May, 02, 2012 Wine ratings: a numbers game or useful information?

(Reuters) - Looking for a good bottle of Merlot, Pinot Grigio or Bordeaux? Ratings by experts may help narrow the choice but do they really make a difference? Wine experts say the scores and descriptions they give a vintage will differentiate a good bottle from a mediocre one but in a recent stud...

May, 02, 2012 US: Dunne on Wine: Lodi winery keeps alicante bouschet alive -- and delicious

(SacBee) - There was a day when farmers and winemakers alike adored the black grape alicante bouschet. That was long ago, during Prohibition. For growers, especially in the San Joaquin Valley, alicante bouschet was a prodigious producer, giving them up to 10 or so tons per acre, helping assure...

May, 02, 2012 Australian wine grape production at 5 yr low

(Reuters) - Australian production of wine grapes is set to sink to a five-year low this year after two wet summers damaged vines in New South Wales and South Australia, data on Wednesday showed. Production in the 2011/12 season will total about 1.53 million tonnes, down 2 percent on last year, th...

May, 02, 2012 Crisis-hit Italy Bets on Wine Industry: Entrepreneur

(CRIEnglish) - Crisis-hit Italy will invest more in quality wine industry, a young entrepreneur who has been named by President Giorgio Napolitano as an "ambassador" of made-in-Italy in the world told Xinhua. "Italy's wine industry has a long tradition, but it has not been able to adequately pro...

May, 01, 2012 US to review online marketing of beer, liquor and wine

(KansasCity) - Twitter didn't exist the last time the Federal Trade Commission examined alcohol advertising, back in the last decade. Now hundreds of millions of tweets fly daily across the micro-messaging site, including an increasing number from wine, beer and liquor companies seeking market buzz...

May, 01, 2012 Canada: BC Wine Region Matures

(Wines&Vines) - A five-year adventure of cultivating a new wine-producing region on Canada’s West Coast has borne fruit, and the first wines are hitting store shelves. Fort Berens Estate Winery, based in the Fraser Canyon three hours north of Vancouver, hosted an official launch party Monday for t...

May, 01, 2012 Blumenthal beats Keller with higher placings on 50 Best Restaurants list

(Decanter) - Heston Blumenthal's Dinner has been named ninth best restaurant in the world in Restaurant Magazine's annual listing. The celebrated British chef also has the distinction of being the only restaurateur to have two establishments in the top 15 of the magazine’s 50 Best Restaurants – ...

May, 01, 2012 Red Wine 'Compound' Could Increase Lifespan

(HuffingtonPost) - Hopes of developing anti-ageing drugs have been given a boost by new research involving an ingredient in red wine. Previous studies have shown that the plant compound resveratrol improves the health of mice fed a high-fat diet and increases their lifespan. Scientists have no...