January, 26, 2016 Two of America's Largest Wine Wholesalers Are Merging. Does that Mean More Expensive Wine?

(WineSpectator) - A few retailers and wineries worry that the Southern and Glazer's deal could raise wine prices—most industry insiders say that won't happen. Just two weeks into the new year, the wine industry witnessed what might be the most important business deal of 2016. On Jan. 11, S...

January, 25, 2016 Acidity is the key to ageing wine

(TDB) - Rather than tannic structure or time in oak, a wine’s acidity levels are the most important factor as to whether or not it will age well according to one winemaker. Speaking to the drinks business during a recent visit to Argentina, Martin Kaiser, chief agronomist at Doña ...

January, 25, 2016 $11M discrimination lawsuit against Napa Valley Wine Train begins

(ABC7News) - A hearing for a discrimination lawsuit against the Napa Valley Wine Train begins today in San Francisco. Members of a mostly African American book club filed an $11 million suit against the company in October. The women say they were kicked off the train for being too loud and clai...

January, 25, 2016 US: Direct-to-Consumer Shipments Near $2 Billion

(Wines&Vines) - Ten years after the Supreme Court pried open a legal passage for direct-to-consumer wine shipments, the value of this sales channel nudged the $2 billion mark in 2015. Wineries collected $1,966,668,198 for 4,286,743 cases of domestic wine. The total was 8.1% higher in value t...

January, 25, 2016 Why White Wine Is More Than All Right in Winter

(WSJ) -  THERE ARE MANY firmly held wine-consumption beliefs. Quite a few have to do with matching seasons to colors. Rosé, for example, is considered a wine that’s suitable only for summer . Post Labor Day, the pink stuff just sits on the shelves, or so wine merchants tell m...

January, 25, 2016 BADET CLÉMENT COMPLETES TRIO OF ACQUISITIONS

(TDB) - Burgundian negociant Badet Clément has completed its third vineyard acquisition of 2015 in the Languedoc with the purchase of Domaine du Trésor, situated in the village of Ouveillan in the Aude. The the start of 2015 Badet Clément  purchased the Languedoc-b...

January, 25, 2016 Interest in Italian Wines Increases – Just

(Wine-Searcher) - Three tried and true regions dominate as wine searches remain sluggish. People might still love Italian wines but outside a few classic areas, many regions are being left behind, according to figures from Wine-Searcher’s database. While searches for Italian wines have incr...

January, 25, 2016 ‘DEMAND DRIVES WINE COUNTERFEITING’

(TDB) - One of the world’s counterfeit wine experts, David Wainwright has warned that insistence among Asian buyers for rare wine has boosted the circulation of fakes. “I see more 1966 Henri Jayer today than I used to,” said Wainright. “Old, classic vintages of Henri Jayer ...