February, 01, 2016 For Beer at Super Bowl, Color of the Competition Is Red and White

(NYTimes) - Beer and football may go together like wine and cheese. But lately more and more people seem be favoring a Bordeaux over a Bud Light. Wine has made inroads into football stadiums and living rooms across the United States on Sundays. Americans still buy far more beer than wine over...

February, 01, 2016 What the future may hold for winemakers and wine drinkers

(WP) - A new year always prompts crystal-ball gazing, and the Silicon Valley Bank has obliged with its annual assessment and predictions for the U.S. wine industry. The outlook isn’t all good. Last year, the bank predicted a “breakout year” for U.S. wineries, with a resurgent e...

February, 01, 2016 11 Things You Didn’t Know About Prosecco

(VinePair) - Let’s admit it. Prosecco is easy to take for granted. We buy it for a night out or in—easy drinking bubbles that give us a temporary and much-needed lift in general feelings of delight. That’s all fine, but there’s more to know—and more to appreciate&mdas...

January, 31, 2016 Bulgaria marks Day of Vine Growers, Wine Producers

(Focus) - On February 1 Bulgarian people mark the Day of Vine Growers, Wine Producers, Falconers, Gardeners and Tavern-Keepers - Saint Trifon’s Day. The day is commonly known as Trifon Zarezan because it is the day on which vines are pruned and "Zarezan" is derived from the Bulgarian ver...

January, 31, 2016 Conference to Focus on Soil Analysis and Planning

(Wines&Vines)  - On March 9 and 10, the Eastern Winery Exposition (EWE) will return to the Convention Center in downtown Lancaster. Bob Mignarri, EWE’s organizer, told Wines & Vines, “Advance registration is the best it’s ever been, for this many weeks before the conf...

January, 31, 2016 Napa wineries ship $1 billion in wine to consumers in 2015

(NVR) - To remain competitive and relevant, wineries are becoming far more proficient at wooing customers directly with wine clubs, creating memorable experiences and emotional connections to the wineries. It seems to be paying off. Napa wineries reached an all-time-high shipping record in 2...

January, 31, 2016 Does Aging Wine Under Water Have Benefits -- Or Is It Going Overboard?

(Forbes) - The theory and practice of harnessing the ocean for food, energy, and profit has been with us for some thousand years now, but it’s only in the last half dozen that winemakers have turned in an industrial fashion toward it as an aquatic cellar. The notion is that at something li...

January, 31, 2016 The Wal-Mart of the wine industry

(NVR) - There is a stench rising up through the vines in wine country in the guise of large corporations, wine groups, billionaires and mergers. This group has consumed a large portion of the wineries that employ most of the lower-wage workers throughout the Napa and Sonoma valleys, not to ment...