December, 09, 2016 Sonoma County parents, farmers lobby state over pesticide use near schools

(PD) - Lobbying groups have been making last-minute pitches to an obscure state agency on an issue that has ramifications throughout the state and particularly in Sonoma County: To what length should farmers go to protect schoolchildren from sprayed pesticides? The state Department of Pesticide ...

December, 09, 2016 40% Of Alcohol Beverage Buyers Make Their Decisions In-Store

(MediaPost) - Fully 40% of U.S. consumers who buy alcoholic beverages haven’t decided what they’re going to purchase when they walk into the store, according to a new study from IRI. Of the 60% who do have a planned beverage purchase, 21% end up changing their minds in store, an...

December, 09, 2016 Five New AVAs Across the East

(Wines&Vines) - One of the consequences of having wineries in all 50 states is that there are now more regions petitioning the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) to establish American Viticultural Areas (AVAs). Since the Loess Hills District AVA in Iowa became official in April...

December, 09, 2016 Chinese wine retailer wants a Bordeaux château

(Decanter) - One of China's biggest online wine retailers, Jiuxian.com, has said it raised funds with partners to buy a Bordeaux château worth up to 10 million euros. China’s Jiuxian.com has said that it plans to invest ‘a maximum of 83 million RMB [10 million euros]&...

December, 09, 2016 Fine Wine Producers Debate To Cork Or Not To Cork

(Forbes) - During my recent trip to Burgundy in early December 2016, I found several top producers switching from cork closures to Diam. I knew that large negociants like Louis Jadot and Bouchard Père et Fils were happy using this closure for their white wines, but now small, high quali...

December, 09, 2016 Beware of wine exchange scam on Facebook

(WQUAD) - A wine exchange has been circulating Facebook, asking you to give a little to get a lot. Regan Small at  Wide River Winery  saw the post on Facebook, it states, if you give one bottle of wine you can get up to 36 more. "I think if they're expecting to get all this gre...

December, 08, 2016 Vinous Acquires Delectable & Banquet Apps

Vinous CEO and Founder Antonio Galloni announced today the acquisition of the wine apps Delectable and Banquet . Known as the “Instagram of wine,” Delectable has been downloaded over a million times and has over 120,000 monthly loyal, unique users. Delectable allows users to scan a...

December, 07, 2016 2016 Harvest 'Phenomenal' but Small

(Wine&Vines) - Everything about the 2016 harvest was ideal except that yields were a little light in some varieties, according to viticulturist Justin Leigon of Piña Vineyard Management in Napa Valley. Leigon was part of the Wine Industry Financial Roundtable hosted by accounting and ...