September, 27, 2016 Grape thieves pilfer what's left of Burgundy wine harvests

(TheLocal) - Fed up with seeing thieves pilfer their precious grapes, vineyard owners in the famous region of Burgundy are taking extreme measures for the first time. Burgundy winemakers have already had to deal with their harvest being hit by bad weather including hail storms – in some...

September, 27, 2016 The Trump vs. Clinton Wine Debate: The Results Are In

(RobbReport) - In preparation for tonight’s presidential debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, the team at Robb Report recently gathered for a debate of their own. Pitting Trump Winery’s 2015 Chardonnay against Clinton Vineyard’s Victory White 2015 S...

September, 27, 2016 How to host a wine tasting at home and not get drunk

(Stuff) - If you haven't done a great deal of wine tasting in your life, either in wine shops, at foodie festival seminars, at wineries or in the homes of your wine-obsessed friends, you might breeze right past the second word in "wine tasting" and subconsciously replace it with a word that more cl...

September, 27, 2016 Governor allows sale of UC Davis wine

(DD) - Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law legislation enabling UC Davis’s Viticulture and Enology Department to sell wine made by its students, which was otherwise being discarded. The bill by state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, will create a nonprofit, separate from UCD and allow the univers...

September, 27, 2016 North Coast wine business notes 'unintended negative consequences of well-intended legislation’

(NBBJ) - When California recently overturned eight decades of U.S. agricultural labor policy by becoming the first state in the nation to approve overtime for farmworkers, it may have set the stage for more challenges for the hard-working crews who bring the North Coast’s world-prized winegra...

September, 27, 2016 Napa Valley Mourns The Passing Of Two Titans Of American Wine

(Forbes) - This past Sunday—September 25th—Napa Valley lost a legend: Mary Weber Novak, founder of Spottswoode Estate Vineyard and Winery and a giant in the American wine industry, passed away at 84 years of age. This comes on the heels of another major loss to the Napa Valley wine comm...

September, 27, 2016 160 M Litres of Bulgarian Wine To Be Produced in 2016

(Novinite) - About 160 million litres of wine are expected to be made from this year’s grape harvest, announced Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva. Nearly 60 million litres of wine will be exported, mostly to traditional markets like Russia, the U...

September, 26, 2016 Which Wine Apps Actually Help You Choose and Buy the Best Wine?

(Bloomberg) - The new mobile app "Wine Ring" sounds great: With the help of secret, patented algorithms, it can predict whether or not I’ll like a wine before I buy it. It’s the latest in a series of apps that all swear they’ll solve your myriad wine-related problems—even...