August, 03, 2012 Canada: Quebec vintner turns tomatoes into wine

(GoogleNews) - Canadian wine lovers have been raising a glass to an increasingly popular but unusual vintage crafted from a secret Belgian family recipe four generations old using ... tomatoes. Pascal Miche, a former pork butcher in his 40s, says his is the first tomato wine to be successfully comm...

August, 03, 2012 US: MONDAVI TEAMS UP WITH SINGER JOSH GROBAN

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Robert Mondavi Winery is to collaborate with pop singer-turned-actor Josh Groban on an as yet unnamed Napa Valley wine scheduled for release next year. The hook up will also stretch to in-store displays promoting Robert Mondavi wines alongside Groban’s new album, to be rele...

August, 03, 2012 Daily glass of wine ‘is as good as drugs for protecting thin bones in older women’

(DailyMail) - One or two glasses of wine a day could work as well as drugs at  protecting older women from thinning bones. Regular moderate intake of alcohol after the menopause helps to maintain bone strength, according to an international review team. In comparison, they say, abstaining fro...

August, 02, 2012 TOP 10 WINE SAINTS

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Throughout mankind’s early history peoples of various civilizations constantly sought to personify the world around them and the food and drink it provided. Wine, beer, grapes and grain, as fruits of the land, were usually represented by deities connected to fertility or plea...

August, 02, 2012 US: Delicato winery expanding in Manteca

(Recordnet) - Delicato Family Vineyards has embarked on a five-year expansion of its original Manteca winery, boosting production to 16 million cases per year from 12 million cases, company officials said. John Yarborough, vice president of winery operations, said Tuesday that recently as many as...

August, 02, 2012 A magnet for wine lovers

(ChinaDaily) - The Alsace Wine Route is 170 km long and was inaugurated in 1953. It crisscrosses vineyards from north to south along the foothills of the Vosges Mountains. Designated as one of France's most beautiful tourist routes, it features wonderful landscapes, with more than 100 towns and vill...

August, 02, 2012 Icewine: Why this tradition might slowly be melting away

(NWW) - The recent cold weather in large parts of our country (South Africa) made me remember a tasting I had with a winemaker. As far was icewine was concerned, he got the concept of minimum and maximum temperatures all mixed up and insisted that he harvested his frozen grapes at a minimum temperat...

August, 01, 2012 POPULARITY THREATENS PINOT NOIR’S IMAGE

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Oregon must protect its reputation for high quality Pinot Noir as the variety’s growing international popularity leads to cheaper, higher yielding examples, a number of the state’s top producers have warned. “Part of me is worried about the future of Pinot Noir everywher...