September, 13, 2012 Brazilian wines ready to hit UK

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Public interest in Brazil is growing ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, and a range of importers are poised to release their first Brazilian wine brands on the UK market in the coming weeks. As the Olympic flag passed from London to Rio, the spotlight of public a...

September, 13, 2012 B.C. craft distillers get boost from NDP

(TheProvince) - The NDP wants to give the province's craft distillers the same boost as its winemakers. "The success of the wine industry is a source of economic and cultural pride for British Columbians," NDP Leader Adrian Dix said Wednesday. "We have an opportunity to do something similar wi...

September, 13, 2012 Accused Wine Counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan Fighting Feds' Case

(WineSpectator) - Accused wine counterfeiter Rudy Kurniawan, currently being held without bail at a Brooklyn federal detention facility, is working to have evidence of a laboratory for fake wines in his home excluded from his trial. Wine Spectator has learned that Kurniawan's lawyers will contest th...

September, 13, 2012 US: Truett-Hurst launches occasion-specific wrapped wine line

(PressDemocrat) - The wine aisle at Safeway is about to get more interesting. Truett-Hurst, the Healdsburg wine company, has inked an agreement with the grocery chain to roll out a line of wines that are wrapped in vibrant, foil-like paper designed to help consumers pair wines with special occasi...

September, 12, 2012 Elephant weevil, dangerous pest to wine industry, found in shipment to Southern California

(KABC) - Customs and Border Protection authorities said they intercepted a live insect that poses a major threat to the wine industry in a shipment to the Los Angeles-Long Beach seaport. This is the first time the pest was found in the U.S. Orthorhinus cylindrirostris, commonly known as the eleph...

September, 12, 2012 Finger Lakes Grape Prices Swell

(Wines&Vines) - In 2012, for the first time in several years, grape prices in the Finger Lakes region of New York are higher across the board. The list of prices in the accompanying table was furnished to Wines & Vines by Hans Walter-Peterson, viticulture extension specialist with the Finger Lakes G...

September, 12, 2012 NW Wine: N. Central Wash. continues to grow up

(AP) — While we often think of Washington wine country as stretching between the cities of Yakima and Walla Walla, the North Central Washington region is not only coming into its own, but also playing an important role. This summer, Wine Press Northwest and Foothills magazines combined to put o...

September, 12, 2012 Consuming three or more alcoholic drinks daily may raise risk for hemorrhagic stroke

(CBSNews) - Having three or more alcoholic beverages each day may put you at higher risk of having a a type of hemorrhagic stroke known as an intracerebral hemorrhage at an earlier age, according to a new study. Women's stroke risk reduced with glass of alcohol each day: Study Red wine may reduc...