December, 09, 2015 Napa mulls restrictions on winery expansion

(PD) - The Napa County Board of Supervisors began grappling Tuesday with the politically contentious issue of how to better regulate winery expansion to limit the congestion that critics contend has turned this agricultural valley into an overrun tourist playground. The board started to debate p...

December, 08, 2015 Feds Auction Off Top Wines -- From Top Counterfeiter

(Bloomberg) - For sale: 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild. Starting bid: $6,375. Previous owner: convicted wine counterfeiter. U.S. federal marshals are facing one of the toughest sales jobs they’ve ever had. Better known for auctioning off stolen cars and drug dealers’ yachts, they&...

December, 08, 2015 California grape vineyard values remain strong

(WesternFarmPress) - California agricultural appraiser Ben Slaughter knows his audience and is careful not to get too nuts when making recommendations. So how is it that the senior appraiser with Correia-Xavier in Fresno, Calif. wasn’t run out of a room full of wine grape growers at a m...

December, 08, 2015 Canada, Mexico win $1 billion sanctions against U.S. in meat spat

(Reuters) - Canada and Mexico prepared to target $1 billion worth of U.S. exports after the World Trade Organization (WTO) authorized the countries on Monday to retaliate against the United States' meat-labeling rules. A WTO panel set the annual retaliation level at C$1.055 billion ($780 million...

December, 08, 2015 US Wine Warned of Export Backlash

(TDB) - The US wine industry faces billions of dollars’ worth of lost sales if Congress doesn’t intervene to prevent a hike in export tariffs by Canada and Mexico, a trade body has warned. The billion-dollar US wine market in Canada and Mexico is under immediate threat as ...

December, 08, 2015 Brunello di Montalcino winemakers sign biodiversity pact

(Decanter) - Winemakers and other local businesses have joined forces to agree a legally binding deal to protect the environment and biodiversity across the commune of Montalcino, home to one of Italy's best known wines. Representatives from 47 Montalcino businesses – including  Bru...

December, 08, 2015 What a glass of wine a day does to your body

(MNN) - We are a species that loves our fermented grapes. We’ve been making and drinking wine since 6000 B.C. Even as far back as 2,000 years ago there were wine bars on every street in Roman cities. In 2014, Americans consumed an estimated 893 million gallons of wine. That’s a lot of...

December, 08, 2015 Calorie content info on wine labels as Treasury Wines sniffs shifting winds

(SMH) - Treasury Wines, the maker of Penfolds, Wolf Blass, Lindemans and about 80 other brands, will put calorie content information on its wine labels in response to a growing consumer trend around the world where customers are seeking much more information about the content of food and bevera...