November, 03, 2012 SMITH: Wine documentary is music to Santa Rosa High alum's ears

(PressDemocrat) - Brian Carmody has already seen “SOMM,” the highly anticipated wine sommelier documentary — perhaps more times than anyone else on earth. Even so, you can believe the 1992 Santa Rosa high alum will be front and center at the Napa Valley Film Festival on Wednesday for the re...

November, 03, 2012 Looming wine shortage is a sobering thought for millions of Middle Brits

(ScotsMan) - FIRST our houses plummeted in value, then our pensions shrank, then we were told we would have to forego our child benefit. Now, the squeezed ­middle is being dealt another blow, a predicted global shortage of the one thing that can be relied on to keep gloom over the economic crisis a...

November, 03, 2012 Hurricane Sandy had East Coasters stockpiling booze, but beer industry could suffer

(MercuryNews) - There were big, block-lettered instructions on the chalkboard in the window of Brooklyn's Buschenschank bar this week: "Keep calm and drink on. We are open." Bottled water may be the official beverage on emergency grocery lists but many East Coasters were emphatic about ensuring a...

November, 03, 2012 Bordeaux to promote mid-range wine in China

(China) - China's wine market is maturing, with the customers diversifying their tastes from costly wines to cheaper ones, and Bordeaux plans to promote mid-range wine in the Chinese mainland to grab more market share in the future, Georges Haushalter, the president of Bordeaux Wine Council has said...

November, 03, 2012 Winners and losers at the Wine Olympics

(IrishTimes) - WINE: Bland wines that offend nobody tend to do well in panel-based awards. But that said, wine awards offer a certain reassurance A BOTTLE SITTING ON my desk has no less than eight gold medals displayed across its chest, a true Michael Phelps of a wine. Walk through the aisles of ...

November, 02, 2012 Liquid Assets: Is Scotch The New Wine?

(Forbes) - THIS OCTOBER Macallan hosted a party at the Bowery Hotel in Manhattan to celebrate the release of 1,000 bottles from its Annie Leibovitz Scotch collection. Prices start at $2,750 and each bottle comes with a limited-edition Leibovitz print. Marketing gimmick? Maybe–but just part of The ...

November, 02, 2012 THE WORLD’S TOP 10 BEER FESTIVALS

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Beer festivals take place all over the world, giving people the chance to taste and purchase a wide range of brews. The world’s largest beer festival – Munich’s Oktoberfest – runs for 16 days from late September to the first weekend in October. The event is famous ar...

November, 02, 2012 Glass half-full view has wine world buying in sellers' week

(WAToday) - THOSE investors who like to see multi-director buying have a few candidates to consider this week. Treasury Wine Estates chairman Paul Rayner recently told shareholders at the annual meeting that the group's rallying cry was one foot in the vineyard, one foot in the boardroom and wine m...