February, 14, 2012 President: Bulgaria Must Showcase Its Quality Wine

(Novinite) - The Bulgarian tourist industry must be a flagman of local winemaking, according to Bulgarian President, Rosen Plevneliev. The Head of State met Tuesday, on the day of the traditional Bulgarian celebration - the feast of St. Trifon Zarezan, the patron of vine growing and wine producin...

February, 14, 2012 UK unlikely to buy into paper wine bottle

(Thedrinksbusiness) - The latest packaging innovation to be making headlines in the drinks industry is seemingly the paper wine bottle, which is set to be launched into UK retail outlets this year. The Suffolk-based company that produces the container, GreenBottle, has already had great success w...

February, 14, 2012 Love, chocolate and wine good for your heart

(Hindustantimes) - Eating dark chocolates, drinking red wine and being involved in a healthy, loving relationship are good for the heart, says a cardiologist. “There are a couple of different theories behind why that might be,” said Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute cardiologist Julie Damp...

February, 14, 2012 Vintners revive wine tradition near French Pyrenees

(Reuters) - With the Pyrenees mountain range firmly set on the southern horizon, a few enthusiastic vintners are trying to resuscitate a local wine-growing tradition that has been lost for many decades. "We were four at the start. Only one of us was already a wine-maker, I was in agriculture. We ...

February, 13, 2012 Bulgarians Celebrate Love and Wine

(Novinite) - Bulgarians celebrate Tuesday two holidays in one - the Day of Love and the Day of Wine. Bulgaria has been marking the two holidays on February 14 since the fall of Communism in the late eighties, when the day of the sweethearts came to the country. Previously completely ignored by...

February, 13, 2012 US: UT: Senate committee says no to wine sampling bill

(Deseretnews) - A Senate committee shot down a proposal Monday to allow commercial wine buyers to sample wines at restaurant and resort sites rather than at the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control warehouse. SB119 would permit restaurant or resort owners to taste wines and spirits at their e...

February, 13, 2012 Wine: ‘Eastern Europe is again making excellent wines’

(Scotsman) - IN THE 35 years from 1950, UK wine drinking started to grow rapidly – rising by 250 per cent, according to some estimates – and eastern Europe was an early beneficiary of this increased demand. Bulgarian cabernet, for example, became the everyday drink of choice for the chatterin...

February, 13, 2012 US: Lodi Winegrowers Go for Zinfandel

(Wines&Vines) - Zinfandel took center stage at the 60th annual Lodi Grape Day on Feb. 7. Lodi grapegrowers were encouraged by news of plans to increase production of E. & J. Gallo’s Barefoot Lodi-appellation Zinfandel, and they learned about a new heritage Zinfandel clonal trial planned in the Lod...