September, 21, 2012 Study: Government Critical to Wine Clusters

(Wines&Vines) - Government policies are critical to the success of wine industries around the world, according to a three-year study of wine industries and winery clusters from Algeria to Washington state. Earlier this year a survey of 33 of wine industry representatives from around the globe found ...

September, 21, 2012 A seedy process: Making pomegranate wine

(Haaretz) - Israelis have perfected the art of making pomegranate wine for a high-end market. A tip: You can't start from pomegranate juice. Gabi and Avi Nahmias are among the few producers of pomegranate wine in the world. The main reason for this is that you can’t make wine with pomegranate juic...

September, 21, 2012 Corks and screw caps: Can wine consumers taste the variation?

(UCDavis) - To help winemakers determine the best caps for their wine bottles, researchers at the University of California, Davis, are studying the performance — specifically the variability — within different types of closures. Their goal is to determine whether consumers can taste the diffe...

September, 20, 2012 Robert Parker to be inducted into 2013 Vintners Hall of Fame

(StarkInsider) - The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) today announced that its 2013 Vintners Hall of Fame inductees will be winemaking pioneer Meredith “Merry” Edwards, legendary wine writer Frank Schoonmaker, labor leader Cesar Chavez, and the founder of The Wine Advocate, Robert Parker. ...

September, 20, 2012 Wrapped wine goes nuts in USA

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Wines wrapped in paper have proved an overnight success in the US off-trade, following a launch earlier this month. Conceived by Kevin Shaw from design agency Stranger & Stranger, wines from Sonoma-based producer Truett-Hurst have been wrapped in a resilient and recyclable p...

September, 20, 2012 US: North Coast Gets Access to Flash Extraction

(Wines&Vines) - Rudy Zuidema expected to receive his last shipping containers this week, and the winemaker plans to have his new equipment “up and flashing” by Oct. 1. Zuidema, who owns and operates Flash Wine Technologies at Kunde Family Estate winery in Kenwood, Calif., is offering one of two ...

September, 20, 2012 5 Wine Myths- Busted! Or Not

(Snooth) - Wine is a complicated matter. Or that’s at least what all wine experts are hoping you’ll believe! The truth is that wine is a remarkably flexible product, ending up as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. Let’s take a few of the wine industry’s favorite myths and see ...

September, 19, 2012 Texas wine industry grows

(ImpactNews) - Texas is the fifth-largest wine-producing state in the nation, according to the Texas Department of Agriculture. With more than 220 wineries—compared to 46 a decade ago—the Texas wine industry is growing. Craig Pinkley and his wife, Beth, are part of the trend. In June 2011, they...