February, 16, 2016 Hundreds join Bordeaux pesticide protest

(Decanter) - Around 600 protesters have marched through Bordeaux streets in response to a television documentary raising concerns about the amount of pesticides used in the region. An alliance of campaign groups, including Confédération Paysanne and Générations F...

February, 16, 2016 On wine: Importance of terroir still unsettled

(PD) - As a concept, terroir raises controversy among winemakers and grape growers around the world. There are exceptions, of course, but most European winemakers claim that terroir has a direct impact on wine quality, while winemakers in California, Australia and other new world wine regions belie...

February, 15, 2016 Soar Grapes: The Turkish government represses the wine industry at home while helping it to sell abroad

(Economist) - THE region around Diyarbakir, in Turkey’s conservative south-east, has a long but faded tradition of wine production. “Suleiman”, an amateur oenologist from the city, dreams of reviving it. His biggest obstacle is not the renewed clashes between security forces and K...

February, 15, 2016 Study: Millennials drink nearly half of all wine in the U.S.

(USAToday) - The words "millennials" and "drinking" might bring to mind keg parties, craft brews or vodka. But don't forget the wine: Millennials drank 42 percent of all wine in the U.S. last year, more than any other generation. That's according to  new research &nbs...

February, 15, 2016 AUS: Treasury Wine Estates in plan to supercharge smaller wine brands

(AFR) - Treasury Wine Estates has set ambitious growth targets for a group of nine regional brands which are set to be supercharged with substantial new investment and an extra 40 per cent of grape volumes. Treasury's managing director of Australia and New Zealand, Angus McPherson, says there wi...

February, 15, 2016 Wine-by-phone bill gets first Arizona hearing

(AZCentral) - A bill that would allow Arizonans to order wine by phone or computer from out-of-state wineries and have it shipped directly to them cleared its first hurdle at the Arizona Legislature on Monday. Senate Bill 1381 passed out of the Commerce and Workforce Development C...

February, 15, 2016 How Supermarkets Sway Wine Spending

(Wine-Searcher) - Liza B. Zimmerman examines how US wine selection is affected by grocery-store sales Growing up New York City, wine sales were never – and still aren't – legally permitted in grocery stores; we had to seek out new discoveries at the local wine store. However, as a ...

February, 15, 2016 WINE DOES PREVENT DEMENTIA, SAYS STUDY OF STUDIES

(TDB) - Moderate wine consumption has been shown to significantly delay dementia in a new report that analyses almost 100 studies into the subject. The evidence stands in direct opposition to controversial new British government guidance on alcohol consumption by suggesting that there ...