September, 19, 2017 Temecula Wine Harvest Rebounding

(Wines&Vines) - Despite a heat wave and unusual rains, the vintners and growers of Southern California’s Temecula Valley are generally pleased with the quality of fruit coming in this harvest season.  At South Coast Winery, Winemaker Jon McPherson oversees 56,000 annual case produ...

September, 19, 2017 CROPS WIPED OUT BY FROST AT GARCIN FAMILY’S BORDEAUX WINERIES

(TDB) - This year’s crop at two of the Garcin family’s wineries in Bordeaux were completely wiped out due to April frosts, which is estimated to have affected 60% of vineyards in the region, Hélène Garcin-Lévêque has revealed. Speaking to dbHK&nbs...

September, 19, 2017 Lost wine grape ‘Tardif’ may protect against climate change

(Decanter) - A 'long lost' wine grape has been listed on the official French register amid claims that it could help winemakers to withstand the effects of climate change.  A grape known as ‘Tardif’ in south-west France and which survived the phylloxera epidemic that plagued Eur...

September, 19, 2017 Ohio grape and wine industry contributes $1.3 billion to state's economy

(WoosterWeeklyNews) - The Ohio Grape Industries Committee released its 2016 Economic Impact Report, which finds Ohio’s grape and wine industry has a significant impact of $1.3 billion on the state’s economy and provides 8,067 full-time jobs with more than 2,700 additional jobs created s...

September, 19, 2017 A watershed for the Okanagan wine industry

(Wines&Vines) - A dozen years ago, Andrew Peller Ltd. rocked British Columbia’s wine world when it bought the province’s oldest licensed winery, Calona Vineyards, through its purchase of Cascadia Brands Inc., and snapped up Naramata’s Red Rooster Winery.  The deals all...

September, 19, 2017 Should You Be Decanting Your Wine?

(BonAppetite) - There are three, nonnegotiable things every  wine drinker  needs. First, uh, wine. Second, a corkscrew to open aforementioned wine. Third—I’m sorry, but not the wine glass charms you bought on something I call Drunk Etsy— a decanter, becaus...

September, 18, 2017 Wine Maven Kurniawan, Convicted of Fraud, Loses Bid for Freedom

(Reuters) - The convicted Indonesian wine dealer Rudy Kurniawan on Monday failed to persuade a U.S. judge to set aside his 10-year prison term for counterfeiting an estimated $30 million of wine. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman rejected Kurniawan's argument that his trial lawyers rep...

September, 18, 2017 Sonoma County Wine Auction Breaks Record, Raising $5.2 Million for Charity

(WineSpectator) - California's heat wave cooled off just in time for the Sonoma County Wine Auction on Saturday, but the bidding was hotter than ever. The live auction held at La Crema Estate at Saralee's Vineyard in Windsor pulled in $5.2 million, breaking  last year's record of $4.6 million ...