April, 11, 2012 Going green in the world of wines

(DailyHerald) - Winemakers today offer vintages in many shades of “green” that cover the process from the vine to the barrel to the bottle. How earth-friendly do you want your wine to be? Let’s explore the options. “Biodynamic” winegrowing replaces inorganic vineyard treatments with org...

April, 11, 2012 US: California wine grape supply on cusp of shortage

(WesternFarmPress) - Allied Grape Growers President Nat DiBuduo’s cell phone rings these days like a Salvation Army bell ringer at Christmas. It’s wineries calling to buy wine grapes. What do they want to buy? “Anything that looks, tastes, smells, sounds or feels like a grape,” says DiBu...

April, 11, 2012 UK: Multibuy ban has worse long-term impact on wine

(Harpers) - Results from Scotland suggest the government's proposed ban on multibuy drinks promotions could have a worse long-term impact on wine sales than in beers and spirits. Exclusive figures, released to Harpers by Nielsen, reveal there was a five percentage point swing in light wine since...

April, 11, 2012 Winestein: Organic wine availability is growing

(TheTimesTribune) - Wines that strive to be easy on the environment have never been more readily available than on this upcoming Earth Day, April 22. The entire nation of Chile has made it a point to be the leading producer of organic wines. All sorts of groups and regions are promoting their own...

April, 10, 2012 How to Get Your Business Started on YouTube

(PCWorld) - Making videos, much like Facebooking, blogging, and tweeting, is not an end but a means. It is a means of communicating with customers and marketing your wares. And it is increasingly a means of promoting yourself more visibly via search engines. On many a Web search, Google will place v...

April, 10, 2012 US: Cheers to Napa County's Wine Crop

(NBCBayArea)- Reports about agricultural production are not something that normally warrant a news article, but this one is about something close to the hearts and minds of many of us here in the Bay Area. It is about wine country and it shows just how much money growing grapes makes in cold hard...

April, 10, 2012 US: Sonoma Wine Harvest Stars in Film

(Wines&Vines) - Soggy vineyards, rotting clusters and reduced yields plagued grapegrowers in Sonoma County during the 2011 harvest season, while picking crews struggled to bring in the precious crop. John Beck, a local film director/producer and former journalist, captured moments of struggle and tr...

April, 10, 2012 BERGER: Judging wine is an acquired skill

(PressDemocrat) - A newspaper story recently said a researcher has concluded the tasting notes of wine experts were of no help to average wine buyers. The article said the researcher drew this conclusion primarily because wine experts can taste a lot more things in wine than average buyers. And t...