September, 19, 2012 FDA Takes a Growing Interest in Winery Safety

(WineSpectator) - Ken Peck, owner of Dakota Creek winery in Washington state, had a surprise visitor in August: an inspector from the state Department of Agriculture wearing a lab coat and hairnet. She wanted to know if he and his winery workers also wear hairnets. Peck replied that he’d never hea...

September, 19, 2012 French fear 'chateau' may be allowed on non-estate imports

(Decanter) - French wine producers are preparing a defence against the possibility the EU may allow US imported wines to be called chateau or clos. The decision will be taken as part of a wider meeting on Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms at the European Parliament in Brussels on 25 September...

September, 19, 2012 Top 10 nautical drinking traditions

(TheDrinksBusiness) - It was once famously noted that life on the high seas was nothing but “rum, sodomy and the lash” (but not actually by Churchill though he did say he wished he had said it). The latter two pecadilloes aside, drink does permeate the history of the world’s fleets and navies,...

September, 19, 2012 Spain export growth 'substantial'

(Decanter) - Spain’s wine export business has shown substantial growth in the first half of 2012. Castilla-La Mancha remains the biggest exporter, accounting for 50% of all Spanish wine sold abroad; all but three of Spain’s 17 regions showed at least some growth. Rioja was one of the regions ...

September, 19, 2012 Grape expectations: Making wine taste good at 35,000 feet

(CNN) - The airline industry has seen fewer travelers take to the skies in the wake of the global financial downturn and rising fuel costs. The knock-on result is that flight operators too, have had to cut costs. In some cases that meant reducing routes or removing the additional amenities like t...

September, 19, 2012 David White's Terroirist: Wine revolutionaries call America home

(BaxterBulletin) - One of the hottest winemakers in France is Jerome Bressy, the proprietor of Domaine Gourt de Mautens in the Southern Rhone village of Rasteau. Over the past decade, he’s developed quite a reputation. American wine critic Robert Parker has called his winery “sensational,” ...

September, 19, 2012 Playboy Launches Wine Club For U.S. Aficionados

(RedOrbit) - Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) today announced the launch of the Playboy Wine Club (www.playboywineclub.com) for U.S. wine enthusiasts through a licensing agreement with Barclay’s Wine, a leading internet wine curator. The Playboy Wine Club is the first of a series of Internet-based ...

September, 18, 2012 Drew Barrymore Talks Wine Company in 'Haute Living'

(JustJared) - Drew Barrymore shows off her wine vineyard in this new feature for Haute Living‘s October 2012 issue, on newsstands September 20. Here is what the 37-year-old pregnant actress had to share with the mag: On having children: “I can’t wait until I have my children. I love the ...