December, 31, 2015 China to soon surpass U.S. to become top consumer of Chilean wine

 (Xinhua) -- "China will soon surpass the U.S. as the top consumer of Chilean wine," Claudio Cilveti, general manager of Vinos de Chile, the country's wine association, told Xinhua on Wednesday. According to Cilveti, the sales of Chilean wine have grown by 43 percent in the last five years ...

December, 31, 2015 Bello winery sells St. Helena tasting room

(NVR) - Three years after opening, the Bello Family Vineyards tasting room near Main Street and Charter Oak Avenue has been sold. The property was sold Dec. 4 to a Healdsburg holding company registered to Jay Behmke, managing director of Yao Family Wines, affiliated with retired NBA player Yao M...

December, 31, 2015 Your wine probably contains more alcohol than what’s on the label, study finds

(Redorbit) - If you wake up confused, groggy, and with a headache tomorrow after drinking only a couple of glasses of New Year’s party wine, it may be because you got more than you bargained for. According to a  new study  from University of California researchers, wine ...

December, 31, 2015 Drink More Wine. It's a Resolution You Can Keep.

(Entrepreneur) - Everyone is making New Year’s resolutions these days. And I worry that sometimes we set ourselves up for failure. So for your 2016 wine resolution, I’m keeping it simple: Just add more. Not because I think it’s fabulous, but because there may real...

December, 31, 2015 Organic wine, yoga and steamed veggies — this couple’s ‘clean’ wedding is the actual worst

(Dailyedge) - WEDDINGS ARE TRADITIONALLY filled with too much prosecco, beef or salmon, and the requisite dirty fry the following morning. Jessica Sepel, an Australian nutritionist, decided to forego all of the above and have a “clean” wedding. And it seems like it was quite&...

December, 30, 2015 Wine Tourism in Crimea to Expand Russian-Chinese Trade Potential

(SputnikNews) - Wine tourism to the Russian republic of Crimea presents the highest development potential to cultivate Chinese tourism, Russian-Chinese Committee of Friendship, Peace and Development co-chair Boris Titov said Wednesday.  Titov told Sputnik late in 2014 Crimea was open for Ch...

December, 30, 2015 English sparkling wine’s corker year

(Express) - ENGLISH wine has had its best ever year, with sales increasing by up to 300 per cent over Christmas. And experts are predicting that 2016 will be even more profitable for the domestic industry. The figures have led to calls for a two per cent cut in excise duty to support UK ...

December, 30, 2015 Trends In Wine And Philanthropy: How Wineries And Consumers Give Back

(Forbes) - A healthy corporate culture is, as we know, good for business, and “giving back” is a significant indicator: consider SalesForce’s 1-1-1 integrated philanthropic model, the growing popularity of B Corp status, and the well-documented desire, especially among younger wor...