March, 07, 2016 Wine Drinkers Need to Branch Out: Diversity in your wine glass helps vineyards survive.

(USNews) - Genetic diversity in the variety of fruits and vegetables we consume does not just expand the palate but protects plants from succumbing to attack from pests and diseases. For instance, the vast majority of Americans buy one single variety of bananas, Cavendish. This banana is highly ...

March, 07, 2016 Clark Smith Named 2016 Innovator of the Year at the Innovation + Quality (IQ) Forum

(WineBusiness) - Winemaking consultant Clark Smith was presented with the Innovator of the Year Award at the Innovation + Quality (IQ) conference on March 2. IQ, a forum for ultra-premium wineries that focuses on cutting-edge innovations that advance wine quality, is presented by Wine Business Mont...

March, 07, 2016 FROM CHIPS TO SIPS: Potato chip pioneer 'Tim' takes up winemaking

(Union-Bulletin) - Kennedy and Tim’s General Manager Jeff Leichleiter kicked it off last month by passing out retro bags of the chips autographed by Kennedy during the Seattle Food & Wine Experience. They even brought back one of its retired flavors — Coney Island, made with mu...

March, 07, 2016 MALLYA’S DIAGEO PAY-OFF FROZEN AS PRESSURE MOUNTS

(TDB) - Drinks baron Vijay Mallya’s £53 million severance package from Diageo has been frozen, while India’s financial conduct watchdog has named him as part of a money laundering investigation. India’s Debt Recovery Tribunal has ruled in favour of the country’...

March, 07, 2016 Asian investor Peter Kwok buys another Bordeaux château

(Decanter) - Peter Kwok, the Hong Kong businessman regarded as one of the first Asian investors in Bordeaux vineyards, has bought his seventh estate in the region. Peter Kwok, the Vietnam-born, Hong Kong businessman who bought St Emilion’s Château Haut-Brisson in 1997, has purchased ...

March, 07, 2016 Italy’s Famed Wine Region a War Zone, Invaded by Boars and Others

(NYTimes) - Fences are rising. There is talk of a brutal and destructive insurgency, invasions and a slaughter that could include hundreds of thousands in the years ahead. If that sounds something like a war, the battlefield is the prized vineyards of Chianti, Italy’s vaunted wine region i...

March, 06, 2016 Italian Wine Robot Gives Grapes the Mechanical Touch

(SputnikNews) - The Italian wine researchers Enosis Meraviglia are making a bold attempt to dominate the world of wine production through the introduction of the Genesis wine robot, which will be responsible for the initial stage of producing wine. “In order to beat the world competition it ...

March, 06, 2016 American Wine Drinkers Cut Back on Butter

(Wine-Searcher) - Fewer people are ordering big, brash Chardonnays – at least that's what somms are saying. America's love affair with buttery Chardonnay in restaurants may finally be waning, according to the latest Wine & Spirits Restaurant Poll. Chardonnay is still easily America'...