December, 09, 2011 US: Napa Climate Change: Tempest in Teapot

(Wines&Vines) - —Napa Valley Vintners assigned a group to analyze trends in climate change and how it could affect the valley’s wine industry. The recently reported results: Unknowns still outweigh certainties. “We’re still not interested in denying climate change is happening,” said Chris...

December, 09, 2011 US: Costco perspective: $19M well spent

(SeattleTimes) - Costco Wholesale's first quarter profit rose 2.6 percent despite the company spending $17 million during the quarter to help pass Initiative 1183, which privatizes liquor sales in Washington. The Issaquah-based retailer spent an additional $2 million on the measure in the fourth ...

December, 09, 2011 Germany: Museum scared to open ancient Roman wine

(Thelocal) - Scientists want to study samples of the world’s oldest wine, currently on display at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in the western German city of Speyer. There’s just one problem: everyone’s afraid to open the bottle. The glass bottle, thought to be at least 1,650 years o...

December, 09, 2011 Lot18 Expands Wine Flash-Sale Dominance To Europe, Acquires Paris-based Vinobest

(Fastcompany) - New York-based startup Lot18 is bringing its online wine business to Europe, acquiring Paris-based Vinobest for an undisclosed sum. The two-year-old company, often referred to as a sort of epicurean Gilt Groupe because it sells wine and gourmet food via online flash sales, now looks ...

December, 09, 2011 How wine prices have changed over 25 years

(CNNMoney) - Think you're spending a lot more for your French wines than you did in 1986? It all depends on which ones. I complain about wine prices. A lot. Maybe I'm just jaded, or spoiled since I've been buying wine for so long, or perhaps my standard of living has simply eroded. Then again, I've ...

December, 08, 2011 Wine and Hollywood

(TheEpochTimes) - Winemakers and filmmakers alike have long shared California, yet I recall only a handful of movies where the subject matter dealt directly with oenology—the culture of wine. My earliest memory of a movie revolving around a winery is, “This Earth Is Mine” (1959), featuring ...

December, 08, 2011 Yamanashi strives for wine 100% made in Japan

(JapanTimes) - For years Yamanashi Prefecture, one of Japan's leading wine regions, has boasted the virtues of its domestic output even though the home market is largely dominated by cheaper imports, including "domestic wine" made with imported grapes. In 2003, the prefecture launched an annual w...

December, 08, 2011 Truffled eggs and holograms: Dom Perignon launches 2003 vintage

(Decanter) - Dom Perignon launched the 2003 vintage last night in London – and simultaneously in Paris, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The tasting took place at art dealers Philips de Pury in Westminster, where a dimly lit industrial space was decorated with a Twitter display on the wall – const...