October, 19, 2015 Dark past, bright future: Germany's Nazi-era Weinstrasse wine route

(CNN) - There are many roads dubbed "'wine routes:" from the Napa and Sonoma trails in California to Stellenbosch in South Africa and the Murray River Valley in Australia. However, the first ever wine route was the Deutsche Weinstrasse, established exactly 80 years ago in the German region of Pf...

October, 16, 2015 Harvest draws to an early end in Sonoma County

(PD) - Anne Dempsey finally will be able to relax for Halloween this year. As winemaker at Gundlach Bundschu Winery in the Sonoma Valley, Dempsey typically would still be almost two weeks away from the end of the North Coast grape harvest. But this year, she received her last grapes Oct. 13, bins...

October, 16, 2015 Domestic Sales and Winery Jobs Grow

(Wines&Vines) - U.S. consumers continue to pull more wine off retail shelves as wineries sell more bottles direct to consumers and hire more workers. Based on the latest numbers in the Wines Vines Analytics Wine Industry Metrics report for September, the wine industry is doing quite well as a...

October, 16, 2015 Is there any point to wine points?

(Telegraph) - here is safety in numbers. This is the theory behind the ratings that have spread like a rash through every area of our lives. We give scores to Uber drivers, books on Amazon and fellow users of Airbnb, and a controversial proposed new app called Peeple has threatened to take the urge...

October, 16, 2015 Krasimir Koev, Director of EAVW: Bulgaria is to produce 180 million litres of wine this year

(Focus) - Krasimir Koev, Director of the Bulgarian Executive Agency on Vine and Wine (EAVW), talks in a interview for Radio FOCUS - Plovdiv about the grape harvesting campaign and the upcoming Digital Wine Communication Conference 2015, which will be held in Plovdiv. FOCUS: Mr Koev, how has th...

October, 16, 2015 Ningxia 2015 harvest: Rain causes uncertainty

(Decanter) - Uneven rainfall in September has complicated the 2015 wine harvest in China's Ningxia region and is likely to lead to much more varied quality in this year’s vintage. A decision on when to pick grapes in the Ningxia 2015 wine harvest has taken on even more importance for several...

October, 16, 2015 AUSSIE EXPORTS SEE STRONGEST VALUE GROWTH VALUE SINCE ’07

(TDB) - The value of Australian wine exports rose 8% to A$1.96 billion in the 12 months to 30 September 2015, the strongest rate of growth since export value peaked in October 2007. According to the September Export Report, released today by Wine Australia, the figures indicate a much-needed tur...

October, 15, 2015 Wine-Tasting Rooms Move Out of the Cellar

(WSJ) - Homeowners with  wine cellars tout features like custom storage racks and cooling systems. The  cellars are perfect for wine —but less so for the people who drink it. “Cellars are cold. They’re 55 degrees. It’s not that enjoyable,” says Marshall T...