August, 15, 2016 The truth about boxed wine

(FoxNews) - For years, one of the most loathed word combinations in the long history of the grape was “boxed wine” — and for good reason. For decades, poor quality wine, labeled simply as “white” or “red,” was relegated to these boxes and sold supermarkets ...

August, 15, 2016 HOW DO WINES BECOME SWEET?

(VinePair) - Ever wonder how that German Riesling or tawny port you’re sipping got to the level of sweetness that it did? Hint: the winemakers didn’t just dump spoonfuls of sugar into the base wine and give it a quick stir. Sweet wines, which have had an unnecessarily negative connotati...

August, 14, 2016 Drinking Naked Wines: A story about what happens when crowdfunding meets winemaking.

(TechCrunch) - If you’re a big fan of wine but still want to run a startup, there may not be that much innovation you can get away with on the product side. Wine, when all is said and done, is still wine. That doesn’t mean you can’t turn the industry inside out by turning the t...

August, 14, 2016 SIERRA NEVADA OWNER SAYS HOBBY MADE HIM A BILLIONAIRE

(TDB) - Ken Grossman, the owner of famed craft beer company Sierra Nevada, explains how his hobby and passion for home brew turned him into a billionaire. Grossman bottled his first beer way back in 1980 but has since seen his company rise to become the third biggest craft brewery in the US as w...

August, 14, 2016 Torres reject Cava D.O. for new Spanish sparkling wine

(Decanter) - Torres have announced their decision to differentiate their new sparkling wine, launching this year, by not putting the Cava name on it - therefore not signing it up to be part of the Cava DO, as originally planned. The 2013 vintage of the sparkling wine will not be part of any...

August, 14, 2016 Chilean Winery's Secret is Altitude and Attitude

(Wine-Searcher) - The winemaker for Viña Ventisquero talks to Adam Lechmere about growing grapes in Chile's extreme desert regions. Felipe Tosso, chief winemaker at Chile's Viña Ventisquero, has his eye on a new stretch of land to make a wine even more extreme than the zero-rainfal...

August, 13, 2016 Can a Once-Hip Wine Region Be Cool Again?

(WSJ) - One time, not so long ago, the most famous and sought-after place to grow Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in California was Carneros. The region, which lies partly in Napa and partly in Sonoma, showed so much promise that big-name sparkling-wine producers from France and Spain opened Carneros out...

August, 12, 2016 UNMASKING FRANCE’S VIOLENT WINE EXTREMISTS

(VinePair) - You raise a glass of French wine and you think of the winemaker. You probably imagine someone with sun-soaked wrinkles, his hands as knotty as the vines he tends, sort of a knowing Mother Earth look about him. Maybe you picture him walking the vineyard, gently grazing his thick, worn k...