September, 04, 2015 Don't talk down the wine industry

(NVR) - Too many writers are using “scare copy” letters to try to harm our wine industry. Yes our whole wine industry is harmed when irresponsible citizens trash our need for and appeal to wine visitors. Our competitors in all the other new world wine regions across the world are happy ...

September, 03, 2015 WHITE HARVEST BEGINNING IN BORDEAUX

(TDB) - Bordeaux estates have begun their white grape harvests but most of the reds will be not be harvested until later in the month. Château Brown in Pessac-Léognan has begun harvesting its Sauvignon Blanc crop, following in the footsteps of Carbonnieux and Haut-Brion, which ...

September, 03, 2015 Wine Glasses Slim Way Down

(WSJ) - Phew! Lifting a wine glass is getting easier. Wineglass makers are slimming down their already delicate stemware, promising that the feel of a lighter glass will enhance the sensations of sipping wine. “The pleasure comes from holding something very light in your hand,” sa...

September, 03, 2015 You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Wine

(PortlandMercury) - THE NEXT TIME  you take a sip of wine, consider what's inside. Grapes and yeast, for sure. But possibly egg whites, milk products, gum arabic, gelatin, fish bladders, enzymes from animal stomachs, sugar, water, sawdust, and a host of hard-to-pronounce chemicals. These addi...

September, 03, 2015 Labor Day Drinking: How to Pair a Great Wine with Barbecue

(Bloomberg) - This Labor Day, chances are you will encounter some barbecue. You will have to decide what to drink with it.  At my house, some family members will stick to swigging  local craft brews ; you can’t go wrong with good, cold beer in a tub of ice. Others, such as me, ar...

September, 03, 2015 THE LATEST CRAZE IN WINEMAKING: MARIJUANA-INFUSED WINE

(Vinepair) - There’s been a lot of buzz about  pot and wine recently . It’s hard to separate the toga party contingent’s thirst for a potion into which two psychoactive substances have been crammed, from the more sober, scholarly consideration of the 3,700+ year history of fo...

September, 02, 2015 Family-owned Vintage Wine Estates acquires yet another prominent family-owned winery: Napa Valley's celebrated Swanson Vineyards

/PRNewswire/ - Pat Roney, President of Vintage Wine Estates, announced their latest acquisition, Swanson Vineyards, located in the  Rutherford  appellation of  Napa Valley, California . With the purchase of Sonoma Valley's B.R. Cohn Winery in July, this marks the second acquisit...

September, 02, 2015 Fighting Crime in the Wine Business

(Wines&Vines) - For years the owners of Whitehall Lane Winery in Napa Valley trusted a local woman to handle their books. On the surface, their trust in Gerilee “Geri” Densberger would seem to have been well placed. Densberger was in her late 40s, had a family and volunteered for...