June, 18, 2011 Wine Barrels: An Ancient Aspect of Modern Winemaking

Wine barrels have been used for thousands of years and continue to be the storage vessel of choice when it comes to aging most wine. So what’s the deal with wine barrels? You’ve probably seen them used as planters, tables in tasting rooms, and stacked impressively high in photographs of winery c...

June, 17, 2011 UK: Higher tax forcing up wine and spirit prices

The cost of wines and spirits in shops and bars and restaurants is rising rapidly as tax increases continue to force up prices, new figures from the Wine and Spirit Trade Association have revealed. Sales figures for the year to 14 May show that despite flat or falling volume sales in several areas,...

June, 17, 2011 ‘Bordeaux bubble’ dulls appetite for fine wine

It might have been described as “the vintage of the decade” by French châteaux producers, but the 2010 Bordeaux campaign has fallen flat as wine investors and drinkers are refusing to swallow the high prices demanded. Wine merchants in London report that sales of the 2010 vintage – while s...

June, 17, 2011 US: Eastern Winegrowers Face Weird Weather

Lancaster, Penn.—Tornadoes by the hundreds; rain by the foot. What’s going on here, and what does it mean for the grape crop in the East? Extreme weather has dominated the headlines for most of the spring. More than 1,000 tornadoes have torn through the midsection of the country and parts of the...

June, 17, 2011 US: Diageo and Southern Wine & Spirits Announce New National Broker Relationship for Control States

/PRNewswire/ -- Diageo, the world's leading spirits, wine and beer company, and Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc., the nation's largest wine and spirits distributor, today announced agreements that appoint Southern Wine and Spirits the new National Broker for Diageo wine and spirits in contro...

June, 17, 2011 US: Wine industry sees future in reused bottles

Pioneering wineries in San Diego County are going back to the future by reusing bottles and reducing their environmental footprint in hopes of appealing to an eco-conscious clientele. Vinavanti Wines in San Marcos and Hacienda de las Rosas in Ramona are among the first in the state to sell their ...

June, 16, 2011 Winemaking in Bulgaria down by 16% in 2010 - report

Bulgarian wine production has decreased by 16 per cent in 2010 as, news website investor.bg reported on June 15 2011, citing a winery union report presented to Cabinet. The general condition of vineyards in the country in 2010 has been described as deteriorating, and a main cause for the downfall...

June, 16, 2011 US: Napa Valley 101: Secrets for a Great Wine Vacation

NAPA,CA – Blessed with lavish scenery and luscious wines, the Napa Valley is the kind of place you could spend days exploring. But it's compact enough that even if you only have an afternoon, you can still get a taste of wine country. Located about an hour's drive northeast of San Francisco, th...