November, 24, 2012 France: Glitzy Burgundy Wine Auction Taps Celebrities

(NPR) - France's former first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and former soccer coach Guy Roux preside over the 152nd Hospices de Beaune wine auction on Nov. 18 in Beaune, France. The charity auction raised an all-time high of $7.5 million, which goes to area hospitals and. this year, to Fondation Carla Br...

November, 24, 2012 US: No one’s busting wine-shop doors on Black Friday

(MarketWatch) - The day after Thanksgiving, a.k.a. Black Friday, is the most infamous day of the year on the retail calendar. I’ve never ventured to shop on Black Friday but have occasionally wondered what I was missing. Not in the way of electronics or toys — but bottles of wine. Where there pe...

November, 23, 2012 New Zealand's wine industry perks up as oversupply of grapes peaks

(TheAustralian) - NEW Zealand's wine industry has news worth toasting: an oversupply of grapes that tainted the country's reputation as a maker of premium wines has peaked. The wine grape harvest this year was 18 per cent lower than last year because of cool weather. This has combined with a shor...

November, 23, 2012 UK: Wine industry issues stark warning on prices

(TheGrocer) - Off-trade wine sales could slump by as much as 13% in volume over the next few years if prices and duty continue to escalate. That was the warning issued by wine industry experts this week, days after Majestic Wines boss Steve Lewis said entry price-point wines in supermarkets would b...

November, 23, 2012 US: Transport company sued over $2M wine shipment

(ChicagoTribune) - Wine valued at $2 million from the private collection of D. Gideon and Nancy Searle was allegedly damaged while being transported from Illinois to Florida, triggering a lawsuit filed by the couple's insurer against the moving company. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday by Great No...

November, 22, 2012 2012 Flavor! featured wines that made the world take notice

(NapaValleyRegister) - Legends are tales that, because of ties to a historical event or location, are believable, though not necessarily believed. Generally a legend may be transmitted orally, passed on person-to-person or through written text. However, last week three dozen oenophiles had the...

November, 22, 2012 Top 10 Naughtiest Alcohol Ads

(TheDrinksBusiness) - We count down the naughtiest advertisements ever created by booze brands to prove that sex really does sell. Dooleys Toffee VodkaDooley’s toffee vodka raised more than an eyebrow with its series of commercials using the “Not for the sweet & innocent” tagline. Unsurpris...

November, 22, 2012 'Wine Spectator' picks top wines of 2012

(NYDailyNews) - In the magazine’s annual round-up of the year’s most exciting wines, the 2008 Shafer Relentless Napa Valley, a blend of Syrah and Petite Syrah, was ranked the highest at 96 points for its “muscle, density, richness and range of flavor.” A 2008 Napa Valley Syrah blend describe...