October, 07, 2011 2011 - a crazy year for growers

(JancisRobinson) - People often ask me whether I’d like to make wine myself. No thank you. Not only would there be the potential conflicts of interest, I’m afraid that the passion for gardening that is supposed to infect so many Englishwomen of a certain age has completely passed me by. I gre...

October, 07, 2011 Where Wine is Selling for $10K+ a Bottle

For novices like me, it’s sometimes hard to understand the notion of buying a bottle of wine and not opening it the second you get home. Oh sure, I get that some wines taste better with age, but there are many wine lovers out there that buy and sell wine strictly to hold--much akin to a share o...

October, 07, 2011 US: An early look at harvest 2011

(Insidescoopsf) - Now is the time of year when proclamations appear in inboxes about the ongoing California wine harvest, and before long we’ll be flooded with a lot of official numbers on that topic. None of this goes to quality, though. And yet quality is what we’re most concerned with. So...

October, 07, 2011 Talk About a Buzz: Marijuana-Infused Wine Gains Popularity in California

(Time) - Cue the jokes about good things coming together. Marijuana still hasn't been legalized in most parts of the U.S, but obviously that hasn't stopped people from experimenting with it. Gourmet reports that in — where else? — California, "the future of marijuana ingestion may be found at t...

October, 06, 2011 Study: Climate change to impact where wine grapes can grow

(USAToday) - To the litany of changes being wrought by climate change, we may be able to add one more: where wine grapes can and can't be grown.Within 30 years, the areas where California can grow fine wine grapes could shrink because of climate change, while little-known growing regions such as Sea...

October, 06, 2011 US: Trump name boosts fledgling Va wine industry

(Businessweek) - Virginia's fledgling wine industry got a global boost Tuesday from Donald Trump's millions of dollars, his celebrity and his luxury properties worldwide where wine from his new vineyard will be a staple. Trump and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell formally opened a winery near the pres...

October, 06, 2011 Bordeaux 2011: Sauternes surprised by 'earliest ever' harvest

(Decanter) - Vintners in the celebrated sweet wine growing regions of Sauternes and Barsac are amazed at how early the 2011 harvest has been. ‘It is the earliest I have ever seen, with a very sudden spread of botrytis,’ consultant Denis Dubourdieu of Chateau Doisy Daëne in Barsac said. ‘I can...

October, 06, 2011 Drug in wine causes concern

(Odt) - Drinkers of wine, sherry and port may be unknowingly breaking the law and consuming small doses of the party drug fantasy, an illegal class B drug. The revelation has brought calls for wine to be tested for traces of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), or its precursor gamma-butyrolactone (G...