November, 17, 2012 New Zealand winery wins Mouton trademark battle

(Decanter) - New Zealand's Osawa Wines has successfully defended its 'Flying Mouton' wine brand against a complaint by Chateau Mouton Rothschild in the country. Mouton Rothschild's owner, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, had accused Osawa of potentially deceiving wine drinkers by infringing on its trad...

November, 17, 2012 Will online giant Amazon move in on Britain's wine business?

(ThisIsMoney) - Amazon has rarely put a foot wrong. From its humble beginnings selling books from a California garage, Amazon expanded and diversified into other sectors, from music to toys and games, clothes, garden furniture and of course, the Kindle ebook reader and total sales of £30 billion....

November, 17, 2012 SA wines should target China

(BDLive) - EXPORTING wine to China is not about just dipping in and out when occasional opportunities arise. In order for South African wine producers to reap the benefits of the promising export market to China, they must establish a Chinese-focused producers' association, backed by the South Af...

November, 17, 2012 US: Experts say booming grape yield bodes well for Lodi winemakers

(LodiNews) - Grape growers in the Lodi Appellation are having a booming year, but experts say it’s too soon to reveal the great prices Lodi winegrapes are earning. The harvest statewide is estimated at 3.7 million tons, up from 3.3 million tons in 2011, the Wine Institute, a wine advocacy group, ...

November, 17, 2012 Amazon Tries Selling Wine Online For Third Time

(Forbes) - Wine.com has been in the online wine sales industry since 1998. In fact, it has more or less been the industry, as Wine.com’s hard-fought success over the last decade and a half has put it in a category of its own — a status Amazon now hopes to change with its launch of Amazon Wine ea...

November, 17, 2012 A half-century look at American wine

(WP) - On a wall behind Julia Child’s Kitchen in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, there’s a photo of the cooking icon taken at the conclusion of one of her early cooking shows. She’s pouring a glass of wine to enjoy with the meal she just taught us to cook. The kitch...

November, 16, 2012 Obama’s Wine Gift to Boehner Could Violate House Ethics Rules

(ABCNews) - That’s a really nice bottle of wine the President gave the Speaker of the House for his birthday: A reserve bottling of the Brunello di Montalcino from a top producer (Poggio Antico) – and a great vintage (1997!) to boot. It’s also expensive. The only place I can find it for s...

November, 16, 2012 Beer, Wine And Spirits: When Counting Our Liquid Calories, Are We Honest?

(NPR) - When it comes to tallying our liquid calories, we're not always so accurate. Does that tiny 5-ounce serving of wine really count as a glass of wine? (The answer is yes.) So as the season of celebrations heats up, and holiday cheer is delivered in the form of bubbly, beer or booze, just ho...