May, 01, 2012 Wine: What should the label disclose?

(WashingtonPost) - Along with a sense of humor, wine should have integrity. Bonny Doon has both. On the back label of its 2011 Vin Gris de Cigare, right under the winery’s address — “Santa Cruz, CA, USA, EARTH” — I found this description: “Ingredients: 73% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre, 8% Gre...

May, 01, 2012 US: Gov. Hickenlooper says, "Drink more Wine" ... Colorado Wine

(Examiner) - Colorado may be called the red state for its rocky red bluffs, but a new hue is emerging, Cabernet Franc red. Governor Hickenlooper, the state's leading beer man, is the leading man in one of a series of television commercials touting the growing Colorado wine industry. "When you reach ...

May, 01, 2012 AUS: WA wine exports bounce back

(ABC) - Western Australian wine exports are on the up as the Chinese develop a big thirst for higher quality wines. There has been a total increase in wine exports from WA to China over the past year, which is encouraging for an industry recovering from the global financial crisis. Aymee Mastaglia...

May, 01, 2012 New Zealand winemakers plan to stake claim in moving China market

(Xinhua) -- The New Zealand government and wine industry are planning a long-term strategy to build the presence of New Zealand wine in China over the next three to five years, an industry expert said Tuesday. As New Zealand winemakers prepare for a major push in China this month with their bigge...

April, 30, 2012 Is Champagne ready for a return to socialism?

(CNN) - French presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande chose to spend the final day of his first round campaign in the Ardenne, an area famous for that most Gallic of luxuries -- champagne. Some of the vintners he met there may well be disappointed to learn the Socialist candidate chose not to c...

April, 30, 2012 2011 BORDEAUX WILL “BOMB”

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Robert Parker has forecast a complete lack of demand for 2011 Bordeaux en primeur unless prices drop “dramatically”. Writing on erobertparker.com about the vintage, he notes, “If prices do not drop dramatically for the 2011 Bordeaux, I do not think there will be any fine ...

April, 30, 2012 US: Ontario Grape Prices Set

(Wines&Vines) - In 2009, the Ontario provincial government insisted that the grape and wine industry come up with a plan to work together to further the production of VQA wines and reduce grape surpluses, which reached a total of nearly 8,000 tonnes that year, and that there would be no further gove...

April, 30, 2012 BLUR STAR TO BREW BEER

(TheDrinksBusiness) - Blur pop star Alex James is venturing into the beer world.The Blur bassist is extending his farm business by making it into a brewery, although there is no notice of when the brew will be ready to drink. Alex said, “I’ve basically become a monk – I make cheese and now ...