October, 24, 2011 Georgia: Winemakers Go Wild for Qvevri

(Thedailybeast) - Georgia, the former Soviet republic of, is a land where autos share the road with pigs, sheep, and donkeys. The food pops with flavor, and wine is so knit into daily life that an extension devoted to its creation is as common in most homes as a kitchen. In these rooms, large amphor...

October, 24, 2011 US: Citizen Wine Pickers: Few Succeed

(Wines&Vines) - When Salisbury Vineyards issued a “Call to Arms” inviting unemployed Central Coast locals to harvest its 2011 vintage, owner John Salisbury hoped to enlist a new source of vineyard labor and provide reasonably paid temporary jobs to those in need. Despite his best intentions and ...

October, 24, 2011 Emilio Estevez Becomes Latest Celebrated Celebrity Winemaker

(Contactmusic) - Actor/director Emilio Estevez has become the latest celebrity winemaker after tasting success with his first Casa Dumetz collections. Estevez, the brother of embattled star Charlie Sheen, started the business in Malibu, California in 2005 while working on his Robert F. Kennedy bi...

October, 24, 2011 UK is number one market for Chilean wine

(Harpers) - The UK has regained the top spot as Chile’s number one export market for bottled wine. In the year to August 2011, the value of exports to the UK were up 13% to US$222 million while exports to second-placed USA fell by 1.5% to US$207 million. Recent statistics from Nielsen also show C...

October, 23, 2011 What does this smell like? Wine snobbery made easy

(ScientificAmerican) - We can see millions of variations in color but we split up the rainbow into just six main colors when trying to describe what we see–red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. For the thousands of odors that we can smell we have barely any words at all, usually resorting to s...

October, 23, 2011 US: Taking a closer look at liquor initiative I-1183

(SeattleTimes) - Costco Wholesale spent millions on a voter initiative last year that would have pushed the state out of the liquor business, allowed more than 3,000 stores to sell spirits and severely reduced liquor revenue for the state. That measure was soundly rejected by voters. Now the w...

October, 23, 2011 Top Bordeaux prices crumble as drinkers diversify

(Thirtyfifty) - Bordeaux prices fell by 7.5% in quarter three, as buyers reject expensive ‘hyped up' newer vintages and turn to other markets, according to trader of first growths, Bordeaux Index. Buyers are turning away from established favourites like Châteaux Lafite and seeking wines that o...

October, 23, 2011 Portugal: Port wine cherishes its past, looks for a future

(AP) — When Dominic Symington looks out from his shady hillside garden across the vineyards of Portugal's majestic Douro Valley, he sees centuries of family and European history. British families like the Symingtons have been at the heart of this northern Portuguese region's port wine trade for g...