June, 20, 2016 10 Business Lessons Learned From the Founders of America's Biggest Wine Brand

(Entrepreneur) - Last month  I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey , the founders of  Barefoot Wine . What's most humbling is that they had absolutely no idea what they were doing at first. From the start, with virtually no money and no wine industr...

June, 19, 2016 How one man created the hottest white wine in Italy that's now making its way to America

(AFP) - It is the rising star of Italian wine, a greeny-gold white starting to earn an international reputation for its distinctive minerally edge and ageing potential. Yet pecorino, which shares its name with one of Italy's best-known cheeses, might not even exist but for the vision of a trailb...

June, 19, 2016 2016 New Zealand wine vintage supports export growth

(Scoop) - The 2016 New Zealand grape harvest has finished, with high quality fruit being picked across the country. Producers benefited from excellent summer and early autumn weather in grape growing regions, enabling full ripening and flavour development. “Going into harvest, growers and ...

June, 19, 2016 Colorado Gets Liberal with Liquor Law

(Wines&Vines) - With legal marijuana sales and a burgeoning wine industry, U.S. residents who don’t live in Colorado may not have realized how restricted retail alcohol sales have been. While not exactly a “control state,” Colorado has limited most alcohol sales to liquor stor...

June, 19, 2016 A SNAPSHOT OF ITALY’S BULK WINE

(TDB) - Italy is the world’s largest producer of bulk wine, making it exquisitely sensitive to market trends. Bulk Wine Broker Luigino Lazzaretto looks at how the market is evolving. In recent years, the Italian bulk market has changed considerably in terms of purchase timing, prices ...

June, 19, 2016 Constellation Brands Inc. Prepares to Shift Focus From Wine to Beer

(FOOL) - As the company prepares to spin off part of its wine business, it has become increasingly clear that management envisions a “beer-centric” business, a trend that began with its purchase of Corona and Modelo Negra in 2013, and continued with its most recent acquisition of Ballas...

June, 19, 2016 NEW YORK SCRAPS ‘PROHIBITION-ERA- DRINKING LAWS

(TDB) - New York lawmakers reverse laws over alcohol sales on Sundays. Alcohol will now be available on Sunday mornings in New York City as decision makers have rolled back a ‘prohibition-era’ law to make the drinks industry more competitive. Governor Andrew Cuomo approved th...

June, 19, 2016 Colorado company releases wine for cats

(UPI) --  A Colorado company is looking to help cat owners enjoy the experience of sharing a glass of wine with their pets. The non-alcoholic, beet-based cat wine was developed specifically for cats by Denver-based Apollo Peak . Cats can enjoy the company's products in two varieties, in...