November, 11, 2015 Santa Barbara: New Details in Winemaker Embezzlement Case

(Independent) - Prominent Santa Barbara winemaker Christian Garvin faces 52 years in prison for allegedly stealing more than $1.6 million from his two Los Angeles business partners, court records released Tuesday show. He was arrested November 4 and remains in custody in County Jail. Garvin, a for...

November, 11, 2015 World of Wine: Cause of headaches from wine a head-scratcher

(Inforum) - What gives you a headache? Loud noises? Going without a meal or two? A glass of wine or Champagne? For the purpose of this column, let's stick with the wine source of headaches. I'll go to the root of this concern. I've had a couple of people ask me why when they drink some red wine or...

November, 11, 2015 Why Record Prosecco Supply Won't Make Your Wine Cheaper

(Bloomberg) - Italy just produced the biggest grape crop ever for Prosecco, a sparkling wine that set sales records in recent years. Prices aren’t likely to drop anytime soon, because vintners are stockpiling the surplus. Near-ideal growing conditions this summer led to bumper grape harvests...

November, 11, 2015 SPANISH WINEMAKER PRAISES 2015 POTENTIAL

(TDB) - One of Spain’s leading winemakers has declared that his fruit this year was as good as any he could remember, raising the potential of this year’s vintage. Antonio Sarrion, who makes one of only 15  vinos de pagos  in Spain, the country’s self-styled Gran...

November, 11, 2015 Champagne and World War One: ‘the darkest hour’

(Decanter) -  Champagne and World War One: Champagne lost people, vineyards, buildings and markets as a result of vicious fighting during World War One. Don and Petie Kladstrup, writing in their book Champagne, described World War One as Champagne’s ‘darkest hour’. ...

November, 11, 2015 France won’t dine with Iran unless wine is served

(WP) - Guess who’s not coming to dinner — or even breakfast or lunch? Ahead of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s landmark European trip kicking off this weekend, French officials reportedly nixed plans for a formal meal in Paris with President François Hollande following ...

November, 11, 2015 Availability Is Key to Wine Sales in China

(Wines&Vines) - The keys to selling wine in China can be summed up in a couple of simple phrases, according to a market researcher supervising a multiple-year study of consumer attitudes and buying habits there: “mental availability” and “physical availability.” Vintn...

November, 10, 2015 Wine As A Tool For Business: The Bordeaux Model, With A Napa Twist

(Forbes) - There are three ways to make wine in Bordeaux. The best way is to buy a first-growth vineyard. (This requires an extraordinary amount of money.) Or you can buy a winery and execute financially in the long-established business of wine in Bordeaux. (This requires an extraordinary amo...