March, 06, 2012 US: South Dakota Winery Wins Big Federal Grant

(Wines&Vines) - A tiny South Dakota winery won’t stay so small after being awarded a $300,000 grant to expand its market. The United States Department of Agriculture announced in February that one distillery in Nebraska, a hops company in Iowa and four wineries in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Sout...

March, 06, 2012 Italy: In Sicily, a Treasure Trove of Wine Yeast

(Sciencemag) - Sicilian winemakers don't stomp grapes with their feet anymore. But in the south of the Italian island, many vintners still follow many of the old ways, making wine by mixing mashed grapes in old stone and concrete troughs and then letting fermenting microbes native to that same viney...

March, 06, 2012 Chinese investors gobble up French wine, Bordeaux wineries

(GMANetwork) - You could hardly do better than Chateau du Grand Moueys if you were looking for a metaphor to demonstrate Chinese interests in European wines, luxury goods and travel. It has a history that includes a Templar legend, vineyards in the heart of France's famed Bordeaux region and a n...

March, 06, 2012 Spain: Rioja produces first commercial sweet wines

(Decanter) - Two Rioja producers have revived the region’s tradition of producing late-harvest wines. Dinastía Vivanco and Bodegas Loli Casado, both in Rioja Alavesa, are among the first to make commercially available sweet wines known locally as ‘supurados’ These were historically made fr...

March, 06, 2012 Why Drinking Wine Is Good for You

(EnvironmentalGraffiti) - When it comes to dining experiences, what drink is more culturally relevant than wine? Yet wine can be a simple or a bewildering beverage. It is the drink of celebration and ceremony, often seen to promote gracious living. At first considered a gift from the gods, wine has ...

March, 06, 2012 France, US, Chile wage wine war in Korea

(Koreatimes) - The Korean love affair with wines has fluctuated wildly between highs and lows in recent years. Distributors now hope that the effects of relaxed retail regulations and free trade pacts with wine-making nations will put the relationship on firmer ground by making them more affordable....

March, 06, 2012 UK wine and spirit sales down

(Drinksint) - The Wine and Spirit Trades Association’s (WSTA) latest market report shows overall sales of wine and spirits to fall in shops, pubs, restaurants and clubs, as consumers continue to rein in their spending. The WSTA, which is the lead body for the UK wine and spirits trades, says i...

March, 05, 2012 US: Grapegrowers Warned: Mealybug Spreads Virus

(Wines&Vines) - Mealybugs took the rap last week when detection, transmission and management of leafroll disease were investigated at the Napa Valley Grapegrowers’ Vineyard Technical Group session about Sustainable Vineyard Practices, first of a series presented in cooperation with the UC Cooperat...