August, 01, 2012 The Trick to Identifying Wine Tastes

(HuffingtonPost) - The two most important parts to determine a good wine are smell and taste. In my last piece, I covered three steps to become a wine aroma expert. Now that you have that part down, it's time to move on to a really useful trick to identify the tastes of wine. When I lived in Califo...

August, 01, 2012 PÉTRUS DECLARED KING OF WINE INVESTMENT

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Pétrus is the most reliable label for fine wine returns according to Christie’s Anthony Hanson MW. Addressing attendees of the Fine and Rare Wine Specialist course at Vienna’s Palais Coburg on 2 July, Hanson analysed the price performance of a range of collectible label...

August, 01, 2012 France: Price rises fuel Moet Hennessy growth

(Decanter) - Substantial price rises and new vintages fuelled growth for Moet Hennessy, the world's largest Champagne and Cognac company, in the first half of the year. The drinks division of luxury goods giant LVMH, owner of Moet, Veuve Clicquot, Krug, Dom Pérignon and Château d'Yquem, recorded...

July, 31, 2012 Bordeaux Water Squeeze May Be End Of Era For Veolia, Suez

(Bloomberg) - Bordeaux, the French city known for $3,000 bottles of wine, is obsessed with the price of tap water. Municipal plans to lower household bills and take control of Bordeaux’s water and waste treatment facilities will shrink domestic profits that are already declining for Veolia Enviro...

July, 31, 2012 SOCIAL MEDIA LEADS DRINK AND FOOD CHOICES

(TheDrinksBusiness) - More than a third of consumers use social media when deciding where to go out for a drink or food, according to the findings of the latest Taste of the Nation survey by Deloitte, the business advisory firm. The survey of 3,000 consumers from across the UK reveals 61% of 18-34 y...

July, 30, 2012 Naked Wines Builds U.S. Arm of Business

(Wines&Vines) - The winemakers gathered at the former Blackstone Winery recently were charged with a simple task: Make the best wine possible and leave the sales and marketing to us. The message came from Rowan Gormley, who launched the U.S. arm of Naked Wines, an online endeavor that draws on a lar...

July, 30, 2012 You can thank wasps for your bread, beer and wine

(DiscoverMagazine) - If wasps didn’t exist, picnics would be a lot more fun. But the next time you find yourself trying to dodge a flying, jam-seeking harpoon, think about this: without wasps, many of your ingredients might not exist at all. Irene Stefanini and Leonardo Dapporto from the Universit...

July, 30, 2012 US: City Winery comes to Chicago

(JUF) - Michael Dorf, CEO and Founder of City Winery in New York, is bringing his popular concert venue and winery to Chicago's West Loop. "Chicago's [a great] if not better, a city for what we want to do," Dorf said. "There's an incredibly passionate food and cultural scene here. I'm constantly ...