December, 16, 2015 French winemaker cleared after refusing to spray vineyard

(Decanter) - A French court has acquitted Thibault Liger-Belair after refusing to spray his vineyards against deadly vine disease flavescence dorée, in a second blow to the French authorities. Thibault Liger-Belair , the well-known Burgundian vigneron and proponent of biodynamic viticult...

December, 16, 2015 Florida: The Winery That’s Never Purchased A Wine Bottle

(Earth911) - At Bunker Hill Winery, things are just a little bit different. Well, make that a LOT different. This family-owned sustainable winery in Parrish, Florida is serving up unique wines in eco-friendly packaging and sharing their commitment to the environment with every bottle bought. Re...

December, 16, 2015 French co-op InVivo plans U.S. wine deal, more food shops

(Reuters) - French agricultural group InVivo is looking to acquire a wine distributor in the United States and could open up to 200 food shops in its home market as part of plans to double in size within a decade, InVivo's CEO said on Tuesday. InVivo entered the wine sector this year through the...

December, 16, 2015 US: DtC Sales Surge in November

(Wines&Vines) - Direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine sales increased 13% over the previous year this November to reach $310 million, bringing the 12-month total to $1.96 billion, according to the latest Wine Industry Metrics report based on data collected by Wines Vines Analytics.  Since Wines...

December, 16, 2015 Healthcare Reform Comes To Napa: Wine Beyond The Glass, Part Two

(Forbes) - Walking into OLE Health , on Pear Tree Lane in Napa, two questions immediately came to mind. First, why is this community health center nicer than my private doctor’s office? And second, what does this health center have to teach me about wine in Napa? More than I could...

December, 16, 2015 Why Wine? The answer is much more than its physical effect

(WineSpectator) - "Our present western world is harassed, hustled and driven. It excludes leisure, tranquillity, permits no unexciting pursuits, no contemplation, no slow maturing of ideas, no perfectioning of individual style." —Bernard Berenson (1956) "Why wine?" It's a question I get ...

December, 16, 2015 Napa Valley: 2 arrested in connection with recovery of stolen wine

(NVR) - More than $4,000 worth of stolen wine was found in a vehicle Monday night and two arrests were made after Napa Police were called to Nob Hill Foods to investigate a wine theft. When police arrived at Nob Hill on Trancas Street shortly after 7 p.m., they learned that the store had deta...

December, 16, 2015 The forgotten kingpins who conspired to save California wine

(Boingboing) - Last month, Frances Dinkelspiel's new book,  Tangled Vines , cracked the New York Times'  Best Seller list. It's a great read, since it mostly follows the events leading up to an arson-caused wine-warehouse fire in 2005, in which 4.5 million bottles of wine worth at least...