September, 22, 2017 2017 Harvest Report: French Wineries Picking Smallest Crop Since 1945

(WineSpectator) - As vignerons across France pick this year’s grape harvest, they can only wonder at what might have been if Mother Nature hadn't been so cruel. A year of chaotic weather across France has produced the nation’s smallest wine grape crop since 1945. But while volume s...

September, 21, 2017 Promontory Shows Promise for Harlan

(Wine-Searcher) - US editor W. Blake Gray delves into Harlan's 200-year plan.   In The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal Lecter helped Starling catch a serial killer by telling her: "We begin by coveting what we see every day." I told that to Bill Harlan as we walked around ...

September, 21, 2017 DROUGHT CAUSES ‘EARLIEST EVER’ HARVEST IN THE DOURO

(TDB) - Bruno Prats told the drinks business yesterday that this year’s harvest was the earliest ever conducted in the Douro Valley, with picking at Prats + Symington starting on 28 August and ending on 21 September. Speaking at a tasting in London last night, Prats said that he would desc...

September, 21, 2017 Are There Enough Sonoma Harvest Workers?

(Winemag) - A near-perfect growing season in Sonoma, marked by record rainfall and a mild frost-free spring, gave way this month to record heat and thunderstorms. This forced some teams of pickers to work around the clock. The weather has exacerbated continuing concerns about finding enough labo...

September, 21, 2017 Aldi Is Releasing An Adult Advent Calendar & It Contains 24 Days' Worth Of Wine

(Refinery29) - This year, for the first time,  Aldi is releasing a new kind of Advent calendar  that’s just for adults. With it, on every night of Advent, we’ll be gifted a miniature bottle of wine.   Aldi’s Wine Advent Calendar is a...

September, 21, 2017 Lake, Livermore Grape Crop Spared Heat Damage

(Wines&Vines) - Two major, landlocked Northern California wine producing regions were well prepared for the searing heat wave Labor Day weekend. Livermore Valley and Lake County growers reported their harvests are coming in on schedule, and some are reaping heavier tonnage than in recent years....

September, 20, 2017 Wine is now the best-performing collectible of the rich

(CNBC) - Fine wine is now the best-performing collectible of the world's wealthy collectors, with values soaring 25 percent over the past 12 months, according to a new report. The Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, which tracks the price growth in the major categories of collectibles, found t...

September, 19, 2017 Want to try weed wine? You’re in luck if you live in California

(FresnoBee) - Marijuana-infused wine has become quite popular in California. So much so that it’s tough to find vendors who have it in stock. California is the only state where it’s legal to infuse weed with wine. It’s against the law to infuse marijuana with alcohol in all ...