January, 04, 2016 ASEV to Launch New Online Journal

(Wines&Vines) - The American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV) will launch a new online journal in 2016 called Catalyst: Discovery into Practice, designed to showcase new information based on peer-reviewed scientific research that can be readily used by winemakers and grapegrowers...

January, 04, 2016 DIAGEO COMPLETES £361M SALE OF WINE BRANDS

(TDB) - Diageo has completed the sale of its US-based Chateau & Estate Wines and UK-based Percy Fox to Australia’s Treasury Wine Estates in a deal worth £361 million. The world’s largest spirits producer announced its intention to offload the majority of its wine business t...

January, 04, 2016 Canadian vintners buy Sonoma winery owned by TV’s 'The Bachelor'

(PD) - A Canadian winemaking family announced Monday that it has purchased Envolve Winery, which gained national attention after co-owner Ben Flajnik appeared on the TV series “The Bachelor” in 2012. The Stewart family, a third-generation winemaking family from British Columbia...

January, 04, 2016 Concern as EU relaxes rules on vineyard planting rights

(Decanter) - Controversial new rules that make it theoretically possible for anyone to get commercial vineyard planting rights on any piece of land - such as on the banks of the Seine in Paris - have received a cautious reception from French winemakers. The long-mooted and much-debated deregulat...

January, 04, 2016 U.S. restaurant wine sales still hostage to 2008 economic meltdown

(Forbes) - In 2006, academics at  Cornell University ’s Hotel School came up with what they thought were twenty-first century suggestions to sell more wine on-premise (in restaurants), which included pairing wine with food and low-cost wine tasting flights. Some of us in the wine indu...

January, 04, 2016 Facing Irate Consumers and Possible Bankruptcy, California Wine Store Closes Its Doors

(WineSpectator) - After years of customer griping over late wine orders, California wine retailer Premier Cru's troubles reached its front door on Dec. 10 when it abruptly closed its sleek retail shop in Berkeley. Customers hoping to pick up wine orders that Saturday were stopped by guards. Callers...

January, 04, 2016 Napa County: Supervisors to resume talks about winery rules

(NVR) - Napa County Supervisors will ring in the New Year with the old topic of possible rule changes governing winery growth. On Tuesday, they’ll continue a discussion they began on Dec. 8. One issue that could become clearer is how the rights of existing wineries would be protected. ...

January, 04, 2016 What Does the Wine Business Fear Most?

(SVBWine) - With the New Year's Resolutions on our minds, one related question someone inevitably brings up is "do-overs." If you had a chance to do anything over, what would that be?  I have more than my fair share but I'll throw out one. It's the story of the youn...