August, 03, 2017 Can this startup’s synthetic wine compete with Napa’s best?

(MercuryNews) - The founders of Ava Winery spend their days turning water into wine. They aren’t miracle workers. They’re chemists with one goal — to reverse engineer the perfect bottle of wine, in a lab, without grapes. By freeing their wine from the confines of the grape h...

August, 03, 2017 The Wine Shipping Maze Still Amazes

(Forbes) - When you buy wine in the U.S. using the  Drizly  app, shipping is a local phenomenon: alcohol retailers use whichever courier service they choose to ship intrastate at a flat rate per bottle and per case. Retailers can also ship interstate among twelve states that ...

August, 03, 2017 For Millennials, Marijuana And Wine Are In, Beer Is Out

(TheFreshToast) - Contrary to popular beliefs regarding subpar dining restaurants and  avocado toast , millennials are not ruining everything. Instead millennials as a generation have demonstrated a changing value system, one not predicated on tradition. These cultural items don’t have v...

August, 03, 2017 US CRAFT BEER BOOM CONTINUES TO SLOW

(TDB) -  Sales of craft beer in the US continued to slow in the first half of 2017, with the sector experiencing continued by much steadier growth year-on-year, according to the latest statistics from the Brewer’s Association. Mid-year figures from the Brewers Association, the trade g...

August, 03, 2017 Véraison Heats Up Across the Northwest

(Wines&Vines) - A mass of high pressure that’s settled over the Northwest this week promises to help fruit pile up heat units needed for the final push to harvest. The past two years have seen growers prepping crush pads for harvest as August began, with the earliest-ever pick of gr...

August, 03, 2017 DISRUPTIVE’ WINE APP TOPS US$40M SALES

(TDB) - Wine review app Vivino has topped sales of wine worth over US$40 million within a year of launching its e-commerce site, it said, as it predicts a shift to ‘disruptive’ e-commerce models. Speaking to  CNNMoney  this week, founder and CEO Heini Zachariassen said that...

August, 03, 2017 Enjoy 3 Glasses of Wine a Day? This 29-Year Study Says You Might Live Till You're 85

(Inc) -  Absurdly Driven  looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek.   Let's start with a disclosure. I like a glass of wine. Please, therefore, forgive any bias as I outline  this new piece of research  that might make on...

August, 03, 2017 Wine fraud alleged by Canterbury wine producer Southern Boundary Wines

(Stuff) - Southern Boundary Wines is in court over allegations it mislabelled products. A Canterbury wine company and three of its directors are facing more than 150 charges in a landmark case alleging that thousands of bottles were sent overseas with false label information abo...