December, 29, 2015 An Insider’s Guide to Weird Wine Words

(WSJ) - IF SOMEONE GAVE  you a glass of wine and said it was “foxy,” would you gladly accept it or quickly turn it down? Would you buy a bottle that a wine merchant described as “lifted,” or would you worry that he or she might be trying to pawn off stolen goods? What ...

December, 29, 2015 The U.S. Wine Market Is The Goal Post

(Forbes) - Despite what has been written in the past couple of years concerning the growth in Chinese wine consumption, the largest to benefit in status-hungry China have been top-shelf European producers of renoun. In America, where the largest volume is at the other end of the spectrum, two ...

December, 29, 2015 The biggest wine club in the U.S.? It's not in Napa

(ChicagoBusiness) - Deidre McGraw never thought she would join a wine club. Then, in 2011, she had dinner at Cooper's Hawk in Oak Lawn. After the meal, the server pitched McGraw on the restaurant's wine club. The deal: $35.99 a month for two bottles (choice of red, white or sweet). Free tastin...

December, 29, 2015 Forget Coffee! Barnes & Noble Is Testing Selling Beer & Wine In Stores

(GoodeReader) - Barnes and Noble has been looking for alternative ways to leverage their 600 bookstores to be a little more profitable. The company has recently started selling Vinyl Records and it looks like they might be selling wine and craft beers. The Nations largest bookseller has just app...

December, 29, 2015 Wine That’s Aged Underwater Is the Buried Treasure of the Sea

(MunchiesVice) - It’s already hot when I reach the small port of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula in the department of Var at 9 AM. With no sign of wind and waves barely 12 inches high, it is the perfect weather for tossing the region’s wine into the sea. Or at least it is according to...

December, 28, 2015 North Coast winery, vineyard sales brisk in 2015

(NBBJ) - 2015 was an particularly active year for sales of North Coast wineries and vineyards, amid the trend over the past few years for producers to lock in sources of choice grapes and production capacity. E&J Gallo Winery has been an active buyer of North Coast wineries and vineyards thi...

December, 28, 2015 Wine is also a dream

(Decanter) - Many winemakers understand that wine has a 'dream force', but what does this mean? Andrew Jefford explores the idea in his latest weeky column.  Back in November, I reported on  a conversation with  Philippe Guigal  – but omitted the final intriguing ...

December, 28, 2015 Guinness goes alcohol-free in Indonesia

(FINANCIALTIMES) - Diageo has been forced to change tack in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country with the introduction of alcohol-free Guinness after Indonesia’s government clamped down on beer sales this year. The brewer is still selling its regular Guinness in large supermar...