May, 11, 2017 AB InBev Buyout Has Forced Wicked Weed to Cancel Its Annual Funky Beer Festival

(Food&Wine) - Any lingering questions over which breweries will and will not be attending Wicked Weed Brewing’s annual Funkitorium Invitational event this year have officially been answered: No one will be attending. The sour beer festival has been canceled – at least for its schedu...

May, 11, 2017 Wine leather: What you could be wearing next season

(Decanter) - An Italian entrepreneur plans to launch a leather made from wine extracts in Milan later this year. Think luxury goods. Think leather. Think wine. Think wine leather – a simulated leather made from grape skin and seed fibres, currently provided by organic Italian winemakers. ...

May, 11, 2017 Wine country looking more like cannabis country in California

(SacBee) - The grapevines that line rolling hillsides and sweeping valleys in Northern California’s wine country have become iconic – a symbol of the region’s rustic charm that helped California earn its reputation as a world-class wine and food destination. But winegrapes have...

May, 11, 2017 Serious About Wine? Here's What We're Sure You're Missing.

(Forbes) - It isn't like you could miss Canada on the map, exactly. It's the second largest country in the world, after all, and its landmass contains a full 7% of the world's renewable water supply. When it comes to the global wine map, however, Canada barely registers. But after spending...

May, 11, 2017 Will Texas Wine Ever Be Able to Make a Name For Itself?

(GQ) - When you think about American wine, California probably comes to mind first. Then maybe Oregon, Washington, even the New York Finger Lakes region. It’s safe to say you’re probably not thinking about Texas. A group of Texas winemakers and legislators is trying to change...

May, 11, 2017 China Is Building a Disney World for Wine

(Bloomberg) - Changyu, China's winemaking powerhouse, is building French-style chateaus and Italianate castles around the country—and an entire "Wine City"—to encourage the country's passion for the grape. At Chateau Changyu Reina, honey-colored brick towers ...

May, 10, 2017 Bordeaux's 10 Most Wanted

(Wine-Searcher) - Continuing our look at the most searched-for wines, today we tackle the ultimate heavyweight – Bordeaux. They say that self-praise is no praise at all, but Wine-Searcher users can congratulate themselves on their taste. When they search for wines, they search for the very...

May, 10, 2017 Argentina harvest 2017: A small but promising vintage

(Decanter) - Off the back of a very wet El Niño vintage last year, it was a relief for winemakers in Argentina to return to its more characteristic dry climate. Although quality is considered high across the board, damaging spring frosts significantly reduced the quantity. ‘2017 ...