October, 29, 2015 Anson: A game changer for Burgundy winemaking?

(Decanter) - Two Burgundy winemakers, Dominique Lafon and Pierre Merguey, have launched what is believed to be the first custom crush-style winery in the Côte d’Or.  In what is a potentially significant move for  Burgundy  winemaking, their plan has been to foll...

October, 29, 2015 Is Coffee More Complex Than Wine?

(WSJ) -  WINE IS COMPLICATED.  Or so most oenophiles are taught to believe. And yet wine has become more and more accessible over the years, thanks in part to the 100-point scoring system that allows wine drinkers to buy by the numbers—not to mention all those “Dummies” ...

October, 28, 2015 Wine makers will survive, international body says of climate change

(Theglobeandmail) - Good news for wine drinkers: a leading international body says grape vines are a hardy little number and can survive climate change, at least over the medium term. Earlier harvesting, changes in grape varieties and new wine-making processes have already helped counter th...

October, 28, 2015 Wine good for brain, heart

(MT) - Wine is good for the heart and the brain, for everybody and even for type-2 diabetics, Italian and international experts said at a conference held here at the Wine Pavilion of the Milan world exposition on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). Cardiovascular diseases and cancer are responsible f...

October, 28, 2015 AB INBEV DELAYS OFFER TO BUY SABMILLER

(TDB) - AB Inbev and SABMiller have extended a deadline which was due to expire on 28 October for them to reach a formal deal. Sources close to the companies say that it is due to the workload involved with AB Inbev assembling the financial package to carry out the deal, the  Financ...

October, 28, 2015 Italy knocks France off top spot for wine production

(BT) - France was knocked off the top spot for wine production by Italy in the latest global figures from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, released on Wednesday. Global wine production was up 2.0 percent on last year, to 275.7 million hectolitres (Mhl), although the organisation ...

October, 28, 2015 Ask a Somm: Why Pét-Nat Wine is Not Champagne

(Eater) - Wine at the Seattle outpost of chef Michal Mina's fusion-y French restaurant RN74 is overseen by lead sommelier and wine director, Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen (and he's also a winemaker here). Unsurprisingly, food and drink pair up, and the eatery pushes a France-forward list of Burgundy-heavy w...

October, 28, 2015 Napa Valley:Deadlocked commission denies approval for Girard winery

(NVR) - Girard winery’s plans for a new winemaking facility near Calistoga ran into 2-2 tie vote Wednesday, Oct. 21, by the Napa County Planning Commission, which equaled denial. Patrick Roney of applicant Vintage Wine Estates said as he left the commission chamber that he would appeal the...