September, 12, 2017 Hoopes family buys Napa Valley’s Hopper Creek winery

(NBBJ) - Hoopes Family Vineyard and Winery has acquired a fellow Napa Valley vintner, Hopper Creek Vineyard and Winery. Lindsay Hoopes, owner and general manager of St. Helena-based Hoopes Vineyard, had been searching for a new home for her family’s winery for more than a year before ...

September, 12, 2017 Hurricane Irma: Rapid response team ‘rescues’ fine wines

(Decanter) - Some Florida residents reportedly made hurried calls to wine removals specialists in an attempt to protect valuable bottles from Hurricane Irma, which has left a trail of destruction through the US state and across the Caribbean, with dozens of deaths reported. It won’t have t...

September, 11, 2017 FRENCH WINE AND SPIRITS EXPORTS RISE BY 12% TO €6BN

(TDB) - Exports of French wine and spirits have risen by 12% to €6 billion in the first six months of the year, driven by a rebound in wine sales and the continued strong performance of Cognac, the Fédération des Exportateurs de Vins & Spiritueux (FEVS) has revealed. FEVS ...

September, 11, 2017 Beaujolais wine sales increase by 22% in the UK

(Drinksretailingnews) - New figures reveal that Beaujolais wine exports to the UK increased by 15% in volume and 22.6% in value in the first five months of 2017. The figures from Business France – the country’s agency which promotes opportunities for the international develo...

September, 11, 2017 Nordstrom’s latest concept: Small stores with beer and wine — but no inventory

(DailyNews) - As traditional retailers continue to search for the keys to survival amid rapidly changing consumer tastes, Nordstrom is rolling out a new concept — a store that doesn’t actually have any inventory. The department store chain is opening a new line of stores called Nords...

September, 11, 2017 Blue wine is now a thing because your Instagram doesn’t have taste buds. (Un) Fortunately, we do.

(WP) - Americans went crazy for  rainbow bagels  and  Unicorn Frappuccinos  and  millennial pink tequila . And given how quickly we flock to the newest hyperpigmented trendy food item — snapping trophy photos for social media, of course — the makers of Gik must&...

September, 11, 2017 Grape Harvest Racing Along in Sonoma County

(Wines&Vines) - Several days of record heat have put pressure on growers and vintners in Sonoma County to bring in the 2017 wine grape harvest. Many reported they are near or at the mid-way point of harvest and while the rising temperatures raised concerns many also said they had picked the ...

September, 10, 2017 Blistering Heat Turned Lots of Napa’s Wine Grapes Into Raisins

(Grubstreet) - Temperatures over the Labor Day weekend reached an  unseasonable 110 degrees  in parts of Northern California. Nice for a final beach day, you might say, but winemakers weren’t too thrilled because the oppressive heat  withered their grapes  into raisins sti...