February, 04, 2012 Bulgaria: Sofia Airport Launches Wine Tasting Saloon

(Novinite) - In February, known in Bulgaria as "vine and wine" month, the Sofia airport launched a renovated wine tasting saloon. The saloon will offer monthly degustation of prestigious Bulgarian wines. "This is an opportunity to present Bulgaria as a country with traditions and great achieve...

February, 04, 2012 Wine: Bulgaria bounces back

(Heraldscotland) - Thirty years ago, without their being aware of grape varieties, wine drinkers wouldn't venture beyond some reasonably well-known appellations and a handful of brands. The choice was simple – either claret, chianti and the likes of Blue Nun and Black Tower. Buying by grape see...

February, 03, 2012 US: 'Regulate Marijuana Like Wine' Measure Courts Billionaires For Support

​Regulate Marijuana Like Wine, a marijuana legalization measure vying to get onto the November ballot, has only $80,000 in cash on hand, according to finance records. But in a poll released this week, it had potential support from 62 percent of likely voters -- and that, ballot proponents say, is ...

February, 03, 2012 US: Grow Your Brand in a Growing Wine Industry

(Wines&Vines) - More people are drinking wine, more retailers are selling wine, and it seems the wine world is beginning to shrug off the wet blanket of recession that began in 2008. According to Nielsen Co., which tracks retail growth in 120 categories, wine is one of only four categories currently...

February, 03, 2012 US: Number of wineries continues to climb in Illinois

(SJ-R) - Wineries continued to open in Illinois straight through the Great Recession, raising the total to more than 100 at the start of 2012, according to the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association. Not that there haven’t been losses. “It’s ever-changing. We’re starting to se...

February, 03, 2012 Social Media and the Wine Industry: A New Era

(Vinography) - Ordinary wine consumers may want to skip this post. On occasion I write purely for the wine industry, and today I'd like to address the role of social media in the wine industry. Whenever I write these kinds of things, I like to remind people that by day I run a company called HYDRANT...

February, 03, 2012 Italy's wine tourism generates USD 6.5 bn a year

(Newkerala) - Wine tourism in Italy generates five billion euros (USD 6.5 billion) a year, just-released data shows. According to data released at the International Wine Tourism Conference that was held for the first time in Italy Monday-Thursday, some three million people are involved in the sector...

February, 03, 2012 Could red wine pill protect against heart disease, diabetes and cancer?

(Lifestyle) - The much-touted health benefits of drinking a glass of red wine every day mean many people opt for it as their tipple of choice. Now scientists have confirmed they are a step closer to creating a pill which harnesses the benefits of red wine's most powerful health-boosting ingredien...