April, 05, 2012 Italy's Best Under One Roof

(WineSpectator) - Italian wine has no rankings, no grands crus, but for one evening in Verona on March 24, aficionados had a chance to taste wines from 100 of the country's top estates. “Finest Italian Wines: 100 Great Producers” was the keynote event of this year's Vinitaly, the Italian wine tr...

April, 05, 2012 Wine catastrophe started global fight against plant pests

(WesternFarmPress) - FAO marked the 60th anniversary of the International Plant Protection Convention, a treaty established in 1952 to help prevent plant pests and diseases from spreading across international boundaries via international trade.The origins of the convention can be traced back to 1865...

April, 05, 2012 Constellation's profit falls 63 pct on units sale

(WSJ) - Constellation Brands said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell 63 percent as a result of the divesture of its Australian and U.K. wine business. But the company said a new product mix helped boost its North America sales. A weak outlook for 2013 sent Constellation's sto...

April, 04, 2012 Red Wine May Block Fat Cell Formation

(TheDailyMeal) - In the latest wave of red wine health news, a study from Purdue University may explain the phenomenon of thin French women who always drink wine (if the book didn't do it for you). Researcher Kee-Hong Kim, an assistant professor in food science at Purdue, led a study that showed ...

April, 04, 2012 Constellation Brands Courts Millennials With Newest Wines

(Dow Jones)--An evolving palate and high interest in wines among the Millennial generation are two potential tailwinds that can aid Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ) as it launches a more plentiful slate of new wines this year. The maker of Robert Mondavi and Ravenswood wines intends to launch more...

April, 04, 2012 Koreans Raise a Glass to Unintended Consequences

(WSJ) - Since free-trade deals haven't brought down wine prices as much as promised, Seoul is now under pressure to deregulate further. During debates in the U.S. and Korea over ratification of the free-trade agreement, politicians fought over the macroeconomic effects on employment, trade flows and...

April, 04, 2012 Millionaire splurges on luxury bubbly

(TheDrinksBusiness) - A Saudi millionaire is reported to have paid US$136,000 for a six-litre bottle of Champagne in Dubai over the weekend. The man bought the Methuselah of Louis Roederer Cristal in the early hours of Saturday morning for him and his friends. The vintage bottle is believed to be...

April, 04, 2012 Do You Have a Good Palate?

(WineSpectator) - Some years ago I moved into an apartment in San Francisco, one of those arrangements with two units per floor with a connecting deck. I was spending a week painting the apartment, and my neighbor, who shared his apartment with his brother, stopped by to invite me over to their p...