May, 07, 2012 Lactobacillus – the good, the bad and the ugly

(NewWorldWinemakerBlog) - My husband is obsessed with this movie and the theme song. It was his cell phone ring-tone for a while – a long while actually – drove me bonkers. I guess that is why it was the first title that popped into my head when I thought of how to describe Lactobacillus in wine...

May, 07, 2012 Anti-Aging: 10 Easy Strategies To Slow The Aging Process

(HuffingtonPost) - Red wine has long been a controversial libation (and not because of cabernet versus malbec battles). Scientists have gone back and forth over the years about red wine's benefits; specifically whether or not resveratrol, a plant compound found in the drink, has anti-aging powers. ...

May, 07, 2012 NAKED IS TO GO GLOBAL WITH WINERY PROJECTS

(Express) - ONLINE vintner Naked Wines is to invest £5.5million in vineyards in the US and Australia as part of a drive to start selling in the two countries. The investment, using cash from its customers, known as “angels”, will support 22 winemakers. Among the projects is £250,000 to help ...

May, 07, 2012 NZ: Low volumes but high quality for Kiwi wine harvest

(TVNZ) - Cooler weather, a late harvest, and an Indian summer should please wine connoisseurs this year, according to the New Zealand Winegrowers Association. New Zealand had a "fantastic April", and promises to deliver very good quality wine once it hits the shelf, Philip Gregan, the head of the...

May, 07, 2012 PLANTY: FRENCH ORGANIC WINE QUALITY MIXED

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Xavier Planty, head of Château Guiraud, maintains that the quality of organic wine in France is mixed.Planty first started to experiment with organic farming 15 years ago and his work bore fruit after his grand Ccru Sauternes Château Guiraud was awarded the Agriculture Biolog...

May, 07, 2012 US: Tracing the fruition of Oregon's wine industry

(OregonLive) - In the beginning, the late 1960s and early 1970s, they were bearded young men and overall-wearing women. They were college graduates who had majored in engineering, philosophy, political science or the liberal arts. But they found their life’s work in the hills and farmlands of the ...

May, 07, 2012 US: WA wine industry grow to $8.6 billion

(TeatroNaturale) - Washington wine industry is just becoming stronger. A new study launched last month by Stonebridge Research of St. Helena (California) reveals just how shiny is the WA wine industry. The research requested by Washington State Wine Commission, a wine marketing group created and fi...

May, 06, 2012 Singer Andrea Bocelli launches wine in the US

(Yahoo) - Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has announced that he will be taking his family's winery stateside. Though Bocelli may be best known for his soaring singing voice, he also comes from a long line of winemakers that spans three generations and 130 years. Bocelli Family Wines, which come from ...