June, 24, 2016 Yuengling to payout $10m over water pollution claims

(TDB) - Yuengling, the oldest brewing company in the US, has agreed to pay almost US$10 million to settle federal water pollution charges at two of its breweries in Pennsylvania. While it has not admitted liability, Yuengling has agreed to spend approximately $7m to improve environmental me...

June, 24, 2016 Brexit vote leads to recession warning & ‘end of Bordeaux primeur campaign’

(Decanter) - Liv-ex analyst believes the UK's vote to leave the European Union means a sudden end for the Bordeaux 2015 en primeur campaign, but there could be bargains available for opportunistic US buyers. Britain’s pound sterling plunged to record lows following the country’s surp...

June, 23, 2016 SLO Winery Not Allowed to Sell Wine

(Independent) - Citing “undue concentration” of places to buy alcohol in Los Olivos, the county supervisors nixed the possibility for Zinke Wine Company to sell bottled beer and wine out of their proposed gourmet market. According to county staffers, who recommended the denial, ...

June, 23, 2016 Is Blue Wine the New Rosé?

(Slate) - It’s officially summer, which means that the thoughts of wine drinkers often turn to rosé. But Spanish startup  Gïk  has decided that rosés, reds, and whites are for old-school wine snobs. So this group of twentysomething designers, programmers, ar...

June, 23, 2016 The Weird World Of Expensive Wine

(Fivethirtyeight) - William Koch — yes, one of those Kochs — is giving a tour of his wine cellar when he asks the obvious question: “Did you see the wine bathroom?” he asked. “Wanna see it?” It’s an opulent cellar, replete with Roman mosaics, a ...

June, 23, 2016 Wine Additives Explained

(WineFolly) - There is a lot of fear and distrust around the topic of wine additives and it’s not exactly unfounded. Over thirty years ago, there was a group of incidents where industrial chemicals used to sweeten low-quality wines poisoned wine consumers ( separate cases from Italy and Austr...

June, 23, 2016 WHAT IS BRETTANOMYCES AND WHAT IS IT DOING IN MY BEER?

(VinePair) - Here’s one science lesson worth the flop sweat and trembling limbs we used to get when we were asked to balance an equation or memorize terms like Avogadro’s Number and phalanges. Why is this particular lesson worthwhile? ‘Cause it’s about beer. Before panic ...

June, 23, 2016 Predicting the Next "Meiomi" or "Apothic" Juggernaut Before It Happens

(Linkedin) - Even though Meiomi Pinot Noir and Apothic Red are wines known in the Alcoholic Beverage industry as two of the largest and most prolific breakout success stories, this post applies to any industry, and the newfound ability to tap into a firsthand consumer data source specific...