June, 25, 2012 AC/DC To Expand Wine Program To United States; Wines Go On Sale Today

(PRWEB) - Rock legends AC/DC are set to expand the availability of their range of wines following their official release last year in Australia. AC/DC The Wine has become a huge hit with fans while also achieving critical acclaim. Sales figures compiled by Warburn Estate, the exclusive producer o...

June, 25, 2012 US: California Nebbiolo Producers Compare Notes

(Wines&Vines) - Meeting under the informal name NEB (Nebbiolo Enthusiasts and Believers), a group of 20 California winemakers and grapegrowers met at Karmère Vineyards & Winery in Amador County on June 21 to compare notes about their experiences growing and producing wine with the notoriously chall...

June, 25, 2012 Louis Roederer now Champagne's biggest biodynamic producer

(Decanter) - Louis Roederer has increased its vineyard ownership to 240 hectares following the purchase of Champagne Leclerc Briant. After the death of Pascal Leclerc Briant in 2010 his four daughters have gradually sold off the 30ha estate. The first tranche was 17ha in October 2011: Roederer bo...

June, 25, 2012 Scientists to study wine’s impact on memory

(DailyHerald) - Scientists will be starting a new study on the effects of wine on memory. While some people might drink to forget — the drive home, the electric bill, an annoying co-worker — it may be that a substance in wine actually improves memory. Some small pilot studies in mice have sug...

June, 25, 2012 OIV elects new president

(DrinksInt) - The general assembly of the of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV, has announced the election of Claudia Inés Quini, deputy head of research at the National Institute for Vitiviniculture of Argentina (INV), as its incoming president. Quini has been elected preside...

June, 25, 2012 Fine wine: why is Britain splashing out?

(Guardian) - Are you one of a growing number of people willing to spend more than £10 on a bottle of wine to drink at home? New figures show a leap in higher-priced wine sales in the UK. While many of us are frisking ourselves for loose change to pay the bills, others are hoarding emergency tenners...

June, 24, 2012 Danica Patrick has over 1,000 bottles in her wine cellar

(TheSportsBank) - Goddess of NASCAR Danica Patrick is a lover of wine. She, along with husband Paul Hospenthal have acquired a very impressive wine cellar with over 1,000 bottles. Some wine drinkers are aficionados. Some are connoisseurs. Patrick jokingly refers to herself as a “wino.” Hers is a...

June, 24, 2012 US: New law may boost Arizona craft-beer industry sales

The growing Arizona craft-beer industry could boost sales in August when a new law allows restaurants, bars and liquor stores to sell glass "growlers" of draft beer to take home. Currently, only microbreweries and brewpubs can sell the reusable half-gallon containers filled with their own beers. ...