November, 15, 2012 Beaujolais Nouveau French Wine Fans Take Red Wine Baths To Celebrate Its 2012 Launch

(HuffingtonPost) - Red wine lovers, prepare to either cringe or cheer. According to Fox News, some wine enthusiasts in Japan are celebrating the launch of the 2012 Beaujolais Nouveau season by taking a bath in the fruity red. The boozy bathing ritual, which is taking place at the Yunessun Spa Re...

November, 15, 2012 Extreme weather ends Europe’s cheap-wine era

(MarketWatch) - Drought, frost, floods and heavy rain this year have hammered grape harvests in Europe’s biggest wine-producing countries, prompting a spike in grape prices and marking an end to almost a decade of extremely cheap wine from the Continent. Grape farmers in countries such as Spain...

November, 15, 2012 DtC Wine Shipments on Record Pace

(Wines&Vines) - Direct-to-consumer shipments of wine continued their rapid growth by posting a record $222 million in sales for the month of October. If sales pick up through November as they have during the past two or more years, according to the Wines & Vines/ShipCompliant Model, another record w...

November, 14, 2012 Just one glass of wine a week while pregnant 'can harm a baby's IQ'

(DailyMail) - Drinking even a single glass of wine a week while pregnant can risk lowering your child’s intelligence, researchers warn. They say even small levels of exposure to alcohol in the womb alter a baby’s brain development and can result in a loss of up to four IQ points. However,...

November, 14, 2012 Techie twist to winemaking; ‘vegetational Pompeii’ portrays Earth before dinosaurs

(WP) - For thousands of years, people have made wine using observation and intuition. But winemaking is going high-tech. In California’s wine country, a land of grape whisperers, a couple of “vine nerds” are implementing computer technology to manage how a vine is planted, pruned, watered and ...

November, 14, 2012 Naked Wines Australia raises $1 million via “angel” network

(StartUpSmart) - Wine retailer Naked Wines has recruited more than 2,000 “angels”, who have raised $1 million to fund wine made by up-and-coming independent winemakers. Naked Wines, founded in 2008 by former Virgin executive Rowan Gormley, has sought to reverse the traditional wine business mod...

November, 14, 2012 Janes on Wine: What does 'natural' yeast really mean?

(RGJ) - The production of wine would not be possible without yeasts, the microscopic organisms that actually convert sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. In fact, much of the aromas and flavors of wine as we experience them result from yeast activity rather than something inherent in the grape. Yo...

November, 14, 2012 WSU Research Gives Brett a Chill

(Wines&Vines) - Researchers at Washington State University are giving Brettanomyces the cold shoulder with new research that studies how temperature and sulfur dioxide impact the organism, and how the combination of the two help control its development in wine. Brettanomyces bruxellensis—the yeast...