April, 07, 2016 Spain to France: Don't dump 90,000 bottles of our wine into your streets

(ChicagoTribune) - Southern France: home to the stunning French Riviera, acres of sprawling lavender fields, and dozens of angry farmers willing to hijack Spanish tankers and dump out tens of thousands of gallons of wine in order to avoid what they claim is "unfair competition" in the French wine i...

April, 07, 2016 Wine yeast genomes lack diversity

(Sciencedaily) - Sequencing the genomes of hundreds of strains of the wine yeast S. cerevisiae has revealed little genetic diversity and high levels of inbreeding. In many cases, yeast strains sold by different companies were almost genetically identical. The results, published in the April issue o...

April, 07, 2016 Smart Wine Dispenser Learns Your Palate (Sort of)

(Food&Wine) - Kickstarter entrepreneur unveils a wine dispensing machine, with dedicated app, that creates blends to suit all palates. Two years ago, a young, heavily bearded entrepreneur named Steve Young created a Kickstarter campaign to promote his new invention, SYNEK: a craft beer disp...

April, 07, 2016 Is the Country of Georgia the Next Great Wine Destination?

The Georgian province of Kakheti, between the mountains and the Black Sea, has charming small towns, idyllic countryside and an ancient winemaking tradition that’s just starting to catch a buzz. IT WAS 9:30  in the morning and I was already tipsy. At Twins Old Cellar Winery Hotel in ...

April, 07, 2016 The Story of the BottleRock ABC Accusations

(Beveragelaw) - In a huge victory for common sense interpretation of the law and a reaffirmation of reasonableness by the California ABC Appeals Board, several decisions in favor of wineries (Hinman & Carmichael LLP clients) who participated in the 2013 BottleRock festival have clarified the mu...

April, 06, 2016 Canadian Winemaking Goes Truly Bicoastal

(Wines&Vines) - When children in Canada sing the Woody Guthrie classic, “This land is your land,” it comes with a local twist that has the country stretching “from Bonavista to Vancouver Island.” Those lyrics are now on the verge of coming true for Canada’s wine...

April, 06, 2016 Spain summons French ambassador over wine lorry attack

(BBC) - The foreign ministry in Madrid has summoned France's ambassador after French farmers seized Spanish lorries and drained their cargo of wine. Spain said the attack by the French protesters was a "flagrant violation of various basic principles" of the EU. On Monday, farmers protesting a...

April, 06, 2016 Corona, Modelo beers boost Constellation sales

(Reuters) - Constellation Brands Inc (STZ.N) said on Wednesday it was considering taking a part of its Canadian wine business public and reported better-than-expected quarterly net sales, helped by strong demand for its premium Corona and Modelo beers. Shares of the company, which forecast full-...