April, 23, 2012 Don't Call It A Malbec: Europe Sours On British Winery's Plan

(NPR) - A British winemaker has finally been given official approval to release a limited-edition wine made in collaboration with Malbec grape growers in Argentina, on one condition: It can't sell the wine, or label it a Malbec. Actually, it can't even call it wine at all. The Chapel Down winery'...

April, 23, 2012 US: Wine industry seeks producing vines as cost, competition pressures rise

(NBBJ) - After a dozen years of winegrape excess statewide, the California wine business is headed into several years of tighter supply to slake growing global demand while competition and costs of production are rising, according to experts at the Business Journal’s 2012 Wine Industry Conference ...

April, 22, 2012 Moroccan Wine Thrives in Face of Religious Bans, Heat

(Bloomberg) - It’s easy enough to say “When in Rome drink as the Romans do,” but what’s a wine lover to do in Marrakesh? For starters, Morocco is predominantly Muslim, and consumption of alcohol is forbidden in Islam, (though oddly enough, the word “alcohol” derives from the Pre-Islam...

April, 22, 2012 Defining Green Wine

(HuffingtonPost) - There's been a lot of talk about "green" wines recently, so in honor of Earth Day we decided to break down the journey from the vine to the bottle to determine how a wine gets the green stamp. These days there are many shades of green so we are looking at four buzzwords to define ...

April, 22, 2012 Lafite Demand Lackluster, Romanee Conti Strong at Hong Kong Sale

(Bloomberg) - Lackluster demand at a Christie’s International (BID) wine auction raised HK$32.7 million ($4.2 million) in Hong Kong yesterday, with only 74 percent of lots sold as buyers became more selective about vintages. “A flight to quality is a good assessment,” Charles Curtis, head o...

April, 22, 2012 Root of concern | Researchers look into question of grafting

(Yakima-Herald) - Sometimes, science needs to ask, "What if?" Washington State University researchers spent 11 years coming up with an answer. But before we share it, you need to know something about Washington's wine grapes: They're grown like few others in the world. Across most of the gl...

April, 22, 2012 Fashion and wine, a designer tripple

(Ahram) - As wine consumption in Italy dwindles, exports of Italian wine rises, and success is expected to come from an emphasis on marrying legendary fashion house names with wines. There are two cliches about Italians that generally hold true. One is that they dress well. Another is that they m...

April, 22, 2012 Celebrating Malbec one special day a year across the globe

(Savannahnow) - Wine enthusiasts across the globe gathered last week to celebrate World Malbec Day. For novices and oenophiles alike, the celebration was a great opportunity to sample some of Argentina’s flagship varietal. Although Malbec is stunningly popular, few Americans knew anything about...