November, 08, 2016 Presidential Election a Vintage Contest

(Wine-Searcher) - Presidents can't have an effect on the harvest, can they? We thought we should check. By now the excitement should be almost over, the results will be coming in and you'll have some idea who will wear the mantle of most powerful person on earth. But how powerful are they really...

November, 08, 2016 Pairing Wine And Cheese? Science Says White May Be A Better Choice Than Red

(NPR) - Conventional wisdom would have you drink red wine with cheese. A new study, published in the Journal of Food Science , only partially supports that pairing, and also adds a new tool to the scientific study of food combinations. "Red wine with cheese, it can either go really well or not ...

November, 08, 2016 French wine harvest among smallest for 30 years

(Phys) - This year's French wine harvest is among the smallest in 30 years, down 10 percent from last year although not quite as bad as feared, authorities said Tuesday.  French grape growers have produced 43.2 million hectolitres, according to data released by the French agriculture minist...

November, 03, 2016 WineDirect builds big high-tech Napa Valley DTC fulfillment center

(NBBJ) - Napa-based WineDirect is spending millions on a big statement in southern Napa Valley about the Amazon-like future of direct-to-consumer wine sales, as construction starts on a large high-technology fulfillment center. The new facility will occupy all of a 268,000-square-foot industrial...

November, 03, 2016 Here's Why You Need to Travel to Bordeaux, a Wine Gem Made New

(Travel&Leisure) - Winemakers and wine professionals in Bordeaux routinely begin the history of this year’s harvest with an anecdote from a few hundred years ago. Speaking of this season’s grapes, they gesture toward the past while planning for their future vintages. Prince Rober...

November, 03, 2016 Former Napa Valley winemaker pleads not guilty in wine fraud

(NVR) - A former Napa winemaker is facing fraud charges for allegedly mislabeling cheap wines as pricey cabernets. Jeffry James Hill, 38, was arrested Wednesday in Clovis after being indicted in San Francisco on federal charges of mail and wire fraud that carry potential 20-year prison terms....

November, 03, 2016 The war on terroir

(Economist) - IT’S enough to make sommeliers splutter into their spittoons: a wine-blending machine that lets drinkers craft a glass specifically to their personal palate, rather than having to pick a tipple, possibly as a result of guesswork, from the range a restaurant or bar chooses to sto...

November, 01, 2016 Why Corona's U.S. Marketer's Latest Deal May Be One Too Many

(TheStreet) - Constellation Brands ( STZ ) said Monday it would buy a Mexican brewery from Anheuser-Busch InBev ( BUD ) , adding some badly needed beer production capacity to its portfolio, but does so at the risk of further straining the already high leverage for a well-loved compan...