September, 14, 2012 flipflop Wines Named "Best New Product -Wine" at Market Watch 2012 Leaders Annual Gala

/PRNewswire/ -- The beverage alcohol industry's top retailer, wholesaler and supplier executives gathered at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City last night for Market Watch magazine's annual Leaders Awards Dinner, which honors the nation's foremost spirits, wine and beer personalities. flipflop was...

September, 14, 2012 Closures: Part 4 – Synthetic solution for grand cru Burgundy

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Having considered the use of natural corks and screwcaps for sealing wine, we wanted to look at the third most common option available to winemakers: synthetic closures. And it might be a surprise to learn that a fervent champion for these comes from Burgundy’s Côte d’Or; ...

September, 14, 2012 US: Laffort opens store for winemaking

(NapaValleyRegister) - Bucking the trend to move operations to the Internet and Fed Ex, Laffort USA has opened a 400-square foot store space in 1309 Main St., Suite C in St. The store is open weekdays from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Helena. Laffort is a family-owned, Bordeaux-based winemaking product co...

September, 14, 2012 Disney World Travel: New Magic Kingdom Restaurant Puts Beer And Wine On The Menu

(HuffingtonPost) - Beer and wine will be on the menu when the new Be Our Guest restaurant opens later this year in Disney's Magic Kingdom. Disney officials told the Orlando Sentinel () Thursday that they've listened to feedback from guests who've said they'd like the option of being served beer o...

September, 13, 2012 Coke and red wine, shaken, not stirred

(BDLive) - THE Spanish call it calimocho (also spelled kalimotxo). In Chile, it’s known as jote and in Germany, kora or korea. If you’d like to order it in any of the former Yugoslavian countries, ask for bambus. And if you’re in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia or SA, request catemba. It’s also ...

September, 13, 2012 Italy’s Wine Production May Slide 8% on Drought, Ismea Forecasts

(Bloomberg) - Italy’s wine production may slide 8 percent this year after drought and heat damaged grapes, researcher Istituto di Servizi per il Mercato Agricolo e Alimentara said. Output may fall to 39.3 million hectoliters (1.04 billion gallons) from 42.7 million hectoliters in 2011, the Rome...

September, 13, 2012 US: Growing Grapes by the Numbers

(Wines&Vines) - A group of University of California staff members and ag advisors have published a detailed report about typical practices and costs to replant a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in Crush District 11, the Lodi area of northern San Joaquin and Sacramento counties. The report complements a ...

September, 13, 2012 China's new red army: The country's wine is starting to pique the interest of Western drinkers

(Independent) - Chinese wines do not exactly spring to mind when you consider top non-mainstream wines, but how about a spicy, aromatic and juicy red from the edge of the Gobi desert, in the west of China? Waitrose has just started carrying Cabernet Gernischt, from Changyu, one of China's oldest ...