April, 13, 2016 Constellation Buying Brands Rather Than Wineries

(Wine-Searcher) - Two wine behemoths are expanding, but doing so in very different ways, according to W. Blake Gray. Constellation and Gallo are the two largest wine companies in the world. Both built their empires on cheap wine, and started moving upscale in the last 20 years, because that's wh...

April, 12, 2016 THE BATTLE FOR SPANISH TERROIR

(TDB) - As a determined band of Spain’s top terroir-focused winemakers continues to win support for its cause, the country’s consejos face a choice: do they resist, or do they adapt? All fine wine makers will tell you that great wines are made in the vineyard. Rather than put his or ...

April, 12, 2016 France: Vineyard vandals attack Clot de l’Oum in Roussillon

(Decanter) - Languedoc-Roussillon's Clot de l'Oum winery has seen its vineyards vandalised, with damage set to total tens of thousands of euros, according to its owner. Vines belonging to  Clot de l’Oum , in Agly Valley, Languedoc-Roussillon, were cut into pieces during the ...

April, 12, 2016 CALIFORNIA HAS PUT ‘WINEMAKERS BEFORE TERROIR’

(TDB) - The terroir conversation has taken so long to come to California as the state has chosen to focus on winemakers rather than the land, according to one producer. Speaking to  the drinks business  during a recent visit to London, Maria Sinskey of Robert Sinskey Vineyards in the N...

April, 12, 2016 Salute! Italy toasts booming wine trade

(Digitaljournal) - As he swirls a glass of yellowy green wine made from the trendy pecorino grape, Fabio Centini purrs with enthusiasm. "I hadn't even heard of this grape 15 years ago," the Italian-born chef-restaurateur from Calgary, Canada tells AFP between slurps at a tasting of top peco...

April, 12, 2016 Glyphosate Found in Organic Wine

(OrganicConsumers) - Glyphosate usage has gotten so out of control that it’s seemingly taken on a life of its own and is now showing up even in foods that haven’t been directly sprayed, namely the  grapes  used to make organic wine. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in...

April, 12, 2016 Vice Squad: Constellation Could Ride Millennial Craft Beer and Wine Craze

(Thestreet) -  Constellation Brands  (STZ) -- a member of  Real Money 's "Vice Squad" watch list -- is set to continue is market-beating stock climb, some analysts say, and that's largely due to the mounting appetite among Millennials for wine and beers. Constellation's share pric...

April, 12, 2016 RESIDUAL SUGAR: WINE MANIPULATOR & MAGICIAN

(VinePair) - Sugar is one of the fundamental components necessary to produce a successfully balanced wine and yet, at the same time, it can be one of the greatest manipulators of a wine’s final flavor. On the fundamental side, sugar essentially creates wine. Yeast cells consume t...