May, 30, 2016 Who Pays For Hello Vino's Free Wine App, And Why?

(Forbes) - On its website,  Hello Vino  says that while other mobile wine apps are for “the uber enthusiasts and wine snobs,” its free mobile wine app downloaded from the App Store and Google Play helps “the rest of us” shop for wine. The Winebow Group  ...

May, 29, 2016 Returning a faulty wine in a restaurant

(Decanter) - Would you have the confidence to return a faulty wine in a restaurant? Faulty wine: it happens to everyone. Recently, my wife and I set out across London to try an Italian restaurant which had always received favourable reviews. Although not naturally inclined to believe the hype, w...

May, 29, 2016 Napa Valley: Housing, winery proposed on Pope Street

(NVR) - A new proposal to develop a Pope Street property is already drawing positive reviews from neighbors who have been critical of previous plans. Antonio Castellucci wants to build 51 housing units on the 10-acre lot at 567 Pope St., as well as establish a small winery on an adjacent 14....

May, 29, 2016 Halo Effect Gives Wine Prices Wings

(Wine-Searcher) - It's obvious what effect a big score can have on a particular wine, but what about the wider impact? As a commodity, the value of wine is one that draws a lot of skepticism. The higher the price tag a wine has the further divorced its cost seems to be from its production. It...

May, 29, 2016 Spain’s Wine Industry Is Hiccuping From Its Excesses

(NYTimes) - For many, winemaking conjures up images of rolling vineyards, oak barrels and cavernous cellars. But here at Virgen de las Viñas, or Virgin of the Vineyards, the biggest producer in Spain ’s largest wine region, production comes in the shape of giant steel vats and hose...

May, 27, 2016 500,000 LITRES MISSING FROM FRENCH COOPERATIVE

(TDB) - At least half a million litres of wine have gone missing from a cooperative in Roussillon, and they may have been gone for some time. Following an audit at the Cave Cooperative de Trouillas near Perpignan last month, a number of tanks were found to have been emptied of their wine, d...

May, 27, 2016 A wine worthy of military honors

(MarketWatch) -  The bottle:   Purple Heart  red wine, $19.99 The back story:  A glass of wine as an expression of patriotic pride? It might seem like a stretch, but that’s the concept behind Purple Heart, a new label from California-based C. Mondavi & Family winem...

May, 27, 2016 Australian brewery offers 'whale vomit' beer

(UPI) -  An Australian brewing company has incorporated rare and expensive "whale vomit" into a special new beer. Robe Town Brewery's limited run " Moby Dick Ambergris Ale " features hints of ambergris or "whale vomit" which is excreted by sperm whales and most commonly used in perfum...