July, 17, 2012 Sideways 2 film could be in doubt, says author

(Decanter) - Sideways author Rex Pickett says director Alexander Payne fears making a sequel to the hit 2004 film will be 'selling out'. Payne, whose film of Pickett’s book was a worldwide hit which propelled both him and his anti-hero Paul Giamatti to stardom, is no longer answering his emails, ...

July, 17, 2012 COUNTERFEIT WINE SCAMS “TIP OF THE ICEBERG

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Huge amounts of counterfeit wines are yet to be uncovered according to Serena Sutcliffe MW. Addressing attendees of the Fine & Rare Specialist course at Vienna’s Palais Coburg earlier this month, the head of Sotheby’s wine department said that current allegations concerning...

July, 17, 2012 France: Undersea cellaring service preparing to launch

(Decanter) - The world's first undersea wine cellaring service 1,000m deep and 150km off the Atlantic Coast will open next year. Frank Labeyrie, of Chateau du Coureau in Côtes de Bordeaux Cadillac, hopes to open his cellaring service, Vin Mille Lieu Sous Les Mers – a pun on the French title of ...

July, 17, 2012 US: Most Grapes Unscathed by Heat Wave

(Wines&Vines) - National and local media reported widespread damage from the so-called “derecho” wind and thunder storms that plowed through the Midwest, Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic states the last week of June. (“Derecho” means “straight ahead” in Spanish.) Temperatures soared into the...

July, 17, 2012 US: Proposed law could benefit Oklahoma wineries' growth

(OUDaily) - When someone mentions Oklahoma, there are many images that could come to mind. One might think of football, Native Americans and oil. Or wine. The Oklahoma wine industry is on the rise and could rise more quickly if the state passes pending legislation to allow wine sales in grocery st...

July, 16, 2012 ALCOHOL BRANDS EXCITED ABOUT TWITTER AGE VERIFICATION

(TheDrinksBusiness)Twitter and Buddy Media has launched a free tool designed to help alcohol brands market only to people of legal drinking age. Jack Daniel’s, Jim Beam, and MillerCoors’ Coors Light and Miller Lite have served as the testing group. Now that the program is public, any adver...

July, 16, 2012 Rabobank Report: Global Wine Inventories Tightening as Wineries Move to Fill Production Shortfalls

/PRNewswire/ - Rabobank estimates global wine inventories are at the lowest point of the past decade, as shown in its latest quarterly report on trends and outlook for the international wine market. Indications are that the industry has finally moved closer to balance after years of oversupply chal...

July, 16, 2012 Gold Beats Lafite as Wine Tracks China Stocks: Chart of the Day

(Bloomberg) - Prices of the most-traded wines and Chinese stocks have moved mostly in tandem the past year, a path that has left investors worse off than those who bet on gold or U.S. equities. The CHART OF THE DAY compares the Liv-ex 100 Fine Wine Index, compiled monthly, with daily moves of gold,...