May, 12, 2016 Tasting Room Survey Discloses Disparities

(Wines&Vines) - For their annual survey about trends in tasting rooms, Silicon Valley Bank and Wine Business Monthly query bank customers and other wineries about their practices. The results always seem to turn up some surprises, and the questions are tweaked each year to reflect current trend...

May, 12, 2016 UK: Brexit would be 'extremely damaging' to wine industry

(TheArgus) - LEAVING the European Union would be “extremely damaging” for the Sussex wine industry, according to former chancellor Ken Clarke, who described the product as s one of the greatest innovations of his lifetime. The veteran Tory MP and Europhile celebrated Sussex spar...

May, 12, 2016 CARLSBERG LAUNCHES FIRST CRAFT CIDER BRAND

(TDB) - Carlsberg UK has launched two new brands, including its first ever craft cider, exclusively for the UK on-trade in an effort to strengthen its premium portfolio. Bad Apple, a 5.1% craft cider blended from four fermentations in Herefordshire, is the first craft cider brand to be adde...

May, 12, 2016 Ethiopia: Wine-Making in Ethiopia - Cultural, Historical and Economic Significance

(AllAfrica) - The history of wine making in Ethiopia is as old as the history of the nation. Professor Richard Pankhurst in the December 2006 Journal of Ethiopian studies (vol. 39:1-2), noted that grapes and wine were apparently well known in Ethiopia in early Axumite time and used to be imported a...

May, 12, 2016 Make Your Own Wine at This $18.8 Million Tuscan Villa

(Bloomberg) - Aspiring wine makers and existing multimillionaires rejoice: A 90-acre estate in the Tuscan hills replete with 12 acres of vineyards and seven acres of olive groves with 3,800 olive trees is on sale for $18.8 million. When not stomping grapes or pressing olives (or at the very leas...

May, 12, 2016 Beer, wine sales bill gets initial OK in Colorado House

(Gazette) - More grocery stores would be able to sell full-strength beer and wine under a bill that passed the House on second reading Tuesday and seems likely to head to the governor's desk on the final day of the legislative session. Leaving only a few hours to spare, members of the House...

May, 11, 2016 California: Bill Would Clip Wine Coupons

(Wines&Vines) - A measure that would drastically inhibit opportunities for wineries and retailers to provide discounts to consumers is moving quickly through California’s legislature. SB 1032 won unanimous approval when it passed from committee to the Senate floor. Among its provisions...

May, 11, 2016 Can Wine Before Bed Really Help You Lose Weight?

(TheDailyBeast) - Over the past year, our social media feeds have blown up on more than one occasion over claims  that  drinking wine  at bedtime could help you drop a few pounds. In fact, this “news” generated so much buzz that urban-legend buster Snopes decided to ...