May, 11, 2016 Profits rise for wineries using Direct-to-Consumer sales

(Meininger) - Direct-to-consumer (DtC) sales, whether at a winery’s tasting room or through its wine club, are now vital – especially for wineries that produce 5,000 cases or less, according to a survey by Silicon Valley Bank. The survey of primarily US wineries, which was discussed ...

May, 11, 2016 Stop drinking white wine

(NYPost) - We’ve all happily heard about the health benefits of red wine.  A recent study by the Annals of Internal Medicine  found that a nightly glass can increase levels of good HDL cholesterol and help lower blood pressure, decrease blood-sugar levels and fight belly fat. But wi...

May, 11, 2016 Eataly Fined by Italian Authorities Over Wine Label Fraud

(Eater) - The Italian outposts misused the "sulfite-free" label Uh oh: Eataly has reportedly been slapped with a fine by Italian authorities after mislabeling bottles of wine it sold in the country. According to Italian site  Il Fatto Quotidiano , Eataly has been fined $50,000 ...

May, 11, 2016 Budweiser Renames Its Beer "America

(TDB) - Until the November election, Budweiser is swapping out everything on its can—including its own name—to be as patriotic as possible. With the backdrop of the Olympics and a comically botched election , this summer is bound to be what Ricardo Marques, a vice president fro...

May, 11, 2016 GERMAN RETAILERS FINED £71M OVER BEER PRICE FIXING

(TDB) - The German Cartel Office has fined several German supermarket chains a total of €90.5m (£71m) over fixing the price of beer following a six year investigation. Retailers Edeka, Metro and Netto were fined for fixing the price of Beck’s, Franziskaner and Hasseröd...

May, 11, 2016 French winemaker threats secure Tour de France deal

(Decanter) - Organisers of the Tour de France 2016 have agreed a promotional deal with winemakers in southern France in order to avoid a threatened blockade of the annual cycling race. Winemakers in the Aude area of Languedoc-Roussillon had threatened to disrupt the Tour de France 2016 &nb...

May, 10, 2016 Recycled Water Now an Option for Napa Vineyards

(Wines&Vines) - El Niño may have brought much needed relief from years of drought this winter, but growers in southern Napa County are toasting a new source of water that’s a little more reliable than oceanic currents. Earlier this month, the Napa Sanitation District celebrated ...

May, 10, 2016 I-Team investigates controversy over weed killer and California wine

(KGO) -  A lab test of ten California wines concluded they all contained trace amounts of the active ingredient from some weed-killers, glyphosate. Whether that is cause for concern is a matter of great dispute. We know how important this issue is to so many people, so we traveled to St. Lo...