July, 30, 2012 Wine on Tap = Greener Wine

(IBTimes) - I'm not going to lie, wine is not my expertise, but this is a cool story. Wine is a major part of our world, and it would be helpful if we could green it up a bit. The folks over at Micro Matic seem to have a solution - wine on tap. From what I hear, this is actually not too uncommon in ...

July, 30, 2012 WORLD’S LARGEST BOTTLE OF WHISKY IS A STEP CLOSER

(TheDrinksBusiness) - A specially created 200 litre glass bottle arrives in Scotland this week, as a distillery bids to break the record for creating the world’s largest bottle of whisky. The Famous Grouse are planning to enter the Guinness Book of World Records with the largest bottle ever pr...

July, 30, 2012 UK: Sales of low-abv wine drinks up 135% at Asda

(TheGrocer) - Sales of low-alcohol wine at Asda have rocketed over the past year - thanks to a massive range extension. The retailer said sales of its low-alcohol wine drinks - which range from 0% to 5.5% abv - were up 135% y-o-y [Nielsen 52 w/e 26 June 2012], helping it nearly double its total l...

July, 30, 2012 Building a Winery in China From Scratch

(WSJ) - Move over baijiu, you’ve got company. With its auspicious hue and perceived health benefits, red wine is “the banquet drink of Chinese officials and businessmen,” according to Harvard Business School professor William C. Kirby. It’s a trend that bodes well for Grace Vineyard, whi...

July, 28, 2012 These American Winemakers Use A Restored Citroën HY As A Mobile Tasting Room

(Jalopnik) - Husband and wife team Amy Lillard and Matt Kling are a rare breed: They're Americans making wine in France. But they've brought a little American ingenuity to the traditional French winemaking process. Their tasting room is a 1979 Citroën HY Van. Lillard and Kling's operation is a sma...

July, 27, 2012 'Challenging' summer will mean small Burgundy harvest

(Decanter) - Burgundy is heading for a small harvest due to the challenging summer weather, vintners are saying. A cold and rainy start to the summer, followed by periods of heat, has led to a failure of many grapes to develop after flowering. This along with mildew is reducing the potential size...

July, 27, 2012 Winegrape Renamed 'Geneva Red'

(Wines&Vines) - A red winegrape variety known as "GR 7" was released Feb. 20, 2003, by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station at the Viticulture 2003 conference in Buffalo, N.Y., and given the name “Abundance.” That name had to be withdrawn because of a trademark infringement claimed...

July, 27, 2012 Multi-million dollar Mondavi research winery near completion at Davis

(Decanter) - The US$15m high-tech winery at the Robert Mondavi Institute at the University of California Davis is near completion. The winery, part of a larger US$40m food science and brewing complex at UCDavis, will serve as an industry-leading research facility and a model for future wineries arou...