April, 05, 2010 Starbucks Gets A Makeover (And Wine)

The brand-new Roy Street Coffee & Tea, open since November, is a unique prototype for a café concept from Starbucks. In addition to the typical coffee and espresso drinks under the Starbucks brand, now beer and wine are being poured as well. Yes, that's right: You can now upgrade from a Venti Mocha...

April, 05, 2010 The Storvino 100% Recycled Wine Storage System

When it comes to choosing a low-impact vino, there are certainly some tough questions. Which wine has a lower carbon footprint, Californian or French? Should I look for a cork or a cap? Box, bottle, or pouch? Glass or plastic? Assuming you end up with wine in bottles, you'll be looking for a place ...

April, 05, 2010 Maharashtra government mulling over wine from wild berries

Mumbai,(PTI) - Maharashtra government is considering proposals to make wine from wild berries (Karvand), found mainly in coastal Konkan region. "We will positively consider any proposals to make wine from wild-berries and if possible... capital in the 1:9 ratio would be made available for the busin...

April, 04, 2010 Superbowl Triumph Brings Wine, Osteopaths Back to New Orleans

(Bloomberg) -- “Ever since the Saints won the Super Bowl people have stopped asking if the streets of New Orleans are still full of water,” said Ted Brennan, whose family owns Brennan’s in the French Quarter. “You can’t imagine how important that game was. People are coming back, eating in...

April, 04, 2010 LCB's merchandiser works to change image of wine

When Steve Pollack started as a clerk at a northeastern Pennsylvania state liquor store in 1987, wine was for snobs. "They speak French and are hoity-toity and wear a bow tie," Pollack said. "I'm just not that kind of guy." As he climbed the store management ladder, he took every opportunity to le...

April, 04, 2010 Sula to sell Remy Cointreau's wine brands in India

Nashik-based Sula Vineyards, a major wine producer and a leading wine importer, has now added another international wine brand from French company ‘Rémy Cointreau’ to its portfolio.Rémy Cointreau Group, a global leader in premium wines & spirits, has appointed Sula Vineyards as its Distributor...

April, 04, 2010 Lange Twins Winery - family-run sustainable winery in Lodi

Lange Twins Winery and Vineyards family not only includes the twins, Randy (General Manager) and Brad (Vineyard General Manager), but also many other family members handling various parts of the operation including office and human resources, consumer direct sales, vineyard management, winery operat...

April, 03, 2010 Vive la France! Why the French wine industry is still bursting with life

I'm invigorated. Buzzing, in fact. I've just hopped off a plane after a whistle-stop tasting tour of south-west France, and while there's been much talk recently about French wine plummeting in popularity and needing to up its game to compete with the New World wines, I've just been sampling some o...