September, 14, 2015 Diageo reveals £315m threat to USL shares

(TDB) - Diageo could stand to lose shares worth £315 million from its Indian subsidiary United Spirits (USL) if “adverse” rulings are taken on legal proceedings against its former holding company. Diageo purchased over 10 million USL shares from holding company UBHL in June la...

September, 14, 2015 Agricultural sustainability is not possible without economic vitality

(NVR) - During this last year or so it has seemed like one long endless “summer of discontent” with folks ceaselessly attacking our local wine industry for infringing on their “quality of life.” Their stated goal is to preserve agriculture in the Napa Valley apparently by st...

September, 14, 2015 2015 Harvest Could Redefine Oregon's Wine Industry

(Wine-Searcher) - Changing conditions could mean a change of pace for the Pacific Northwestern state. So far, climate change is turning out just ducky for the Oregon wine industry. Last year's harvest was the biggest on record, a whopping 39 percent bigger than the year before. This year might t...

September, 11, 2015 Canada's wine industry has made great progress

(MontrealGazette) - Last June, I spent a week at a Niagara Falls hotel with 17 other wine critics and sommeliers as a judge for the National Wine Awards of Canada. We were there to taste, argue and, ultimately, decide which among the 1,408 Canadian wines entered in the competition were...

September, 11, 2015 For Alzheimer's patients, resveratrol brings new hope

(CNN) - Over the years, resveratrol, an antioxidant found in grapes, chocolate and red wine, has been touted as a possible antidote to Alzheimer's disease, cancer, diabetes and many other conditions. Now, the first study in people with Alzheimer's suggests that the compound, when taken in concentra...

September, 11, 2015 STEPBROTHERS’ CATALINA WINE MIXER IS HAPPENING

(TDB) - The pivotal Catalina Wine Mixer event, depicted in the 2008 comedy Stepbrothers starring Will Ferrell and John C Reilly, is to become a reality. The event, which is the setting for the irreverent duo’s reconciliation in the cult film, is taking place on Sunday, 13 September, o...

September, 11, 2015 Better Year Predicted for Colorado Grapes

(Wines&Vines) - Colorado growers started to pick Chardonnay over Labor Day weekend, and they are anticipating a normal harvest in both quantity and quality. According to Dr. Stephen Menke, associate professor of enology at Colorado State University, the crop this year “is the first f...

September, 11, 2015 Chateau Lafitte claims trademark win in China

(Decanter) - Côtes de Bordeaux producer Château Lafitte has claimed to have won a two-year trademark dispute with Château Lafite Rothschild in China. Chateau Lafitte said that it has won the right to sell its Bordeaux wine under its own chateau name in China. But, first gr...