October, 28, 2015 Online Wine Sales Have Room to Grow

(Wines&Vines) - The growth of online wine sales is outpacing retail sales growth in most major markets as more consumers take advantage of the many web platforms that sell wine. “It appears almost unquestionable that e-commerce will continue to gain share of retail sales, as it is clea...

October, 27, 2015 BUSHMILLS SALE ‘HURT’, SAYS DIAGEO NI BOSS

(TDB) - The boss of drinks giant Diageo’s Northern Ireland arm has said that the sale of the Bushmills Irish whiskey brand last year was beyond his control. Jorge Lopes said that Diageo’s swapping of Northern Irish whiskey Bushmills with Casa Cuervo for its Mexican Tequila ...

October, 26, 2015 Europe's Famous Wine Regions

(DW) -  With its varied landscapes and climate zones, Europe has a lot to offer wine lovers. Join us on a pictorial journey of pleasure from the Mosel to Bordeaux and from Tuscany to Tokaj. Mosel romanticism Some 2,000 years ago, ancient Romans began cultivating vines on the steep slo...

October, 26, 2015 DEADLY FUNGUS THREATENS GIN-MAKING JUNIPER STOCKS

(TDB) - The plant used to produce gin is in a “critical state” in Scotland as it is increasingly being killed off by a deadly fungus, a new report has warned. The decline of the juniper bush in Scotland, where it has grown for thousands of years, has been hastened by the spread ...

October, 26, 2015 Which wines did Fleming’s James Bond drink?

(Decanter) - With the new James Bond film, Spectre, released this week, Decanter steps beyond product positioning on the big screen to discover what James Bond really drank in Ian Fleming's original novels. Clue: it wasn't just Bollinger and Dry Martinis.  The Dry Martini, shaken not s...

October, 26, 2015 Scientists grow industrial quantities of red wine compound using tomatoes

(MNT) - Researchers have found a way to put the goodness of 2.5 kg of tofu into one tomato, according to research published in Nature Communications. The researchers, from the John Innes Center in the UK, have discovered a way to produce industrial quantities of two useful natural compounds effi...

October, 26, 2015 What in Earth makes a wine taste ‘minerally’

(WP) - When wine lovers use words like “minerality,” they mean that a wine’s flavors suggest stones, chalk or something elemental deep within the Earth. There is certainly the idea that the vineyard’s geology contributes to this quality. However, I’ve never seen an...

October, 26, 2015 UK wine-production keeps gaining in popularity, with a 41 per cent increase in new labels

(Cityam) - It's been a vintage year for UK wine-makers, with 65 new producers registering with HMRC up 41 per cent from last year. There are currently 470 commercial vineyards in England and Wales, mainly producing sparkling wine as our slightly-damp climate and chalky soil is similar to condition...