November, 18, 2015 Dana Cowin Stepping Down as Food & Wine Editor

(NYTimes) - Dana Cowin, who has been the editor in chief of Food & Wine magazine for 21 years, is stepping aside. But she will maintain a connection with Food & Wine. Her new post, as of mid-January, will be chief creative officer of Chefs Club International, the parent of Chefs Club by ...

November, 18, 2015 American Airlines Is Treating Passengers to an $850 Bottle of Wine

(FWX) - Pricey tickets, massive delays—there are plenty of reasons to dislike air travel during the last couple months of the year, but American Airlines is trying to make it a little nicer, at least for its first class passengers. On the inaugural flight from Sydney to Los Angeles, flight at...

November, 18, 2015 Wine Prices Go Up in Greece After New Excise Duty

(Greekreporter) - Greek citizens will be asked to pay more to enjoy wine after the new excise duty added on wine. The measure is taken to counterbalance the scrapping of the 23 percent VAT rate on private education that was initially proposed. The new excise duty is 40 cents per liter, meaning t...

November, 18, 2015 UK: PRINCE CHARLES’ ASTON MARTIN RUNS ON WINE

(TDB) - Prince Charles’ Aston Martin DB5 is powered by bioethanol derived from wine made at an English vineyard in Wiltshire. Surplus wine from the English wine estate is sold to a local biofuel producer, Green Fuels, for £1 per litre and turned into ethanol. Keen to run his ...

November, 18, 2015 Crowdfund local wine growers and score bottles at wholesale prices with NakedWines.com

(Geekwire) - Need some help stocking up on some holiday cheer? NakedWines.com  takes the crowdfunding approach to support the independent wine market. Winemakers are invested in by you, the “angel,” and in return, you get dibs on scoring delicious wines at wholesale prices...

November, 17, 2015 Victory Over Grapevine Fungus

(Wines&Vines) - After more than 100 years of fighting a fungus that causes cotton root rot—and then four years of testing a new chemical product—researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research have found a way to stop the effects of that disease in vineyards in Texas and other parts ...

November, 17, 2015 Bordeaux vineyard vandals destroy ‘historical treasure’

(Decanter) - Vandals have destroyed a plot of rare Bordeaux vines intended for a €3,000 wine by cutting 500 vine plants down to the root. Vineyard vandals attacked the vines last week. The vines were part of a 2.5 hectare plot near Landiras around 30km south of Bordeaux in the Graves area. ...

November, 17, 2015 Wine Spectator Top 100 List

(WineSpectator) - Each year,  Wine Spectator  editors survey the wines reviewed over the previous 12 months and select our Top 100, based on quality, value, availability and excitement. This annual list honors successful wineries, regions and vintages around the world. Here you&rs...