January, 15, 2019 Wine Shipping Gets its Day in Court

(Wine Searcher) - The stakes: The Court could possibly throw out all state liquor laws that discriminate against out-of-state businesses, potentially allowing residents in much of the US to order wine from anywhere. The case: The state of Tennessee has laws requiring liquor store owners to be resi...

January, 14, 2019 How much does a good bottle of wine cost?

(Vivino) - Our community of wine lovers has used the  Vivino Rating System  to rate millions of wines, giving us an immense amount of data to spot the good wines from the bad. You may be wondering how to best use the Vivino Rating System, and here is some context that may help: The ...

January, 09, 2019 Georgian scientists aim to grow wine grapes on Mars

(TDB) - A group of scientists and viticulturists from Georgia are researching which grapes would suit Martian soils and how best to cultivate grapevines there in the hope that one day colonists could make their own wine on the red planet. The IX Millennium project, based in Tbilisi, is cultivati...

January, 09, 2019 Dine at an NYC Restaurant Award Winner for Less

(Wine Spectator) - During the city's Restaurant Week winter promotion, restaurants with standout wine lists will showcase special menus NYC Restaurant Week returns for its winter season, Jan. 21–Feb. 8, with discounted dining at some of the city’s top restaurants, including 77 winner...

January, 09, 2019 NZ wine contractor fined $140k after failing to pay minimum wage

(TDB) - Marlborough-based vineyard labour contractor, Double Seven, has been fined NZ$140,000 after an inspection found that the company had failed to keep accurate records for employees, provide employment contracts and pay some workers the minimum wage. Double Seven and its owner, Qin Zhang, h...

January, 09, 2019 Constellation mulls its options as cheaper wines hit growth

(Decanter) - Weaker demand for wines priced below $11-a-bottle have proved a drag on Constellation Brands’ overall sales in the US and the company has indicated that it was working on a plan to put more resources into premium labels. Constellation painted a picture of two US wine markets i...

January, 09, 2019 Friends of Supreme Court See Trouble Brewing

(Wine Searcher) - Part Two of our investigation into the Supreme Court hearing. Here's one vision of new US wine law that could actually happen soon: Wine lovers anywhere in the country can easily order Château Margaux from their birth year. Fans of Cayuse's single-vineyard wines can easil...

January, 08, 2019 Copper Cane label saga continues

(TDB) - The on-going tussle between Californian producer Copper Cane and the Oregon Winegrowers Association over labelling laws looks set to continue. Late last year the Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) reversed its earlier approval for labels produced by Copper Cane from Oregon-bought fruit a...