April, 14, 2016 5 Points Constellation Brands' Management Wants to Emphasize

(Fool) - Despite a string of impressive business quarters, the international alcoholic beverage company isn't aiming to coast on previous successes. International wine and beer manufacturer  Constellation Brands   ( NYSE:STZ )  announced fiscal 2016 results last week, marking...

April, 14, 2016 1000 Points Of Algorithm Shine On Wine

(Forbes) - “Wine Lister is a true hub of information that can adapt to the user’s requirements. It’s a sophisticated system, rating sophisticated wines, for an increasingly sophisticated audience.” That’s Ella Lister talking about the new 1000-point wine rating...

April, 14, 2016 When is wine o'clock where you live?

(MNN) - The data is clear: There really is a peak wine-drinking time. Wine o'clock is a real thing. Last year, the Oxford online dictionary officially added the word and defined it as "the appropriate time of day to start drinking wine." It didn't mention an exact time because wine o'clock is a ...

April, 13, 2016 The biggest differences between Champagne and other types of sparkling wine

(Businessinsider) - When given the choice, I almost always would like a glass of sparkling wine to drink. (Well... unless I want a  Manhattan .) But while I am an enthusiastic appreciator and I extend my love to virtually any wine with bubbles, sparkling wine is by no means a single th...

April, 13, 2016 Inside Mexico’s ‘Naked’ Wine Revolution

(Munchies.Vice) - It’s midday and I’m sitting in  MeroToro  restaurant in Mexico City, hearing Chilean (by way of Burgundy) winemaker Louis-Antoine Luyt introduce the concept of natural wines to MeroToro’s enthusiastic waitstaff, including the wines he’s makin...

April, 13, 2016 What's in a name? Why you should know the term 'proprietary wine'

(ChicagoTribune) - There are "pop stars," and then there are Taylor, Madonna and Gaga. There are mausoleums, and then there are the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Taj Mahal and Grant's Tomb. Some people and things get set apart from the rest. They achieve a one-of-a-kind-ness that takes into...

April, 13, 2016 Wrestling With Tannin in 2015 Bordeaux

(Wine-Searcher) - In his third report from Bordeaux, Adam Lechmere finds that uneven tannin levels caused headaches for producers. Across Bordeaux, the long, hot, dry months of June and July produced grapes with thick skins that could be exceedingly high in tannin. Some winemakers say the tannin...

April, 13, 2016 Microbrewers adopt Mars colonisation technology

(TDB) - A technology developed to enable human habitation of the planet Mars is being sold to microbrewers as a means of cutting production costs. Robert Zubrin, the president of the Mars Society, came up with the space technology, which recycles and stores CO2 generated during beer ferme...