October, 17, 2011 US: Wine business institute adds new online certificate program

(SonomaStateStar) - The Sonoma State wine business institute will be offering a new, one-of-a-kind Wine Business Management certificate program online this fall. The course will take a global perspective, teaching those enrolled the fundamentals of wine business and preparing them to manage and mark...

October, 17, 2011 Spain: Penedes to divide into 'six sub-regions'

(Decanter) - The Penedes region of Spain is preparing for a major overhaul of its appellation system. Josep Albet, owner of the Albet I Noya winery and recently elected president of the Regulatory Council of the Penedès DO, is leading a campaign to demarcate the region into five or six further sub-...

October, 17, 2011 US: New York : $4.6M announced to boost wine/grape industry

(MPNnow) - U.S. Sen, Chuck Schumer announced today that nearly $4.6 million in federal dollars will go to Cornell University for research and related work to boost the wine and grape industries. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will put $2.5 million toward a project that boosts pr...

October, 17, 2011 Whisky investment 'as good as wine', says FT

(Decanter) - Bottles of whisky from long-demolished distilleries can be as solid as wine as an investment, the Financial Times says. The recession of the 1980s led to the wholesale closure of whisky distilleries, with the result that there are bottles around today whose distilleries are long-gone, t...

October, 17, 2011 US: Colgin Cellars: Superb Wines with an Excellent Return on Investment

(Forbes) - St. Helena, Ca.-based Colgin Cellars, which specializes in small production, hand-crafted ultra-premium red wines, is a rare breed in the industry. Not only are its wines delicious to drink, but they are also an investment worth considering. Colgin Cellars employs a rare strategy in t...

October, 17, 2011 When did wine become “unnatural”?

(NewWorldWinemaker) - It is a question worth asking, given today’s debate about “natural” winemaking practices. The message is confusing leaving consumers baffled. The answer requires a review of 7,000 years of wine-making history. The first fermentation, for example, was more likely the re...

October, 17, 2011 Spanish Grape Prices Climb as Wine Output May Fall, Ciatti Says

(Bloomberg) -- Spanish grape prices increased 15 percent to 20 percent as wine production in the country is set to decline this year, U.S. wine broker Ciatti Co. said. Wine output in Spain will probably slide 7.5 percent to an estimated 38 million hectoliters (1 billion gallons) to 39 million hec...

October, 16, 2011 Winemaking in the Rheinland-Pfalz

(NewWorldWinemaker) - “Don’t make a big monkey dance about choosing a yeast, just decide if you want esters or thiols!” This is one of the more memorable sentences that was uttered by Christoph Hammel during my recent harvest stint at his cellar in Germany. Before I put this sentence into cont...