April, 19, 2017 France’s Henriot buys control of Oregon winery

(Decanter) - Family-owned Maisons & Domaines Henriot has expanded in the US by acquiring a majority stake in Oregon Pinor Noir producer Beaux Frères.  Henriot, which produces a namesake Champagne, said that it has acquired a controlling stake in Beaux Frères...

April, 19, 2017 How wine from Portugal helped define free trade

(CNNMoney) - It all started with wine from Portugal. And it's served as the foundation to free trade. A key trade theory turns 200 years old Wednesday. The marquee birthday comes at a time when President Trump is trying to redefine U.S. trade with other countries. Published on April 19, 1817,...

April, 19, 2017 Best U.S. Destinations For Wine Lovers

(CBSLocal) - On the eve of America’s bicentennial celebration, our young nation revolutionized the world of great wines. At an event intended to be staged just for fun , an 11-member expert panel (nine of them French) judged a new generation of California wines against some of France&rsquo...

April, 19, 2017 Angry French winemakers wreck Spanish bag-in-box wines

(Decanter) - Frustration over cheap Spanish imports spilled into supermarket aisles in southern France after local winemakers wrecked bag-in-box wines brought across the border. Winemakers staged a protest by destroying Spanish bag-in-box wines at a branch of the Carrefour supermarket near to...

April, 19, 2017 Sam’s Club Launches Challenge to Costco’s Wine Business

(Fortune) - Sam's Club wants in on the wine boom. The Wal-Mart Stores-owned wholesale club chain is launching its first ever house brand wines this year, with its eyes firmly on the bonanza reaped by archrival Costco Wholesale (cost, +0.13%) , the largest wine retailer in the country. Sa...

April, 19, 2017 Readers bugged by wine-spoiling stinkbugs

(Sciencenews) - Stinkbugs accidentally harvested with grapes and fermented during the wine­making process release a pungent stress compound. It takes only three stinkbugs per grape cluster to ruin red wine’s taste, Elizabeth S. Eaton reported in “Red wine has stinkbug threshold&rdqu...

April, 19, 2017 Napa County's 2016 crops worth a record $737 million -- nearly all wine grapes

(NVR) - Napa County’s 2016 agricultural production reached a record-breaking value of $737.3 million, with a record-breaking $729.5 million value for grapes leading the way. Those figures are included in the county’s 2016, grape-centric crop report that County Agricultural C...

April, 17, 2017 Stagecoach Vineyard Sells for $180 Million

(Wines&Vines) - E. & J. Gallo Winery’s trend of buying top assets continued April 13, when the deal closed for the Modesto, Calif.-based company to purchase the prestigious Stagecoach Vineyard property that straddles the Atlas Peak American Viticultural Area and the Pritchard Hill reg...