August, 17, 2015 ITALIAN REGIONS MORE TRADED THAN BURGUNDY

(TDB) - Italy’s regions have leap-frogged Burgundy to become the second most widely traded fine wines on Liv-ex so far this year. Bordeaux still accounts for the lion’s share of trade every month although it has seen its piece of the fine wine pie shrink from over 95% to 73% ove...

August, 17, 2015 Winemakers Unplug Napa's Anti-Growth Matrix

(Wine-Searcher) - Vineyard representatives pull out of the committee set up to plan the region's future growth. Napa County's latest attempt to slow down winery growth hit a big snag last week, and it sounds like something out of a famous sci-fi movie. A matrix called Proposal X turned out to...

August, 17, 2015 EX-EMPLOYEE JAILED OVER NAPA WINERY THEFTS

(TDB) - A former president of the Napa Valley Crime Stoppers has been jailed after stealing more than US$600,000 from a Napa winery. Gerilee “Geri” Densberger, previously the president of Napa Valley Crime Stoppers, worked for Whitehall Lane Winery in Rutherford from 2009 until ...

August, 17, 2015 Greeks Are Europe’s Eighth Highest Wine Consumers

Greece’s love for  wine  is a well known fact. However, a recent map puts this affection into a relative perspective. According to a statistical map that compares annual per capita wine consumption in Europe, Greeks are the eighth highest wine consumers in the continent,&...

August, 14, 2015 Malibu Coast AVA back in court over planting ban

(Decanter) - California's Malibu Coast AVA has just turned one year old but growers continue to face court battles over the right to plant new vineyards. Could it be a case of the 'terrible twos'? Malibu Coast growers recently returned to the courtrooms to secure a deal that vineyard application...

August, 14, 2015 Glass of good wine is daily elixir for world's oldest twin brothers

(Reuters) - Eating in moderation, drinking a glass of good wine every day and avoiding chasing women are the secrets of a long life, Belgians Pieter and Paulus Langerock, the world's oldest living twin brothers, say. Born on July 8 1913, the brothers have lived together for most of their lives a...

August, 14, 2015 DIAGEO SLAPS ‘CAPTAIN AMSTERDAM’ WITH LAWSUIT

(TDB) - Diageo has launched a lawsuit accusing a nutritional supplement retailer called Captain Amsterdam of infringing on its own trademark for Captain Morgan rum. Diageo North America has launched legal action against Captain Amsterdam, which is owned by Prep Enterprises LLC, in New York,...

August, 14, 2015 Latest forecast suggests 'Godzilla El Niño' may be coming to California

(LATimes) - The strengthening El Niño in the Pacific Ocean has the potential to become one of the most powerful on record, as warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, setting up a pattern that could bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter to drought-parched California. The Na...