January, 24, 2012 MEMSTAB® A Unique, Important and Logical Evolution in Wine Processing

MEMSTAB® / OENODIA - Unified Booth # 600. Did you ever wish your winery equipment could talk to each other? Well, now they do! MEMSTAB® is the first and only platform to link two technologies, providing unparalleled operational flexibility and a multitude of savings. MEMSTAB® A Unique, Im...

January, 24, 2012 Consumers finally ask about alcohol levels

(NewWorldWinemakerblog) - There’s little need for me to rehash the back-and-forth in the wine media regarding alcohol levels: in short, the wheel has turned and we are back in the 1980s when it was fashionable to criticize California wine for having high alcohol. Here we are again. The differen...

January, 24, 2012 'Original Rednek Wine Glass' is a thrifter's brainchild

(Therepublic) - Okie Morris is as spunky and offbeat as her latest creation — the Original Rednek Wine Glass. Packing boxes of glasses for delivery to local retail customers, she laughs about the thousands of glasses selling nationwide and the newspaper, online and TV stories documenting her su...

January, 23, 2012 New movie lifts lid on Master Sommeliers

(Decanter) - A new film about to be released shines a spotlight on the gruelling world of the Master Sommelier qualification – an exam less than 200 people have ever passed.Somm tells the stories of Brian McClintic, Dustin Wilson, Ian Cauble and DLynn Proctor as they prepare for the entrance exam ...

January, 23, 2012 Global warming would harm the Earth, but some areas might find it beneficial

(Washingtonpost) - “Global warming” and “climate change” succinctly describe a complicated phenomenon, and in just a few decades they have become common descriptors. But while global warming would be bad for the Earth as a whole, the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would a...

January, 23, 2012 Chinese businessman given life sentence for smuggling

(Decanter) - A Chinese man has been given a life sentence for illegally importing millions of dollars of fine wine into China. Sun Xitai was convicted of forging invoices and import contracts to evade import duties on 70,000 bottles worth CNY45m (US$7.13m) between January 2004 and December 2009, the...

January, 23, 2012 Wine Marketing More Than a Message

(Wines&Vines) - An interactive marketing expert told an estimated 315 wine industry attendees at the Jan. 18-19 Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium in San Francisco that low-cost digital tools, apps and games are driving today’s most successful brands—not messaging, the traditional advertising app...

January, 23, 2012 US: Starbucks to sell beer, wine in Atlanta, Southern California

(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O), which sells the coffee that helps many Americans get wound up for their day, is now offering some a way to wind down. The company plans to begin selling beer and wine in a small number of cafes in Atlanta and Southern California by the end of this year as it e...