April, 21, 2016 Why 1,800 tigers are in a rundown China park: to be made into wine

(SCMP) - Failing attraction in scenic Guilin, a tourist destination in southern China, is a pitiful front for a sinister trade in tiger bone wine, writes George Knowles. In a shabby, concrete arena of broken plastic seats, shrill pop music blasts out as a ringmaster in a purple suit uses a ...

April, 21, 2016 And the Best Sommelier in the World competition winnner is…

(Decanter) - Arvid Rosengren emerged from a field of 15 semi-finalists to claim the top prize at the best sommelier in the world competition in Mendoza, Argentina, at 1am local time on Wednesday 20 April. ‘It’s a dream’  ‘I’m in a dream state,’ the 3...

April, 21, 2016 MALLYA CONVICTED OF CHEQUE BOUNCING

(TDB) - It’s official. Vijay Mallya is a criminal. The former chairman of Diageo-controlled United Spirits was convicted by a Hyderabad court yesterday of bouncing cheques issued by his collapsed Kingfisher Airlines. Following the issue of an arrest warrant against him on behalf of In...

April, 21, 2016 Wine Industry Toasts Production, Consumption Rise

(Wine-Searcher) - The global wine trade turns in a healthy performance as wine lovers increase consumption. The global wine trade improved last year, with the US and China driving consumption, and New Zealand the star performer on the production side, according to a just-released report. The ...

April, 20, 2016 Why Wild, Chemical-Free, “Natural” Wines Are Taking the Industry by Storm

(Vogue) - From Paris to Tokyo to Copenhagen to Brooklyn, wines made with little to no chemical intervention—so-called natural wines—are the toast of the cognoscenti. Large, wet snowflakes started to fall just as I left Paris, and by the time the car rolled through the medieval city...

April, 20, 2016 Calistoga’s Venge Vineyards buys Robert Rue winery in Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley

(NBBJ) - Venge Vineyards of Calistoga purchased a small winery estate in Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley and is creating a second brand and private-tasting experience there. Itself a small-scale operation, Venge acquired Robert Rue Vineyard & Winery at 1406 Wood Rd. just south of ...

April, 20, 2016 Feds approve Lewis-Clark Valley AVA

(GoodFruit) - The federal government has approved a new wine grape appellation in the Northwest: the Lewis-Clark Valley American Viticultural Area (AVA). The appellation, which sits in a geographic region of northwestern Idaho known as the “banana belt,” encompasses some 479 square m...

April, 20, 2016 How Climate Change Will Transform What’s in Your Wine Glass

(HuffPost) - After the publication of a recent  study  about the impact of climate change on French wine, several articles misrepresented the study, resulting in misleading headlines such as  An Upside to Climate Change? Better French Wine ,  French Wine May Be Improving Due To...