March, 04, 2012 India: Wine makers unhappy over special excise duty

(Business-standard) - Imposition of special excise duty of Rs 300 per litre by Maharashtra, Karnataka is affecting expansion.The dual excise policy adopted by states like Maharashtra and Karnataka is hampering the growth of the grape wine industry. Both states have imposed a special excise duty of R...

March, 04, 2012 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Burgundy: Current Releases

(Vinography) - You don't get very far in a journey towards being a wine lover without hearing the words "Romanée-Conti" spoken with some combination of reverence and amazement. And in today's world of Asian fueled wine-auction speculation, even those with casual interest in wine have heard of this ...

March, 04, 2012 US: Vintners shifting grants from Auction Napa Valley

(Napavalleyregister) - The Napa Valley Vintners organization is putting in place a new strategy to distribute funds raised at Auction Napa Valley, saying it wants to make a more meaningful impact locally. The shift will eliminate housing as one of three main areas of vintner support, as it increa...

March, 04, 2012 Learning about wine, one barrel at a time

(Pressdemocrat) - Extraordinary spring weather turned Sonoma County's Wine Country into a sun-drenched, open-air classroom of sorts Saturday, allowing thousands of people attending the area's annual Barrel Tasting weekend to learn about the region's fine wines and taste those not yet on the market. ...

March, 03, 2012 In vino, sanitas! What your daily glass of wine is doing to your survival chances

(Dailymail) - Last night I went to the cinema to see Liam Neeson’s latest film The Grey, in which he survives a plane crash in a freezing snowscape and fights a pack of wolves to the death. If I found myself in a similar situation, I wouldn’t have survived past check-in. Thankfully I’ll ...

March, 03, 2012 Wine Knowledge, Ability To Taste Bitter Flavor Linked In New Study Of Propylthiouracil, Or 'PROP'

(Huffingtonpost) - "Can't we just get rid of wine lists? Do we really have to be reminded every time we go out to a nice restaurant that we have no idea what we are doing? Why don't they just give us a trigonometry quiz with the menu?"-Jerry Seinfeld Enophiles may whine, but a new study in the Amer...

March, 02, 2012 US:CA: Grapevine Moth Quarantine Relief

(Wines&Vines) - The quarantine for the European grapevine moth (EGVM) will be lifted for four California counties, but the battle continues. Officials announced additional funding of $8 million to continue fighting against the invasive pest. Five-mile “buffer zones” around infested areas also ha...

March, 02, 2012 US: Another blessing for Napa

(NapaValleyRegister) - We all know that our small valley is one of the best places on earth to live, truly an Eden before the fall (mostly). We have wine, food, arts and culture that some large cities might envy. We also have an invaluable, little-recognized asset: an uncommonly cooperative and e...