August, 09, 2016 What Are the Best Wine Glasses?

(Food&Wine) -  Dear Decantress, Two friends of mine are getting married next month. They're both fairly well off and want for nothing, which makes it difficult to decide what to get them as a gift. Do you have any recommendations for wine glasses that are more on the high-end? Th...

August, 09, 2016 Wine’s economic impact on California $57B, nation $114B

(NBBJ) - The business of growing grapes and making wine in California contributed $57.6 billion to the state economy and $114.1 billion to the national economy last year, a new report said. The California wine and winegrape sector and allied businesses annually deliver a total economic contribut...

August, 09, 2016 Can Californian Cabernet improve with age?

(Decanter) - Can Californian Cabernet Sauvignon improve with age? At first glance, it’s a debate that seems to have been settled... When the famous 1976 Judgement of Paris tasting was re-enacted thirty years later, it was Ridge Vineyards’ 1971 Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon that triu...

August, 08, 2016 Napa County taking another look at Yountville Hill Winery

(NVR) - Napa County Planning Commissioners heard Wednesday – as if they had any doubts – that the proposed Yountville Hill Winery remains controversial and they decided to give the public more time to submit comments. The commission approved the winery in July 2014, only to have...

August, 08, 2016 California 2015 economic wine report

(SonomaSun) - The 2015 economic impact report of the California wine industry – both state and national impact – has been released by the Wine Institute and California Association of Winegrape Growers. Here are some highlights from their recent   report . Lots of job...

August, 08, 2016 Egypt wineries struggle to revive derided industry

(Nation) -  Men and women harvest Merlot grapes under the scorching sun in one of Egypt’s up-and-coming vineyards, as the Muslim-majority desert country strives to win over international wine connoisseurs. “It’s a great story, what we’ve done with Egyptian wine,&rdq...

August, 08, 2016 ASEV-ES Looks to the Future

(Wines&Vines) - The modern, post-Prohibition wine industry is still less than 50 years old in many states east of the Rockies. For states in the northern tier, where winter temperatures often drop well below -15° F, the industry is closer to 30 years old. Yet today wine is made in all ...

August, 08, 2016 Candy Has a Bearing on Whispering Angel's Success?

(Wine-Searcher) - Can a surge in interest in a summer favorite really be down to gummy bears? There have been many reasons for a product making a sudden dash up our most-searched-for charts, but surely none have involved candy before. Whispering Angel, the Provence rosé from&nbs...