August, 02, 2016 Drinking wine could be secret to happy marriage – study

(Decanter) - Married couples get on with each other better and for longer when both partners enjoy a drink, suggests a new study.  Sharing a good bottle of wine over dinner is already one of the events to treasure in life, but now there is evidence that it can help your relationship. C...

August, 02, 2016 Do eco-friendly wines taste better?

(UCLA) - I t’s time to toast environmentally friendly grapes. A new UCLA study shows that eco-certified wine tastes better — and making the choice even easier, earlier research shows it’s often cheaper, too. Though consumers remain reluctant to spend more on wine from organic ...

August, 01, 2016 First grapes picked in Napa 2016 wine harvest

(Decanter) - The odds are shortening for another strong vintage in Napa after the first grapes were picked for sparkling wines, according to Napa Valley Vintners. It’s been another early start for Napa in 2016, with the first grapes picked for sparkling wines in the past few days, said&n...

August, 01, 2016 Huge Fire Threatens Monterey Vineyards

(Wine-Searcher) -  Vintage in danger as massive blaze continues to frustrate firefighters. Monterey County's best wine grapes are in peril as an enormous fire is burning out of control to their windward side. The fire that started in Soberanes Creek in Big Sur on July 22 has grown to co...

August, 01, 2016 6 Reasons To Be Giddy About Wine

(Forbes) - When I first started learning about wine, the notes in my journal were overrun by gleeful punctuation — my version of written whoa — like double question marks, parentheses (everywhere), and extra periods as pauses for emphasis. “What if I could figure out how to dri...

August, 01, 2016 SPAIN LOSING ESTIMATED €263M-PER-YEAR TO FAKE ALCOHOL

(TDB) - Spain is said to be the EU’s biggest losers when it comes to counterfeit alcohol as the true cost to their economy is revealed. According to the EU Intellectual Property Office, Spain’s local producers lost an estimated €173 million on assorted alcoholic beverages,...

August, 01, 2016 B.C. Vintner Snared in Chinese Smuggling Bust

(Wines&Vines) - China’s crackdown on corruption and gray-market goods has nabbed a British Columbia vintner whose winery hosted Chinese athletes during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Legal Daily, an online Chinese outlet for legal news, reported that customs officials in Sh...

August, 01, 2016 Wine making goes green

(Arklatexhomepage) - An Oregon winery is making a wine without using a electricity, industrial machinery, or fuel.   The wine is called Project 1899 and Illahe Vineyards began making it in 2011.   All the grapes that go into the pinot are picked by hand and hauled up to t...