November, 05, 2011 Turning Winemaking Over to Facebook Fans

(Huffingtonpost) - "Harvest is complete!!! Our Cabernet Sauvignon has been picked and crushed, and the yeast strain and fermentation tannins YOU selected have been added." This was the declaration posted Thursday morning, November 3, on the Silversmith Vineyards Facebook page. "They did not pick t...

November, 04, 2011 US: California vineyards find night harvests yield benefits

(USAToday) - At 4 o'clock in the morning, Shafer Vineyards is alive with light and motion. The sun won't be up for more than three hours, but lines of pickers are moving methodically down vines full of ripe cabernet sauvignon grapes. They're lit by huge bright lights mounted on tractors trundling al...

November, 04, 2011 France: Bordeaux coops to be reduced 'drastically'

(Decanter) - Bordeaux cooperatives are looking to drastically reduce their offer in an attempt to boost sales and productivity. Under the ‘Plan Bordeaux Demain’ (Bordeaux Tomorrow) initiative, the existing 24 wine cooperatives of Bordeaux, Bordeaux Superieur and the Cotes de Bordeaux will be g...

November, 04, 2011 US: Marijuana plants seeds of violence in Wine Country

(Pressdemocrat) - Gabino Lopez Santiago refused to join a marijuana-growing venture in the moments before he ran from a group of men and was shot and killed on a rural ranch in the hills edging Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley. He had been partying with his brother-in-law who later claimed that h...

November, 04, 2011 Hong Kong toast of wine world amid global woes

(Reuters) - Hong Kong's wine imports have remained strong even as global economic uncertainty cuts demand for luxury goods, underscoring the city's credentials as a preeminent wine hub buoyed by strong demand from mainland Chinese buyers. Even with Europe's debt crisis and continued fragility in ...

November, 04, 2011 Fine wine flash sale site Lot18 gets $30M from Accel

(Vator) - Just two weeks after announcing its new wine-themed travel and excursions business, fine wine flash sales site Lot18 announced Friday that it has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Accel Partners, with participation from existing investors NEA and FirstMark Capital. The new rou...

November, 04, 2011 Unusual Uses For Wine List Offers Tips For Home And Health

(Huffingtonpost) - Wine is more than just a social platform. You pop the cork on that 2004 Bordeaux that you've been saving for a special occasion, only to find that it's gone so tart and vinegary, even the most ardent wino wouldn't touch it. Don't pour it out! You could use it to trap flies, ...

November, 04, 2011 High hopes for wine production in Austria

(AustrianTimes) - Wine-makers were more than satisfied after the first drinking of the new harvest in Deutschkreutz, in the district of Oberpullendorf in Burgenland province, yesterday evening (Thurs). After a long, warm summer growers expected not only a high quality vintage but hope that the harve...