvested. Th...

To Make the Wine Industry Less Toxic, We Need to Get Loud

(Bonappetit) - Scrolling Instagram one morning this fall, between posts of my friends leaf peeping and last night’s dinner plates, I saw the October 2019 Wine & Spirits cover, which the magazine has since removed. Big, in a pretty serif font, it boasted “Best New Somms&rdq...

From Bulgaria With Love – Kukeri Wines’ Petar Kirilov Turns Village Wisdom into Gold Medals

(SFGate) - To understand Petar Kirilov’s relationship with wine you first have to learn about Kukeri, a pagan festival in his native Bulgaria. Held during the   first days of January and dating back 8,000 years, Kukeri once served as a dual celebration of both Dionysus (wine, fertility, ...

Welch’s Global Ingredients Group launches new grape juice solutions for the wine industry

Grape juice supplier Welch’s Global Ingredients Group has embarked on a foray into the wine industry. The company has launched a Niagara grape juice solution that is designed to be a cost-effective but high-quality filler or base wine for a broad variety of different wine styles. The Ni...

ARGYLE WINERY AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART TO UNVEIL THIRD ANNUAL “ART OF SPARKLING” RELEASE

DUNDEE, Ore. – Argyle Winery is excited to announce that it will be unveiling its limited-edition 2015 Art of Sparkling Vintage Brut at a special event to be held on September 15th. As part of Argyle’s philanthropic support of the Oregon arts community, Art of Sparkling is a unique prog...