October, 25, 2012 The world’s 10 strongest beers

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Earlier this week Scottish brewers Brewmeister released the world’s strongest beer, but which beers has it beaten to that title? Brewmeister Brewery co-founder Lewis Shand with a bottle of ArmageddonBrewmeister’s Armageddon beer has an incredible 65% abv, and will be lau...

October, 25, 2012 Truffle farmers hope to rival wine industry

(WesternFarmPress) - When winemakers from northern California first set their sights on Oregon and tried to grow wine grapes here in the 1960s, many people thought they were crazy. The same could be said of the latest crop of Oregon agricultural dreamers, including Simon and Linnet Cartwright of ...

October, 25, 2012 Rains Punctuate a 'Perfect' California Vintage

(Wines&Vines) - Rains that started this weekend seemed to have little impact in California vineyards other than to create a rush to finish picking, placing a definite end to the 2012 harvest. Most of the coastal county grapes were at optimum ripeness, though a few winemakers always like them to hang...

October, 25, 2012 Screaming Eagle phenomenon “not healthy”

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Robert Parker’s California critic Antonio Galloni has spoken out about the trading of cult wine Screaming Eagle on the secondary market, dubbing it “unhealthy”. Screaming Eagle continues to command incredibly high prices at auction Speaking exclusively to the drink...

October, 25, 2012 Sulfite's headache is in labeling

(ChicagoTribune) - This is the time of year when people tell me, as they return from their European vacations, that they drank bottle after bottle of wine with their meals and "never got a headache." They explain this miracle by saying that wines in Europe "do not contain sulfites," unlike wines sol...

October, 25, 2012 Gallo buys trademark of bankrupt Shakers Vodka

(BizJournals) - Shakers Vodka, the Minnesota-made liquor that won numerous awards before its parent, Infinite Spirits Inc., filed for bankruptcy in January, is in new and bigger hands. E. & J. Gallo Winery now owns the Shakers trademark, according the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database. Ba...

October, 25, 2012 US: Wine and fracking don't mix, say vineyard owners

(DelawareOnline) - The hillside vineyards of New York’s Finger Lakes region make money producing fine Rieslings and inviting tourists to sip white wine by the water’s edge. Now winery owners are worried about the prospect of a grittier kind of economic development: gas drilling. Some grape gr...

October, 24, 2012 US: State rolls back fees, regulations on beer and wine industry

(DemocratandChronicle) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a number of changes Wednesday to help bolster the craft alcoholic beverage industry, saying the state will boost its advertising fund to as much as $3 million and remove some regulations. “I think your industry has tremendous potential,” Cu...