September, 18, 2012 Labels illustrate the marriage of art and wine

(MercuryNews) - For some vintners, art and wine go hand in hand. Some host art exhibits in their tasting rooms; others use the bottles themselves as gallery space, commissioning painters, sculptors or printmakers to create art that defines the wine. At Glen Ellen's Imagery Estate Winery, for examp...

September, 18, 2012 Gallo Purchase Could Boost Grape Prices

(Wines&Vines) - Capping an aggressive acquisition streak for the past year, giant E. & J. Gallo Winery has bought Snows Lake Vineyard in the Red Hills AVA in Lake County. “The purchase of Snows Lake Vineyard continues Gallo’s commitment to having vineyards in the premier winegrowing appellations...

September, 18, 2012 Bulgaria objects to minimum pricing in Scotland

(Decanter) - Plans to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland have hit their first significant hurdle – an objection from Bulgaria. According to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), the Bulgarian government has formally objected to the European Commission about the plans for a m...

September, 18, 2012 US confirms 198th AVA

(TheDrinksBusiness) - The US Treasury Department has approved American Viticultural Area (AVA) status for the Middleburg Virginia region. Located 50 miles west of Washington DC, the 190-square mile AVA surrounds the town of Middleburg and is bordered by the Potomac River to the north, with mounta...

September, 18, 2012 Top 10 wines in the US press

(TheDrinksBusiness) - We round up the top 10 wines featured in the US press in the past week. Eric Pfanner in the International Herald Tribune looks at the French supermarkets’ Annual Wine Fairs which are starting now across the country. What to buy? “Basically, Bordeaux”, says Pfanner. Unl...

September, 18, 2012 Biowine receives EU approval: Label certification boosts the sales of organic drink

(PraguePost) - The intricacies of the European Union could drive anyone to drink, but until recently, organic winemakers had more cause than most to seek solace in the bottle. That's because until this year - according to the EU, at least - their product didn't exist. Officials were not happy ab...

September, 17, 2012 The five least glamorous aspects of winemaking

(MercuryNews) - Remove those beautiful, grape-stomping virgins from your mind. Same goes for the hunky young winemaker walking through the vineyard, pensively swirling a glass of something garnet. As thousands of California winery workers currently working the harvest can confirm, wine may have a g...

September, 17, 2012 Tokyo wine apartments take shape

(Decanter) - Work has begun on a number of upscale apartments in Tokyo aimed at wine lovers that are due to be completed by September 2014. The apartments – provisionally called the Shibuya Shinsen Wine Apartment Project - are the brainchild of Takayuki Suzuki, a Japanese property developer who al...