August, 28, 2016 Italy earthquake: Slow Food, Jamie Oliver back ‘Amatriciana’ campaign for victims

(Decanter) - Slow Food and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver are among a rising number of food lovers, chefs and restaurants signing up to help raise funds for those affected by the severe earthquake in central Italy, which has killed at least 250 people.  Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini cal...

August, 28, 2016 A Year in Port Gives Trilogy the Perfect Digestif

(Wine-Searcher) - The final installment of the "A Year In" series dives into the fortified world of Port. The final installment of the documentary trilogy that began with A Year in Burgundy (2013) and A Year in Champagne (2015) is set to conclude with A Year in Port. Like the previous two, the f...

August, 28, 2016 Wine Packaging That Retailers Say Does And Does Not Work

(Forbes) - In an article covering  Wines & Vines Magazine’s Packaging Conference  this past Aug. 17, Paul Franson wrote, “one of the most popular sessions…featured three wine retailers discussing what wine packaging worked for them – and what didn’t...

August, 28, 2016 It’s National Red Wine Day!

(CW33) - Pop the cork and pour yourself a glass of wine, red wine that is! It's National Red Wine Day! So savor a glass or two of Cabernet, Malbec, Merlot, or Zinfandel! Because it can actually be very beneficial for you. For one, doctors say it's food for the brain and can actually help with...

August, 25, 2016 Auction of Washington Wines Raises $3 Million

(WineSpectator) -  The 29th annual Auction of Washington Wines raised more than $3 million last weekend, including $1.9 million in live bids, during three days in Woodinville. At least 50 percent of all proceeds will benefit the Seattle Children’s Hospital and  the Viticulture ...

August, 25, 2016 Can Scientific Rigor Describe Wine Terroir?

(Wines&Vines) - What does terroir mean in an age of big data and social media, a world awash in information yet still unable to agree on the distinguishing role of place in winemaking?  When scientists from a variety of disciplines gathered in Oregon last month for the XI International ...

August, 25, 2016 The World's Most Expensive Wines

(Wine-Searcher) - Claire Adamson takes a look at the most consistently expensive wines on the Wine-Searcher database. No, you have not accidentally stumbled onto the Most Expensive Burgundy Wines article. Rather, if you coughed up a whopping $56,635 to buy the world's 10 most expensive wines, yo...

August, 25, 2016 French wine production to fall 10% this year after fierce spring weather

(TheGuardian) - France to fill fewer bottles than Italy – again – after freeze hit vineyards in Beaujolais, Bourgogne, Champagne and Charentes. Fierce storms that hit France in April will help to push wine production down by more than 10% this year, the ministry of agriculture has sa...