April, 15, 2012 China gets a taste of world's best wine

(ChinaDaily) - Bolgheri, a small village in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, was once a sleepy fishing village. Fast forward 40 to 50 years, it is now better known as the place producing one of the best red wines in Italy - the Ornellaia. The village's wine is often compared to Bordeaux in ...

April, 14, 2012 Copia wine, fixtures to be auctioned online

(PressDemocrat) - Thousands of items from Copia, the defunct wine, food and arts center in downtown Napa, will go on sale later this month in a live Internet auction. Copia, also known as the American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, shut its doors and declared bankruptcy in 2008 after running...

April, 14, 2012 Champagne giants eye up England as sparkling wines win praise worldwide

(Guardian) - Record demand for English brands is leading French growers to explore possible sites near the South Downs. Mike Roberts should be a happy man. His Ridgeview vineyard nestling at the foot of the South Downs is producing award-winning sparkling wines that regularly best the finest champag...

April, 14, 2012 UK: Fine wine investors lose millions as companies go under

(BBCNews) - People investing money in fine wine have lost an estimated £100m over the last four years following the collapse of wine investment firms, the BBC has learned. It is thought more than 50 UK-based vintage wine investment firms have collapsed in that period. Some individuals speakin...

April, 14, 2012 Tempranillo is rising star in Southern Oregon wine

(StatesmanJournal) - Sometimes I feel like we give so much attention to pinot noir that it’s like lavishing all your attention on one child in the family at the expense of other siblings. It’s even worse when you live in the Mid-Valley because there is so much pinot noir grown and produced in...

April, 14, 2012 US: Marijuana-Laced Wine Grows More Fashionable in California Wine Country

(TheDailyBeast) - Wines fermented with weed were a novelty in the early 1980s, but now quite a few California winemakers are producing cannabis cuvées on the sly—with cabernet the variety of choice. Last year, at a Burgundy dinner in New York, I was given a wine that smelled like no Burgundy Iâ€...

April, 13, 2012 US: Coppola sues restaurant over 'Tavola' name

(Decanter) - Francis Ford Coppola is suing the Tavola Italian Kitchen restaurant in Novato, California for trademark infringement over the use of the word 'Tavola'. Trustees of the Coppola family, which owns restaurants Zoetrope in San Francisco and Rustic in Sonoma County, say that 'a tavola', mean...

April, 13, 2012 Understanding wine scoring

(ABC15) - We've all seen the scores on the labels and in the advertisements promoting a the wonders of a specific wine. Where do they come from, what do they mean, or do they mean anything at all? Justin Ove, Ambassador of Wine Education, Arizona Stronghold Vineyards, breaks it all down. Wh...