April, 26, 2016 Why You Should Be Ordering Your Wine Online

(Forbes) - In 2013, Forbes partnered with Tasting Room to revolutionize the way people discover the best wines for their palate. With the help of Tasting Room, we mapped out the data points of wine to create a wine club that harnessed the same recommendation expertise as our other favorite web prod...

April, 26, 2016 Threat of Nutrient Deficiencies Equal to Drought

(Wines&Vines) - Grapegrowers devote a lot of attention to water (hardly surprising in view of recent shortages in California), but most probably don’t focus as much on vine nutrition. While aware that plants obviously need minerals, growers also know that grapevines are relatively un...

April, 26, 2016 Rep. Mike Thompson introduces tax bill to benefit U.S. wine industry

(PD) - North Coast Rep. Mike Thompson proposed a series of federal tax breaks Monday for the U.S. wine industry, including a proposal to slash a tax on sparkling wine that has lingered since the aftermath of Prohibition. The St. Helena Democrat, who owns a vineyard in Lake County, teamed up with...

April, 26, 2016 £15M ILLEGAL ALCOHOL GANG JAILED

(TDB) - A criminal gang that ran a £15 million illicit alcohol operation in the UK has been jailed for a total of 19 years after being caught with piles of ‘dirty’ cash. The gang, which operated out of the south-east of England, laundered millions from illegal alcohol...

April, 26, 2016 Top wine consuming countries in 2015

(Decanter) - New figures show that 10 countries drink around two thirds of the world's wine, but who is drinking the most? See below for a graphic prepared by Decanter using OIV data.  Top wine consuming countries – OIV World wine consumption crept up in 2015 to 240 million ...

April, 26, 2016 SOUTH AFRICAN WINEMAKER LAUNCHES WORLD’S FIRST ‘NEUROWINE’

(TDB) - South African winemaker Pieter Walser is to launch a wine that has used unconscious emotional and cognitive responses to determine the final wine style. Maverick Cape winemaker Walser, whose Blank Bottle brand includes around 30 different cuvées, partnered with a ne...

April, 25, 2016 Sonoma Cider opening taproom in Healdsburg this summer

(SFGate) - The past few years have been booming for the hard cider business, including  Sonoma County , which is home to the beloved Gravenstein heirloom apple. For decades, Sebastopol has been home to what is considered the country’s first modern cider pub,  ...

April, 25, 2016 Italy knocked off podium of wine consumption worldwide

(TheLocal) - Italy is practically synonymous with wine and it leads the  global export market , with one in every five bottles sold abroad coming from the Mediterranean country. But Italians themselves seem to be losing their appetite for the beverage. The United States topped the list of b...