April, 18, 2012 Does hyperdecanting wine work?

(MNN) - Nathan Myhrvold, author of “Modernist Cuisine,” has introduced most of the wine world to hyperdecanting, a method of improving the quality of a freshly opened bottle of red wine by "torturing" it in a blender. When I read about the method, I knew I had to try it. I just pour the wine...

April, 18, 2012 US: Thirst growing for craft hard ciders, an alternative to beer and wine

(PostandCourier) - In the not-too-distant past, hard cider drinkers in this country might have been reluctant to say they enjoyed a sip. But thanks to the craft brew movement, those times are changing.A limited amount of hard cider was available in this country a decade ago. It was mass produced, ov...

April, 18, 2012 Sustainable practices boost appeal of South African wines

(PBPulse) - On this Earth Day, the Swirl Girls tip our made-from-recycled-material hats – and our wine glasses – to South Africa and its extraordinary winemaking standards. What began as an idea for a national "teach-in" on the environment, Earth Day, inaugurated on April 22, 1970, resulted i...

April, 18, 2012 AUS: Carbon neutral next step for organic winery

(ABC) - David Bruer is something of a wine industry pioneer, for his commitment to making his wines carbon neutral. He is pushing for an Australian first, to turn his Langhorne Creek organic winery, south of Adelaide, into a carbon neutral operation. Mr Bruer already runs Australia's largest d...

April, 17, 2012 It could be a very good year for wine lovers

(Telegraph) - You wouldn’t buy an unfinished Ferrari, so why spend a fortune on claret before it’s bottled? April means spring showers for most of us, but the beginning of the en primeur season for wine-lovers. A few weeks ago, the wine press and the trade descended on Bordeaux in their thousand...

April, 17, 2012 Constellation Brands Completes Debt Offering

(CBrands) - Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ), the world's leading premium wine company, announced today that it has completed the sale of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6% Senior Notes due 2022. The notes are senior obligations that rank equally with all of the company's other sen...

April, 17, 2012 U.S. wine prices headed higher for consumers-report

(Reuters) - U.S. consumers are going to be faced with a choice this year: pay more for a bottle of domestic wine, settle for lower quality, or buy cheaper imports, the Silicon Valley Bank forecast on Tuesday. SVB, a commercial banker to the wine industry, said in its latest "Annual State of the W...

April, 17, 2012 Imported Wine to Gain Market Share

(Wines&Vines) - Consumers will turn to affordable imported wine in coming years as the domestic wine industry works to overcome a production shortage. That scenario is one prediction from Silicon Valley Bank’s annual state of the wine industry report released this morning. Rob McMillan, founder of...