November, 26, 2011 A French Wine Region Changes Its Name, but the Taste Remains the Same

(NYtimes) - In France, where three-quarters of the electricity is nuclear, you are rarely far from a reactor. Even in the most famous French terroirs, a bulky power plant sometimes squats just across a river or over a hill. From Burgundy to Bordeaux, from the Loire Valley to Languedoc, the crushing ...

November, 24, 2011 US: Marin's wine industry tiny but growing

(Marinij) - AS FAMILIES SIT DOWN to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with loved ones this year, it's more likely than ever that a bottle of wine made right here in Marin will be on the table. At 200 acres, Marin's wine industry is positively tiny compared with its behemoth neighbors, Napa (45,000 acres)...

November, 24, 2011 Vineyard & Cellar Update: Different kinds of wine tanks

(Wineland) - Containers and consequently wine tanks are basic cellar equipment, without which no cellar, whether boutique or bulk co-operative cellar, can operate. Since this is literally the home of wine, it also plays a decisive role in the vinification process and the subsequent storage of wine. ...

November, 24, 2011 Wine & Wood: Variation in the flavour contribution of oak barrels to wine

(Wineland) - The basic fact that oak barrels consist of staves and heads means that there could potentially be a great variation in the flavour contribution of the individual staves and barrel heads of different barrels; moreover this raises the issue that barrels are likely to differ in this respec...

November, 24, 2011 US: New law will allow more beer, wine sales in Massachusetts

(Businessweek) - Gov. Deval Patrick has signed into law a bill allowing beer and wine to be sold at more supermarkets in Massachusetts. The new law will gradually increase the number of liquor licenses that can be held by a single company. Companies that own multiple stores around the state ca...

November, 24, 2011 US: Ortman Family Wines To Close

(Wines&Vines) - Ortman Family Wines, one of the more notable names of the Central Coast wine industry, will close by the end of December. Matt Ortman, winemaker and general manager, said the conjunction of a weak economy and increased competition within the wine industry motivated the closure the wi...

November, 24, 2011 Wine of the year is California Pinot Noir; Wine Spectator dubs Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2009 tops

(NYdailynews) - A California Pinot Noir produced by a small Sonoma winery that doesn’t own a single vine has been named Wine Spectator magazine’s Wine of the Year. The Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2009 was chosen from among 16,000 wines reviewed in blind tastings this year. Wines were...

November, 24, 2011 On Wine: Charles Krug and the Mondavis

(Mercurynews) - When Cesare Mondavi bought the Charles Krug Winery in 1943, he was acquiring a piece of history that dates back to 1861. Mondavi had been in the grape business in Lodi and was a partner in Sunny St. Helena (now Merryvale) in St. Helena. The Charles Krug Winery, founded by German immi...