July, 07, 2016 A sommelier explains why it's nearly impossible to find good, cheap wine from Italy or France

(BI) - Quality and price have a complicated relationship — and never more so than when it comes to wine. Jörn Kleinhans, owner of The Sommelier Company, told Business Insider that it's very possible to find a high quality wine at a low price point. However, you have to know where to look — a...

July, 06, 2016 Treating alcoholics - with wine

(BBC) - The recommended treatment for chronic alcoholism is abstinence. But at the Oaks - a permanent home for those who once lived on the streets - residents are given a measure of wine at hourly intervals. It is called the Managed Alcohol Program, and aims to change the drinking behaviour of invet...

July, 06, 2016 Arsenic, Herbicide Wine Scares Put in Context

(Wines&Vines) - average man would need to put back five glasses of wine per day, every day, to consume enough inorganic arsenic to run the risk of causing health problems, according to a leading expert on food and beverage toxicology. At such a rate of consumption, however, that hypothetical per...

July, 06, 2016 Dollar wine buyers swoop for Brexit deals

(Decanter) - Fine wine buyers in the US, Asia and also Europe have wasted little time in seeking to take advantage of the weak pound sterling currency following the UK's vote to leave the European Union, according to the country's merchants. Growing numbers of the UK’s fine wine merchants are r...

July, 01, 2016 Will Algorithms Persuade People to Drink More Wine?

(Fortune) - The latest trend in wine sales: data-driven personalization. The ancient world of wine doesn’t seem ripe for technological revolution. But that’s exactly what Brian Smith set out to do when he co–founded Winc, an online wine club in Los Angeles, in 2012. Though the U.S. wine ma...

July, 01, 2016 AMERICAN BEER DRINKERS SUCK DRY MEXICAN TOWN’S WATER SUPPLY

(TDB) - A municipality close to the Mexican/American border has seen its water reserves run dry because of a nearby brewery. Mayor Leoncio Martínez Sánchez of the municipality of Zaragoza, penned a single-sentence letter to Coahuila state governor Rubén Moreira say...

July, 01, 2016 Meiomi Pinot Noir fuels Constellation Brands wine sales

(Decanter) - A wine brand with only a 10-year heritage drove the majority of wine sales growth for Constellation in the Robert Mondavi brand owner's first quarter of its financial year. Meiomi  Pinot Noir  was hot property in the US wine market when  bought by Constellation Bran...

July, 01, 2016 Blue Wine For Millennials Might Be The End Of The World

(Pastemagazine) - Can we talk about this blue wine thing? Because it’s freaking embarrassing.  Mother Nature Network  mentioned this beverage from Gik (does that get pronounced like “geek” or rhyme with “ick?” I can’t tell, I’m old) that has ...