October, 05, 2015 Liquor Law - You Can't Make This Stuff Up

(Winesmark) - The liquor trade is a seriously regulated business. Liquor laws in New Jersey are enforced by Alcohol Beverage Control agents who carry automatic weapons. That may sound a little extreme, but these agents never know when they may encounter a rude convenience store clerk, or worse, an ...

October, 05, 2015 France: These Winemaking Punks Are Bringing Anarchy to the Vineyard

(Munchies.Vice) - High on a rocky vineyard in Banyuls-sur-Mer, just over the Spanish border in the south of France, a wine tasting is in progress. “The yield of grapes has just been amazing this year,” says one man. “I love how sweet this one tastes. The grapes are left...

October, 05, 2015 Is Drinking Red Wine Good for You?

(Alternet) - The health benefits of red wine have been debated for some time. Many believe that a glass each day is a valuable part of a healthy diet, while others think wine is somewhat overrated. Studies have repeatedly shown that moderate red wine consumption seems to lower the risk o...

October, 04, 2015 Why aren't you drinking Spanish wine?

(Fortune) - Compared to France and Italy, Spanish wine has a marketing problem. What will it take to put the nation’s wines on the map? For the genteel world of fine wine, it almost qualified as a barroom brawl. It was a few weeks ago at a tasting of the top vintages from seven winerie...

October, 04, 2015 B.C. Wineries Debate Grocery Sales

(Wines&Vines) - More than 100 people gathered at Poplar Grove Estate Winery on the Naramata Bench Thursday afternoon to discuss wine sales in B.C. grocery stores. A growing movement of wineries and retailers have gathered under the banner of the B.C. Alliance for Smart Liquor Retail Choice t...

October, 04, 2015 China Wine Rally Puts Spotlight on Overseas Producers

(Wine-Searcher) - A recovery in Chinese interest in wine could see more buyouts of overseas wineries and vineyards. China's wine imports have rallied after three years of decline, prompting the country's top producers to step up the acquisition of overseas wineries. Imports in August surged 2...

October, 04, 2015 US: Meth labs flourish in ‘dry’ counties

(TDB) - A study of the density of methamphetamine (meth) labs across the US has revealed they are more common in “dry” counties leading the writers to ask whether legalising the sale of alcohol would help cut the production and use of the drug. In a study entitled  Breaking Bad:...

October, 04, 2015 Senegal produces first wine in shade of iconic baobab

(AFP) - The bottles boasting Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache could be from any Parisian supermarket but a closer look reveals this is wine with a difference -- nurtured in the unforgiving soil of Africa's Sahel. "Le Clos des Baobabs" -- "the Baobab Field" in English -- is Senegal's first...