April, 19, 2016 Peek Inside Tuscany’s Most Famous Wine Cellars

(HuffPost) - The founder of the Antinori family was Rinuccio, documented as far back as 1180, but the marquises proudly point out that their family tree includes Giovanni di Piero. In 1385 he became part of the Arte dei Vinattieri, Florence’s guild of winemakers, and launched a productio...

April, 19, 2016 Grapefruit Wine Is France’s Latest Obsession

(Eater) - In 2011, a homemade cocktail from Southern France took the rest of the country by storm. In this land of wine, it must have seemed a daring decision: just in time for summer,  Maison Castel , a world-renowned Bordelaise wine producer, took a risk and released Very Pamp, a bottled coc...

April, 19, 2016 Purchasing Pinot: Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Buys Patz & Hall

(WineSpectator) - Founding partners will stay involved at highly regarded winery; Washington company wanted a Sonoma Pinot Noir house. Pacific Northwest powerhouse Ste. Michelle Wine Estates has acquired Patz & Hall, a prestigious producer of California Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The sa...

April, 19, 2016 Brand buyer sees ‘tremendous’ growth potential for higher-priced wine

(NBBJ) - Pat Roney is president of Vintage Wine Estates, a Santa Rosa-based family-owned wine company. Started in 2009, its portfolio has more than 700 stock-keeping units, or SKUs. That includes local brands and estates such as Clos Pegase, Girard, Cosentino, Viansa, Sonoma Coast Vineyards, Ray...

April, 19, 2016 Wine, Belly Fat, And Women

(VinePair) - Here is the lie your glass of red wine is telling you: I shall make thee thinner (assuming your glass of red wine, like most, is a Shakespearean actor). As much as we want to believe the French Paradox, we also kind of have to accept the basic facts of metabolic chemistry, i.e. w...

April, 19, 2016 Tentative agreement in Napa Valley Wine Train suit

(PD) - Eleven women who were kicked off the Napa Valley Wine Train in August — prompting the hashtag #Laughingwhileblack — have agreed to settle their racial discrimination lawsuit with the hospitality company, their attorney said Monday. The details of the settlement remain confide...

April, 18, 2016 Jackson Family Wines buys another Oregon winery

(PD) - Jackson Family Wines continued its push into Oregon on Monday by announcing it has purchased the Penner-Ash Wine Cellars, a well-regarded pinot noir producer in the Willamette Valley. Under the terms of the deal, Santa Rosa-based Jackson Family Wines will acquire “substantially a...

April, 18, 2016 Vinexpo: How A Wine Show In Bordeaux Shapes What You Drink Every Day

(Forbes) - Black-tie parties at lavish Bordeaux châteaux and champagne cruises along the Garonne — they may seem far removed from the modest dinner you’ll have this evening, but if you’re enjoying wine with the meal, they are more connected than you realize. Every bottle, wh...