August, 20, 2012 The World’s Most Unusual Wine Regions

(TheDailyBeast) - Years back, when Napa winemaker Michael Mondavi told me that he would love to make wine on the moon, I thought, Michael, you are one crazy dude. Historically, there have been some basic prerequisites for a good wine region: water (yes, the moon has some, though it’s frozen), e...

August, 19, 2012 NZ: Wine exports hit new record

(Stuff) - Wine exports reached a record $1.18 billion in the year to June, up 8 per cent on the year before, New Zealand Wine's yearly review shows. Demand for Kiwi wine continues to grow despite difficult international market conditions, the latest annual report from the industry body said. Expo...

August, 19, 2012 FANCY A WINE, LADIES?

(TheLeader) - There is hardly a sector of industry or commerce that is still maintaining the levels of sales that the recent, more fruitful times brought, but diversity and growth are the only ways to survive it would seem, at least that is what the wine industry are currently thinking. Sales in ...

August, 19, 2012 Wine Blog Award Winners

(Examiner) - Tonight, August 18, they announced the winners to this year’s prestigious Wine Blog Awards at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Portland, OR. The first American Wine Blog Awards were given in 2007. Created by Tom Wark and hosted on his blog Fermentation, the awards quickly became the...

August, 19, 2012 Red wine compound could help seniors walk away from mobility problems

(MedicalXpress) - In a stride toward better health in later life, scientists reported today that resveratrol, the so-called "miracle molecule" found in red wine, might help improve mobility and prevent life-threatening falls among older people. The finding, believed to be the first of its kind, was ...

August, 18, 2012 US: Celebrating California wine in its birthplace

(Boston) - Sonoma County, the birthplace of California wine, hosts the Sonoma Wine Country Weekend from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, an event now in its fifth year. The weekend's co-producer, Maureen Cottingham, said the three-day event is "a world-class celebration of the vineyards, wines, cuisine, culture ...

August, 18, 2012 B.C. wine industry: Natural, sustainable

(VancouverSun) - By the time you read this I’ll be wrapping up the 12th Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards competition in Penticton. The number of entries in the 2012 competition is a record breaking 1,247 wines from across the country. Almost everyone who counts in the Canadian wine business has en...

August, 18, 2012 Chile's Vina Concha y Toro Looks to Revive U.S. Fetzer Wines

(WSJ) - After more than a century producing wine in Chile, and more recently in Argentina, Vina Concha y Toro SA CONCHATOR.SN +0.17% is looking to put newly acquired California winemaker Fetzer Vineyards back on the U.S. consumer's wine rack. Ahead of its 130th anniversary next year, the producer...