January, 26, 2016 David Trone, owner of Total Wine & More, mulling run for Congress

(WP) - David Trone, co-owner of Bethesda-based Total Wine & More, is considering a run for Congress in Maryland’s 8th District, his spokesman said Monday evening. The entry of Trone, a multimillionaire and major Democratic donor who lives in Potomac, would seriously scramble the race for...

January, 26, 2016 Everything You Need to Know About the Wine World's Next Big Thing

(Esquire) - In the mid-twentieth century, a number of French winemakers—known then and now as among the best in the world—adopted some dubious practices. In an effort to produce more bulk and appeal to a perceived global market, they began shifting away from their historically minimalis...

January, 26, 2016 Italy covers up naked statues and bans wine for visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani

(ABNA24) - Italian authorities covered up naked statues exhibited at a world-famous museum in Rome for an official visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Italian authorities covered up naked statues exhibited at a world-famous museum in Rome for an official visit of Iranian President Hassan R...

January, 26, 2016 Spain’s Latest Secession Problem Is All About Rioja Wine

(Fortune) - Spain’s artisanal winemakers are threatening secession if they don’t get new rules on wine labeling. It was quite literally una muerte anunciada —a death foretold. At the end of December 2014, top Spanish winemaker Juan Carlos López de Lacalle was so fed...

January, 26, 2016 Truett-Hurst, Inc. Announces Disposition of The Wine Spies Membership Interest

(PRNewswire) - Truett-Hurst, Inc. (NASDAQ: THST ), which operates an innovative and fast growing super-premium and ultra-premium wine sales, marketing and production company based in the acclaimed Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys of Sonoma County, California , announced today that ...

January, 26, 2016 Bronco Wine CEO urges colleagues to make bargain bottles

(ModBee) - Fred Franzia, the maverick winemaker from down around Ceres, urged the California industry Tuesday to vastly increase its production. And he sang the praises of San Joaquin Valley wines, of his Two Buck Chuck and other bargains, to an audience that included many producers from Napa and ...

January, 26, 2016 Why the American Wine Industry Needs a Shakeup

(Entrepreneur) - The United States currently is the world’s dominant wine producer and the American wine drinker is its dominant consumer. But that doesn’t mean we should rest on our laurels. Between the web, agnostic millennials and the strong dollar, there's a huge opp...

January, 26, 2016 Washington is for wine-lovers: D.C. No. 1 for direct shipments

(WTOP) - Direct-to-consumer wine shipment sales are rising four times as fast as the overall retail wine market. And when compared to states, the District is at the top of the list for getting wine shipped to the front door. ShipCompliant , which makes sales and fulfillment software used by th...