January, 29, 2017 The Reality of Overseas Wine Sales

(Wines&Vines) - The latest numbers aren’t in yet, but exports accounted for 16% of U.S. wine production in 2015 (51.2 million cases out of 320 million total cases). Naturally, everyone in the wine business wants to increase exports, and a session held Jan. 25 at the Unified Wine and Grape...

January, 29, 2017 Wine Enthusiast’s 2016 Wine Star Award Winners

(WineMag) - Seventeen years ago, the editors of Wine Enthusiast conceived an annual award program to honor individuals and companies that have contributed to the success of the wine industry. Over the years, the size and scope of our Wine Star Awards have expanded to encompass spi...

January, 26, 2017 Good Times Roll for U.S. Wine Industry

(Wines&Vines) - The state of the U.S. wine industry is strong but subject to numerous challenges including competition from imported wine, according to four authoritative observers who spoke today at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium in Sacramento. The speakers examined the global econo...

January, 26, 2017 U.S. Team Wins Bocuse d’Or Competition for First Time

(NYTimes) - A team of American chefs on Wednesday won the biennial  Bocuse d’Or  culinary competition — the equivalent of the Olympics for professional cooks — for the first time in the contest’s 30-year history. In the finals in Lyon, France, a group of 10...

January, 26, 2017 What Thomas Jefferson did in Bordeaux

(Decanter) - Jane Anson writes about Thomas Jefferson's influence on Bordeaux during his brief time in the city and includes a cautionary tale from later in Jefferson's life when he pursued an America First-style policy as the third US president. As the United States prepares – as much as ...

January, 26, 2017 CHINA NOW AUSTRALIA’S GREAT WINE HOPE

(TDB) - The growing popularity of Australian wine in China means the nation is now Australia’s great wine hope and the market it will prioritise this year. Value sales are up by an impressive 40% in mainland Chine, while year on year volume sales are up even further – by 45%.&nb...

January, 26, 2017 Soil, Not Grapes, Is the Latest Must-Know When Picking a Wine

(Bloomberg) - Do you like granite? Or are you a sandy-river person? How to shop the hot, new “dirty” trends in wine. OK, you know the names of dozens of grape varietals and wine regions and all (well, almost all) the Bordeaux crus classes. You can name with ease the best Burgundy cha...

January, 25, 2017 North America Winery Count Is Now 9,872

(Wines&Vines) - North American wineries grew in number to 9,872 as 2017 began, an increase of 5% from a year ago, according to data compiled for the new 2017 Directory & Buyer’s Guide from Wines & Vines magazine. U.S. wineries totaled 9,091; the Canadian total was 692, and th...