August, 08, 2012 Schumer: ‘End Canadian tax on NY wines’

(ChronicleExpress) - Tourists spent $60 million in Yates County in 2011, but New York wine sales are undermined by taxes of up to 100 percent  for Canadians returning home. U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer believes eliminating this wine tax disparity between Canada and the U.S. would be an economic boost...

August, 08, 2012 Two new companies win Crushpad assets for $654,866

(PressDemocrat) - The assets of custom-crush Sonoma winery Crushpad have been sold, but hundreds of clients still are seeking details about the fate of more than 900barrels of wine stored at a Sebastiani warehouse. The assets were sold for $654,866 to Structural Solutions Inc. and Aspect 2 LLC, ...

August, 08, 2012 Bordeaux operation 'could help' Crushpad clients

(Decanter) - Recent clients of embattled California custom winemaking business Crushpad Inc could be helped out by the company's former Bordeaux operation, it has been revealed. The move follows the decision by Crushpad to call in US administrators, holding a public auction in San Francisco today (...

August, 08, 2012 The Architecture of Wine

(HuffingtonPost) - Wine is associated with gastronomy, history, local identity and spirituality. With its rich past of sensory delight dating back thousands of years, wine has long since established itself as a lasting cultural symbol of a healthy and harmonious lifestyle. Throughout history, the ro...

August, 08, 2012 'Natural' wine: fabulous or faddish scam?

(TheGlobeandMail) - The Stanislao Radikon Oslavje 2005 we are about to taste isn’t red, white or pink. This wine is orange – a hazy, golden amber, to be more precise, with sweet aromas of baked apple, melon and apricot pit. Blended from ribolla gialla, sauvignon blanc and chardonnay grapes, t...

August, 07, 2012 US: Texas grape growers produce healthy yields

(Lubbockonline) - With the 2012 wine grape harvest approaching, growers in the High Plains are optimistic about the quality of this year’s crop. Bobby Cox, a Texas wine grape grower, said the industry is looking to have the best harvest in many years. “Grapes more or less like dry climate,...

August, 07, 2012 US: Indiana Wine Industry Poised for Growth

(StaceyPageOnline) - Fresh off the state’s first “Wine of the Year” medal at the annual Indy International Wine Competition, the Indiana Wine Grape Council says the industry is growing. Jeanette Merritt, marketing director of the group, explained a number of Hoosier vineyards are planting mor...

August, 07, 2012 TOP 10 WINES IN THE US PRESS

(TheDrinksBusiness) - We round up the top 10 wines in the US press last weekend. Irene Virbila in the Los Angeles Times has written about “drinking Qupé Syrah for years but never knowing until now that (1) Qupé is pronounced “kyoo-PAY” (I’d thought it was koo-PAY all this time) and (2)...