June, 02, 2011 Francis Ford Coppola to return Inglenook to 'lower alcohol'

Francis Ford Coppola is actively working to produce more elegant, lower-alcohol wines at his re-named Inglenook winery, he told Decanter.com yesterday. The film director and owner of the legendary Inglenook estate in Napa has employed Chateau Margaux winemaker Philippe Bascaules as his managing dire...

June, 02, 2011 US: Good news for wine industry but not all local wineries seeing the benefits

The overall wine industry seems to be improving and more money appears to be pouring in. But the glass isn't quite as full for some local wineries. U.S. wine exports jumped nearly 26 percent in 2010 from the previous year. That's according to a report from the Wine Institute in San Francisco. Ame...

June, 02, 2011 Snooth Media Launches Social Gaming Platform “Wine Rack” on Snooth.com

(PRWEB) - World’s largest wine site launches “Wine Rack” to help wine beginners and enthusiasts visualize, discover, and learn about wine and earn exclusive perks along the way. Today, Snooth Media has launched Wine Rack, an innovative social gaming platform on Snooth.com. Wine Rack rewards us...

June, 01, 2011 NZ: Government simplifying wine excise tax rules

Economic Development Minister David Carter and Customs Minister Maurice Williamson today announced changes to wine excise tax regulations which will benefit more than half the country's wineries. From 1 July, thresholds for the payment of excise tax will lift tenfold, allowing smaller wineries to...

June, 01, 2011 Rodent Control for Vineyards

It doesn’t take dynamite to dispatch gophers—as Bill Murray memorably tried in “Caddyshack”—but ridding a vineyard of pocket gophers can be challenging. An oversubscribed group of grapegrowers gathered recently at the University of California Davis’ Oakville Experimental Vineyard in N...

June, 01, 2011 US: Crimson Wine Group Acquires Seghesio Family Vineyards

Crimson Wine Group CEO Erle Martin announced today the acquisition of Seghesio Family Vineyards, one of California's oldest family owned wineries specializing in estate-grown Zinfandel wines. Another milestone in Crimson's history, Seghesio Family Vineyards joins the estate-focused portfolio of luxu...

June, 01, 2011 Chinese fine wine: 'Our time will come'

The phrase "Chinese fine wines" might seem like a contradiction in terms. Fine wines being sold in China seems understandable -- as the Chinese population's affluence grows, so does their taste for luxuries like wine. Until recently, the good stuff has all been imported. Fine Chinese wine was ...

June, 01, 2011 US: Texas Needs More Wine

How does a state that is not California, Washington, or Oregon establish itself as great place to make wine? According to Russ Kane of Vintage Texas, you simply let the wine speak for itself. Russ Kane and Steve Krueger (Sommelier at the Westin La Cantera) recently hosted the Culinaria Texas Two-Sip...